The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-15

| cal 'iludht SIilchcH uStllct OF Italy
comes in slowly, but enough is known
to show tho extent Of the disaster will
closely reach that of Messina a few
years ago.
Estimates of the killed and injured
vary from $4,000 to 10000 and proba-
bly, if viii be days before exact figures
are available.
Avezzano, so miles east of Rome.
and Sora, Is miles south of Avezzano,
were the worst sufferers so far as loss
of life is concerned.
About so towns and villages in all
suffered either total destruction or Sc
rious damage.
Reports today from the north say
the shock was felt as far as the Swiss
frontier and that in the Alps and in
that region there were numerous ava
lanches rs n result of the earthaua ke.
This would make it appear that the
earthquake extended through the en-
tire length of Italy, with the exception
of the extreme southern end.
The Italian government and people
have quickly responded to the call for
help from the stricken people.
Thousands of troops have been sent
to the stricken towns and the work
of rescue and relief IS going on night
and day
. supplies Of food, clothing, blankets
and medicine have been despatched by
train where possible and by motor cars
where the railroads are blocked.
The central committee OF the Red
Cross was quick to act. having ordered
all members TO Join in relief work NJ
the scene OF the disaster
King Victor Emmanuel has beer
tirelcss IN his endeavors to spur on the
rescue work and encourage the sur
.vivors. Having heard that means OF
transportation are still lacking the
King has ordered that all automobile.
, at the royal palace be Immediately de
spatched for use in the stricken dis
tricr.
: Pope Benedict IS deeply grieved owe
= the misfortune which has befallen tn,
Italian people, He showed his deeI
interest and sympathy yesterday by
an unusual visit to the Santa Marti
! hospital, where II persons injured dur
| ing the earthquake are receiving treat
. ment.
{ The American ambassador, Thomas
Nelson Page, called at the ministry o.
, the interior yesterday to express tn,
, sympathy OF America over the disaster
, Hundreds and possibly thousands o
/ victims are still buried alive, imprison
, ed by the wreckage of their homes
= while the rescuers are struggling des
'perately TO take them out. The KIM
= personally superintended the relief 0
: a number Of these unfortunates.
: The Pope this morning offered to tn
I mayor OF Rome the use of the hospita
/ Of Santa Marta, which he visited yes
Y terday. The offer was gratefully aC
: ecpted and 800 beds served as a materi
: al relief for the difficult situation
Il The latest report placed the numbe
! number of dead at Avezzano at 1000
/ and at Sora at 1000. In at least 6
f other towns affected more than 600
g have been killed
The situation in Avezzano is in
:. creasinglv grave because of the 4,
3 struction of the water system and col
f sequently shutting of the supply. Con
munications are being reestablishe
s and two improvised hospitals and on
/ refugee camp have been set up.
5 The seismic upheaval was genera
IS throughout the territorial divisions {
Latium and Campania and in til
r Abruzzi mountain region. One repoi
i. from Avezzano says that ont Of pop,
5. lation of 1929, there are only 50
z survivors, and a majority of these Al
! injured. In the Ayezzano barracl
h nearly whole company of the Thi
Il teenth Infantry regiment lost the
a lives. Practically the whole town WI
?. destroyed.
l An official report from the neig
~ boring town Of Ajello, in Cosenza pro
ia ince, says that about l 900 victims al
N entombed. Sappodocia, amid the +
ar mantle Aquila scenery, and Balsoran
q. midway between the destroyed towI
: of Sora and Avezzano, are in ruin
There is not house in the city
:, Aquila that has not been wrecked
ii severely damaged. The cathedrals
as Subiaeo, Atri and Teramo, besides Il