The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-15
Some Estimates Of Victims
Place the Number Of Dead
at 100000.
N0|BIG T0NNSIAFFECTED.
III IS CLAIMED iTHA 1.-THE POPE
BROKE TRADITION WHEN He
left VATICAN.

ROME Jan. II. Constantly shift:
Ing estimates based on reports that
continued to trickle in, now places
the death toll from Wednesdays
earthquake at 1000 and the injured
at q number In excess OF 900. Hun.
dreds. possibly thousand Of victims
are still buried alive imprisoned by
wreckage of homes while rescucrs
from every walk Of life struggle des.
perately to dig them out.
King Victor Emmanuel who return
ed 70 Rome from Ayezzano last night
personally superintended the release
Of o number Of such unfortunates.
The King reached the capitol in his
private car to which were attached
three coaches bearing 40 wounded.
These, like the, other hundreds who
are slowly reaching Rome were dis.
tributed about the hospitals in the
city. Pope Benedict this morning Of.
fered to the Mayor Of Rome the use
Of the hospital OF Santa Marta which
he visited yesterday.
The offer was greatly accepted and
It's 400 beds served as material, relief
for the difficult situation. The prin.i
cipal loss Of life and probably the
chief property damage appears to
have been in sAyezzona and the town
OF sora is miles away. Both these
municipalities were destroyed and
their populations virtually wiped out.
The latest report placed the number
of dead In Ayezzona at 10000 and in
sora az 1900. In at least 60 other
towns affected, more than G,00O have
been killed. From the towns come. a
majority Of The injured IN sAyezzonei
md sora almost everyone was killed.
The situation in Ayezzona IS increas-
ingly grave because ofzthe destruction
ofthe aqueduct system and the conse.
quent shutting of Of the water sup.
ply.
The rescue forces have been aug
mented by the staff 7of the United
States embassy at Rome dispatched
to Ayezsano IN automobiles by Am.
bassador Thomas Page. The secretary
and attaches carried supplies OF
clothing and provisions for suirerers.
Reports from Switzerland show that
that the quake was felt among the
Alps and caused destructive ayalan.
ches there.
AS In the Messina catastrophe, 1t
is believed that It will be weeks be.
fore the loss OF life can be known or
the property loss accurately compiled.
The work OF recovering bodie pro
ceeds slowly
PARIS, Jan 15.-The Petit Paris.
ems Rome correspo says the
number OF victims exceeds 10000 and
that this list would have been greater
since the earthquake was more VIC.
lent than that Of Messina,. had 1t not
been for the fact that no large cities
were affected. The center OF disturb.
ance, the correspondent adds. was sit.
uated In the dry and ancient lake su.
cino which was drained in 1876.
AONbOGNtRJ JAIL III ne sIHrODlCteS
Rome correspondent estimates the
total killed and injured in the earth.
quake between 90, 1000 and 100000. A
central news dispatch from Rome es.
timates the number. of victims at 20,.
600 distributed as follows, Avezsano
10000, sora 900 and elsewhere 5000.
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ROME, Jan. 15. Some Of the news.
papers announced that Pope Benedict
is visiting the wounded at Santa Mar.
TIM hospital, left the vatican, thus in.
terruptfng the traditional imprison.
ment % the pope, always adhered to
by Popes Plus TX and Leo and Plus
x, after the sfall of the temporal power
meaning thus, to protest against the
occupation Of Rome. In reality, the
pontiff did not leave the vatican but
passing through the apostolic palace
Inside Of ST Peters, he reached the
hospital without touching Italian soil
His predecessor did the same thing
when he visited the wounded brought
to Santa Martin hospital after the
earthquake at Messina.