The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-15
Thousand of Victims Buried Alive In Avalanche of Wreclxage Wrought By1 Disaster King Emmanuel Leads In Relief Work at. Avezanno - Pope Gmes. Hospital to Use of Devastation Is Spread Inl More Than Sixty Towns. Says Late Report veE zano-and Bora. Are Hartlss Hit In Great Death Roll
 Weeks Before Full Extent of Damage Is Known.

Rome, Jan. 15- Guns ys shifting estimates basedson rel ports that continue to trielle in now place the death toll from Wednesdays earthqnalzs at 10000 and the injured at al figure in excess of S5, ,O00
 Hundreds, possibly fhcu{ sands of victims are st1n bur jed alive, imprisoned by the wreckage of their homes, while rescuers from every walk of life struggle desperately to dig them out. King Victor Elm manuel, who returned to Rome from Avezzano last night. per sonally superintended the re- lease of a number of such un- fortunates.
 The King reached the capital zn his private car to which were attached three coaches bearing forty wounded These, like the other hundreds who are slowly reaching Rome were distributed about the hospi- talsy regular and extraordinary, in the city.
 Pope Benedict this morning offered to the mayor of Rome the use of the hospital of Santa Marta which he visited yester day. The offer was gratefully accepted and it's. beds will serve as a material relief for the diff ficult situation.
 Cities Are Wiped Out
 The principal loss of life and chief property damage appears to have cc-f Gurred in Avezzauo and tho town of Sora, Is miles away But these mu- tence and their population virtually wiped out.
 The latest reports place fhS zruE1- ber Of dead In Avezzano at 10, ,0Oo and' at Sora at 5000. In at least 50 other towns affected, more than 1000 havs the majority of the injured In Ay-l ezzano ana Sora almost everyone was killed.
 The situation in Avezzano now 1s iarl-, creasingly grave becaz1se of the de-. struction of the aqueduct system and the consequent shutting off Of the water supply.
 Co1nnuniea4dons are slowly bedng. re-established and two hastily i'm provised hospitals and one refuges1 camp have been set up- The rescue forces have been ang-' mented by the staff of the United States embassy at Rome. despatched to Avezzano in automobiles by Am bassado Thomas Nelson Page. The secretaries and attaches carried sup-H plies of clothing and provisions foEs the sufferers
 received showing that the earthqualze was felt among the Alps and cauEsa destructive ayalanches there
 As in the Messina, csLtas1ros5lnss 1e is believed that it win be weeks De- fore the loss of life can be esttnaassed with exactness or the property loss can be accurately compiled. Tae work of recovering the bodies isprcp- ceeding slowly.
 The Italian government ana people have quickly responded to the call for help from the stricken people. Thoua- ands of troops have been sent to t3le scene and the work Of rescue and relief is going on night and day. SnpZe plies of food, clothing, blankets ss1d medicines have been dispatched by train where possible and motor cars in other instances.
 The central committee of the Red Cross vge.s quick to act, having order ed all of it's members to Joln in the relief work at the scene o9 the dfs- aster. Troops have been cent by Che government wherever needd and they have begun the building of huts fuI. sheltering the injured and are guard ing property.
 Having heard that naeangs Of tFsns- portation are still lacking. the Eeang has ordered that all the 2ntomobsfes dispatched for use dn the stricken districts In his trzvels WlaeneFer he reaches a telegraph station. fhs King sends messages to oueen Helen who wishes to hear all details of tha disaster.
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