The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-01-20
LIST OF VICTIMS
{: OF EARTHQUAKE
increases As Bodies Are
Recovered.
AWFUL OBSTRUCTION WROUGHT
Property Loss In Fearfully
Stricken District Cannot
Be Estimated.
TOUCHING SIGHTS PRESENTED

Rome, Italy, Jar. 17.--Detailed
reports received In the capital re-
gartlirg Italy's stupendous earth
quake increase, rather than dimin-
ish the appalling list of dead and
the. enormous property loss. The
Messaggero, after making a care
ful'computatien of all the figures it
has been able to gather from the
districts. and villages hitherto iso-
lated. announces that the number of
dead and injured in the Abruzzi
alone is 10000 without including
the Sora district.
San AtoliO has 200 dead and 500
injured, Morino 1900 dead. CAMS
tro. coo injured, Cervaro 800 vic
tins. Borgo fifty dead and VALERIE
veto 1900. At Civitielia Reveto al
most the entire population escaped
BECAUSE they we're working IN the
fields when the shock occurred.
Frantic appeals for help have been
received from Petrellaliri, $500
feet above sea level, on Mount Ara
60, eight miles from Tagliacozzo.
The village was almost destroyed
and the survivors say they are per-
ishing of cold and hunger, In the
highway near Ortucchio the earth
has opened, causing an immense pit
filed with water. the depth or which
Is unknown.
The terrific force of the earth
quake cracked the mountains near
Luce. Huge pieces of rock, each of
which weighed several tons. rolled
down the hillside, murying the cot
tages of peasants. killing cattle and
obstru".ing the roads. Mont Pizzo-
dete. $3.50 feet high, between Bal
soranp and Rocacerro. was cut into
two parts by an Immense assure,
which is visible at great distance.
Frightful Havoc.
Avezzano. Italy, Jan. II (yia
Rome. Twelve thousand bodies,
ii is semi-otficially estimated. are
buried under the fallen walls of this
earthGuake-ruined city. Rescuers
believe there still are many living
beneath the tons of debris, and des-
perate efforts are being made to res
cue them.
Most OF the irregular masses of
stone have not yet been touched
with pick and shovel. This is the
fault of no one. because 1t would
take 1000 workmen several days
to turn over and excavate what has
been slowly qusrried and built up
during centuries. Capt. Pisani Vet
tori, who has charge of the relief
work here. estimates that there are
$4,000 dead in Avezzano, Cappello,
Magliano and the villages in this
immediatedistrict. Up to mid
night Saturday only 500 bodies had
been taken from the ruins. These
were laid out irregular!y in open
spaces all over the city.
I'm this square," said Capt. Vet
tori, IL saw father place the bodies
OF his wife. three sons and three
daughters. | think that was the
saddest incident 7 have seen. One
little hoy stood beside the father as
he arranged the bodies The child
seemed not to realize what had hap
pencd. This man. so terribly affiict-
ed. stares vncantly at those who
speak to him. lie has not eaten for
two days"
Scores of survivors were half
starving yesterday before food ar
rived from outside, although under
the walls of Prince TorloDia's gran
airy there were 10000 bushels of
wheat.
The correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press. going about last night
with two soldiers bearing torches,
came across the bodies of a family
OF seven-father. mother and five
children. There was a CHASTITY row
OF more than 100 living near the
splendid villa OF Prince Torlonia, in
which were found the bodies of
thirty-two domestics and employees
on his estate. Neither the Prince
nor any member of his family was
I'm the great country house which
was destroyed.
There were thirty-two schoolmas-
tiers in Avezzano before the earth
quake and only four survive. while
only one OF the sixteen school mis-