The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-01-21
EARTHQUAKE KILLS
HUNDREDS IN ITALY
FEARFUL LOSS or LIFE IN TOWNS
AND VILLAGES DESTROYED
~ SHOCK.
Reported That Twelve Thousand Are
Dead ara Twenty Thousand In
I0rsd. While tsRdFsds Are
made Homeless and in Want.

Rome-ltAiy again has been visited
BY an earthquake OF vide extent
Which. according 10 the late adviees.
has resulted In the death Of ~ 900
persons and injury 20 10000 more in
che towns and villages destroyed.
The shock was the strongest Rome
has felt In more than a hundred years
The town Of AVezKano in the AbTuzEi
department. sixty three miiea east o.
Rome. has been ieveiod 70 the ground;
here 5000 peEBonA are reported 70
have been killed,
village Of Aielii. near Celano. Was do
stFoyed and that severe damage vas
done along the sulmonA.A vexEano
line Az Ailii 1000 persons we're
KILLED and 500 injured.
M'Agiiano also vas destroyed In
the province OF Aquila forty persons
were Killed
IN snany small towna surrounding
Rome, buildings we're partially wreck
20. while ~ Naples a panic occurred
and houses foil At casertA. q short dis
lance 10 the east
Prom below Naples In the south Of
FerreFA In the north. q distance Of
more than 800 miles. and across al
moat tho width Of tho country the un'
dulatory movement continued for .
considerable period. In Rome Il WAS
thought At nrBt that two shocks had
occurred. bat the aslamogTaphie in
etFumenls In the obsaryatoriea showed
there vas only one. which. beginning
at Tbs o'clock wednesday morning,
lasted from twenty-five 70 thirty sec
onda.
In the capital Itself. 40 far as known.
there vas no loss Of life, but . great
deal on damage WAS done. churches
and mtatuea suffering most For q
time the people we're stricken with
fear and there was q veFitAbls panic
in the hospitals. nonasterien and con
vents.
Owing 10 tho wide extent Of the dis
tuFbance and ita evident terrible con
sequences the actual effects of the
earthquake are not at present known.
owing 70 tho cutting on OF communt
cations The fortified city Of Aquila
has In this way been cut on, bat Il IL
reported several villages In that re-.
gi0n we're destroyed. Likewise Poten'
"a. capital o. the province Of the same
name, on the eastern dcclivity OF the
Apenninea. which has population OF
nearly 10000. has been isolated In
1857 thin town was almost destroyed
~ an earthquake,
AZ the PalanRio del nraEo. whore
Thomas Nelson Page, the American
ambassador lives. several cracks In the
building which already had existed
opened wider and plaster fell In sew
uFal rooms The glass was broken In
she embassy oftiee
Ceilings In many OF the houses fell,
. number 81 persons being injured In
that manner
wAen the shock vas felt frightened
people rushed into thn churches. but
the police ordered them out Of thoae
which we're In danger OF coilapalnE
In ell the churches In the city. after
che shock had subsidized. special
prayers we're ordered for delivsFAnes
from disaster.
Al the meteorological institute II Il
sAia that buildings continued 20 rock
or tFemble for about thirty seconds
after the shock had ceased and tina,
the duration Of the phenomenon alto
gether VAS about one minute, II waa
stated Il vas not believed the disturb
Anoe was required
Al hoaterolonde three persons wsru
allied and two wounded At IAEaruio
the dome % the ehusch fell. At Cali
ano part Of tAs cathedral was WRECK
cd a. veFOh one person uas Killed
a. PeFeto ave hoaaca collapsed and al
POxEio Native ons peFuon was allied
and several uerp taiared
Al TeFre Catstahi. about thirty
ssEoa Rtiea east Of Rome almost this
satlre village was destroyed. While al
AFaAra the manielPai Building col
lARasd
From uumeroea place. In The affect
81 rexi0na calls fee doctnrs and medi
sins are reaching Remr Pope Bsne
airt waa FvcitlnE the thanksgiving
after the morniag MAS when ths
sAoeh occurred re PonttH retained
he sUmposure ana Eavv orders imms
aiAtsly that The damage both laalds
ara eutside The vatican b asesttAiaeJ
Ana requested report whether assist
nee wAs required
kinw Victor Emmanuel also oFdsret
tte minister Of the interlog 10 tsrnisl
him ska al the details q tAs earth
suaks TIE kihE expressed a desir,
10 Etait shs damaged clgira
T@o Steamer Detained.
NaneuaFcr rha japanese steamer
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