The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-18

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and son were e1tricated alive from
the ruins Of their home.
Tenement houses In the TesAccio
quarter OF this city. cracked By the
earthquake. have been vacated By their
tenants who feared the buildings would
collapse. These people have establish
ed a camp In n nsiEhborinE square,
Many cable messages have been re-
ceiNed from Italians In America who are
anxious regarding the safety OF reia-
yves IN the earthquake zone.
Mostly women and Children
MOST or the dead at Ortuchio are
women and children who were buried
under the ruins OF church which az
terwards took fire from small earthen
braziers which women here carry 10
Keep them warm. Many OF those buried
were burned alive despite frantic efforts
made by survivors to save them
Reports have been received here OF the
excellent work done BY an expedition or
Esnized by the American Baptist church
and led by DR.. whiting HIN HeIp was
sent To remote spots which were arm
cuIt TO reach. large quantity OF pro-
visions was Distributed al Calano. where
inc population was destitute.
Twelve Thousand Buried.
ANEZZANO. Italy. Jan. IL, (yia
RoMe)-Twelve thousand bodies. il a
semi-ofhcially estimated, are buried
under the fallen walls OF this earth.
puAke-ruined city. Rescuers believe
there still are many living beneath
the tons OF debris and desperate ef.
forts are being made to rescue them.
Most Of the irregular masses OF
stone have not yet been touched with
PICK or shovel This is the fault OF no
one. because IL would take a thous.
and workmen several days 10 turn
over and extricate what has been
slowly guarded and built up during
centuries. Captain Pizanni Vettori,
who has charge Of the relief work
here. estimates that there are 15 600
dead In Avezzano. Capelle. Magliano
and the villages in this Immediate dis
trict. Up TO midnight Saturday only
500 bodies had been taken from the
ruins. These we're laid out irregular.
ly in open spaces all over the city.
Supplies are now pouring into Avez-
zano. On Saturday there were re-
ceived $4,000 cans OF preserved meat,
$50 quintals Ia quintal In about 220
pounds) OF rice. eight quintals OF
coffee. fourteen duintals OF sugar and
ten quintals OF salt Whole train
loads OF timber also arrived as we'll
as tents for 1900 people and ma
terials for illumination.
Resembles Battlefront.
In the midst OF this desolation
which reminded correspondence who
had been at the battle front of Soia-
sons after 100 days bombardment by
German and French artillery. are
camp fires around which parties OF
survivors are cooking army rations
which have been distributed to theu.
They sit shivering in the sharp win
ter air on this high table land OF the
Apennines. An eight-dsy clock hang
ing on the only fragment OF a wall
which remains standing L. stili strik-
ing the hours.
A dozen bodies ready for burial are
lying In the square OF Torlouia-
In this square said Captain We
tori. Il saw n father place the bodies
OF his wife, three sons aud three
daughters. think that was the sad
dest incident ] have seen. One little
boy stood beside the father as he ar
ranged the bodies. The child aeemed
not TO realize what had happened
This man. 90 terribly afflicted. stares
vacantly al those who speak 70 him.
lie has not eaten for two days"
Scores Of survivors we're half starry
ing yesterday before food arrived
from outside. although under the
walls ~ Prince ToriOnia's granary
there we're 100000 bushels Of wheat
Prince and Family Escape.
The correspondent Of The Assooi-
ated Press going about last night with
two soldiers. bearing torches. came
across the bodies OF a family 81 seven.
father. mother and FIVE children.
There was a ghastly TOW Of more than
100 lying near the splendid villa ~
Prince TOrlonia, In which we're found
the bodies 81 ~ domestics and en-
plOyes on bic estate Neither the
Prince nor any member % HIS family
was in the great country house which
was destroyed
There were 20 school masters In
AvezzanO before the earthquake and
only four survived. while only one o.
tho 10 school mattresses ls living All
the professors are dead
Churches with massive walls. the
ancient castle u Orrini. new structural
steel and brick business blocks all
we're levellsd BY the earthquake which
lasted only 81 seconds The castle 81
Orsini was used A. a local admlnistra-
tive building Twelve Randarmea
happened 20 BE- in the guard room
when the EARN rocked FIcven we're
killed and the twelfth vas seriously In
Jured
transformed into Residences
A railway carriage has been srana.
formed into a residence and ofice for
the authorities Who vtah % leave IN
available tents for the survivors An
other car De- used ~ telegraph Office
Naluabies already removed from tho
ruins are estimated 'o 10 worth ff.0p0.