The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-15
Destruction By Cataclysm To Life and Pro-
perty Calls King Victor Emmanuel Into
Field and Pope Benedict From Vatican,
While Injured Are Being Transported By
Train Loads To Over Crowded Hospitals
SWISS ALPS SHAKEN
ASSOCIATED PRESS By FEDERAL wIRE1Ess)

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y ONE January IS With the number Of dead estimated by
some as high fifty thousand and by fewer than
twenty-five thousand and with the estimates Of the injured rum
tremendous national catastrophe has occurred in the great earth
quake that tore across the country Tuesday while is feared
that even now ne worst IS not known. &8
Victor Emanel has gone to Aezzano, the nearest city
most Affected N order TO personally aid u the work Of resce
This city has been wiped out, with every official killed.
! ~ POPE LEAVES VATICAN TO VISIT INJURED sS8
interior passa0 tie Vatican io the Santa Maria hospital
across the Basica here to visit the Injured this be true will
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r1s TWENTY TOWNS TOTALLY DEMOLISHED
Between Naples and Ferara, distance Of three hundred miles
through Central Italy twenty towns have been demolished In and
AROUND as.aanS twenty thousand persons have M been killed while
Sora there thousand dead At this point one hund
fed distinct shocks occurred within twenty hours
Along the shores OF Lake Fucino the deoISh-
TRAINS BRING IN THOUSANDS or WOUNDED
In much OF the stricken district the railroad communication has
been broken and teegraphc communication interrupted, but from
the nearby district the trains running bringing IN thousands Of
care for the stricken people Yesterday to add to the terror
anotn earthquake shook the CITY, This did no material damage
The authorities have risen to the occasion and aeady tty
thousand soldiers have been despatched into the stricken districts
with provision clothing and materials for building temporary hts
A w - HISTORIC BUILDINGS ARE IN RUINS
large number Of the historic buildings Of Central Italy in
stating that this structure has crumbed into dust.
Mont Agnone Saerno within few miles Of the ruins of
has been split by the force Of the earthquake and the debris
blocks the river -fWulum
surviving municipal employee Of Ayeano one Of the few who IS
able to give any connected account the disaster says that Wen
the shock came the world seemed to fall apart nstantaneos
CITY OFFICIALS OF ONE TOWN KILLED
He reports that the sbprefec Of the city and his family the law
courts the mayor and the entire municipal council have been killed.
hnefve ouo hundred soldiers gariSoned at the city pesed
-four out Of seven customs officers and eight out Of nine policemen
Shock terror and wounds prevented the survivors from aiding
the more seriously injured.
Train after train coming in with ITS load Of wounded persons
Hundreds Of panes OF glass in the great cathedral Of ST. Peters
were broken BY the shock the bascas and mosacs damaged
the stairway leading to the huge ball smountng the dome deeply
cracked The statute Of the edeemer atop Of the facade Of
the noted sights OF Rome, Is broken.
CLIMATIC PHENOMENA NOTICEABLE VI
Heavy high winds and other climatic phenomena are
noticeable. EtT@ # @# F. ... .#Hr .4s~NODU
on the Trheian strong tidal struck Naples, doing
great DAMAGE Intense cold reported the Alpine frontier
The king has gone to Avezzano although Italy is in critical in
ternatona situation because Of the war. "&
The confinement Of the obds her to travel but she TAX
Inc intense interest in the relief measures. @>
5g MESSiNA CATASTROPHE is SURPASSED @ssH
member OF the Chamber Of Deputies from Lpai teIeuaphs
that the disaster worse than that Of Messna The ruin is wider
and there are more deaths ... ~,.y 5.,..lI sli
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