Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-15
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AveZzano, Jan. 14.-Avezzano is fill
ed with dead and wounded from the
wrecked houses. The ruins are like
a cemetery Nearly all of the civic
officials here perished, including the
mayor, under perfect; judges, priests,
monks and nuns. The governor, pris-
oners, jailers. doctors and patients in
the hospitals were buried in the
wreckage.
London, Jan. 14-A despatch to the
morning Post from Rome says: In
Marsi, in the region around Lake Fu-
cino, at Avezzano, there are 10000
victims. Deputy Sipari, representing
Avezzano in the chamber Of deputies.
asked for $4,000 soldiers and material
Tor huts. Fifteen other towns in Mar
81 wee destroyed and others damag-
ed. OF 10000 inhabitants in Avezzano
only 100 survive"
The Rome Tribuna estimates the
victims as twenty-three to twenty-five
thousand.
Rescue Work On. 49,.
Every train arriving from the Alb.
ruzzi department brings in hundreds
of wounded The refugees are receiv.
ed at the station by municipal au-
thorities and distributed among hos.
pitfalls and private homes. Every hos.
pital in Rome is filed to capacity, and
other public buildings are being crowd.
ed with injured.
The Prince of COlonna and Mayor
of Rome have placed at the disposal
of the refugees, several hotels. where
food and lodging is furnished at the
expense of the city. The refugees
reaching Rome from Avezzano say
some survivors there are In condi-
ton of utter collapse as a result OF
their experiences, and seem unaware
of the extent of the visitation. The
weather at Avezzano was clear and
cold last night, and is the same to-
night.
Other Shocks.
At Sora, sixty miles to the north
east of Rome, in the province of Ca
serta, another shock occurred. Resi-
dents are panic-stricken and fled
from their homes. The town has a
population of 10000, and was almost
DESTROYED. About 230 houses collaps-
ed under the shock, others were crack
edfi and tumbled down later. The Ros-
81 Palace fell in, burying 20 laborers
working in the court yard. Among the
victims at Sora are many town au-
:horities and notable people.
Soldiers have arrived in town and
$50 bodies have been removed.
At Avezzano, while King Victor was
making the rounds of the ruins, he
reached spot where some work men
were endeavoring to extricate children
buried in the debris. The king mount
ed pile of fallen masonry and super
intended the rescue.
Tell Of Experiences.
Experiences of passengers on
train thrown from the track By the
earthquake is related in dispatch
from Rome to the Central News:
"Our train was near Lake Fucino
when the earthquake occurred 1t
stated. "The shock was of great vic.
lence and followed by three others.
The train was thrown off the rails and
many injured. -
81 climbed out, gazed around on the
lake and surrounding mountains.
Where there had been towns one
could merely see enormous whirl-
winds of dust and smoke and appar-
emily the towns existed no longer
Injured Are Imprisoned.
The dispatch adds that all the way
to Tivoli buildings along the railway
are in ruins. Troops from Rome
have rescued hundreds at several
points; cries for help are heard from
beneath ruined buildings in many in
stances and it is impossible to effect
the speedy release of the victims. It
is estimated 1000 are buried alive un-
der the debris of the town of Avez-
zano. Throughout the night shouts
for help were heard. Two hundred
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