The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-18
Is Likely to Reach 10000
in Shaken
Italy
MANY TOWNS
INACCESSIBLE
Many Survivors Are Starv-
ing in Desolated
Region

Rome, Jan 49, The destruction
caused by the earthquake is fully al
great as has been feared, Complete re
| ports of ths damage done from all but
| ia few small towns show that the casual
ties win reach at least 10000, and that
the number OF injured will probably ex
coed $4,000.
Sora, fifteen miles southeast OF Avez.
zano, apparently had an extraordinary
escape. BY comparison the harm wrought
in that town OF 10000 inhabitants is
slight, for the rescue and relief parties
faye discovered that the number of dead
was much overstated and that condi-
tions are not nearly so bad as was at
first believed. What saved the survivors
from the most horrible fate was the
fact that virtually all of the soldiers in
the local garrison escaped and took such
efficient charge of the situation at once
that thousands of lives were saved.
4 The greatest loss of life in Sora was
in the cathedral, where hundreds of wor-
shippers were at their deyotions, and in
the market place just outside. Many
buildings in the town were damaged
but did not collapse. Thousands OF the
| inhabitants were saved from death be-
cause of the prompt work of the sol
diers and the fact that hundreds were
at work in the fields when the shock
came. Six hundred bodies have been re-
covered and the great problems of the
present are preventing pestilence, find
| ing places to inter the dead and car
ing for the living.
The supply question is even more Sc
rious in So than in AveZZano because
Of the interrupted railway communica-
tion. Food and medicines are being con-
yeyed from Rome and Naples with all
haste by automobiles, whose owners are
cooperating with the authorities in ev-
cry way. All the automobiles in the
capital without exception are employed
in the relief work, the death and destitu-
ton in Avezzano, Sora and surrounding
towns demanding the quickest transpor-
tation methods.
Many Die in Churches.
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Sora. were badly wrecked All the
churches IN these towns collapsed and
the faithful who were hearing early
mass, as well as the priests, were crush !
or in their places. The carbineers, who
escaped, as did those at Sora, quickly
organized rescue parties. but their efforts
were only partly successful, as IL is said
that in the three towns only four per-
suns were taken from the ruins alive.
The local doctors were unable 10 relieve
the injured because their medical sup.
plies and surgical instruments were de-
stroyed.
The town OF Antrosano shared the
fate OF Magliano. In the rush OF horror
the disaster, the two places
were completely overlooked, and as com
ton Of every sort is cut off the
government workers have bey- unable
20 reach them yet. A parish priest who
walked 70 Ayezzano after two days and ,
nights OF ceaseless work without food ,
ias pictured the situation in his home ,
district as most deplorable and renewed
forts to get help there were begun
Massadalba was likewise forgotten for ,
time. but Saturday soldiers managed :
o make their WAY TO the town. They
we're almost too late. Scores OF injured !.
,ersons had persisted OF their hurts and !
rom cold lack OF food and exposure =
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cad has been destroyed and the sur y
.iyors are said TO be without food Of \
NY sort >
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