The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-01-16
FLOODS, famine, COLD
THREATEN SURVIVORS
OF THE EARTHQUAKE
tcontinusd from First Pass)

CONTINUED from First Pase)
ports received from there, now num-
Der $500. The whole village Of
| Giots de- arsi In reported destroyed.
Tho number OF victims there Is not
yet known. At Collerosso thore are
twenty -four dead and at Antelpedio
forty persons were killed.
THOUSANDS OF GOLDBERG DIG
c Nc OUT VICTIMS. D..
Rescue and relief work Is beiry
pushed with fAverish hasts In the
earthquake stricken districts Of Italy.
Thousands OF soldiers are on the
ground and at work digging out and
burying the victims and caring for
the survivors.
| Tho need of the latter, OF whom
homeless and generally penhiless, 10
urgent, and the PEG pie. 2 the King
down. are doing all possible to al
leviate their condition. The cold
weather, which continues. adds to the
terrible suffering. and temporary
buildings OF wood being erected
as fast as possible to house the home-
less.
The list of dead can still only be
estimated. but from what is known II
Is believed that at least 10000 per-
sons persisted and that twice that
number were injured. Avezzano, with
probably 10000. and Sora, with 1000
dead. were the heaviest sufferers. The
other victims are credited to the three
score or more Of towns and villages
that felt the effects Of the shocks.
just how severely the Marsica dis
trict suffered. in which Avezzano 10
located. ia best told in n terse tele-
gram from Mgr. Bagnon, Bishop OF
the Marsica region. sent to Pope Ben
edict. The telegram reads:
THE Marsica diocese has been
transformed into great cemetery.
Avezzano. Capclla and Palermo razed
and almost all Inhabitants dead. Ec-
cleslastics some dead, some wounded.
"A few villages in the diocese are
immune. but generally desolation
reigns. 1t Is an Immense and dis
tressing catastrophe"
POPE SENDS MESSAGE OF gym.
| PATTY TO SURVIVORS.
The Pope. in reply TO this distress
ing information. wired the following:
Being the Father of all the faith
full, but first of the unfortunate, !
am pierced with grief by this i'm
mense misfortune. I extend my arms
20 my unhappy children and am pray
ing for peace for the dead and CON-
fort for the survivors" '..
More wounded having been brough,
ITO the Santa Marta Hospital. which
is close to the Vatican, the Pope again
visited the patients there to comfort
them. To each he gave a medal.
King Victor Emmanuel and the
Queen Mother Mnrgarita made the
rounds OF the hospitals in Rome yes
terday, visiting the injured. OF whom
numbers are arriving hourly.
The American Ambassador. Thoma,
Nelson Page. will visit the earthquake,
district to-day or tomorrow. The
Ambassador has agreed with TIT
Mayor. Prince Colonna, that the bes
way for Americans to participate IL
the relief Of the victims IL to do 81
as private individuals. The kint
sympathy. generosity and tact Of tn
Americans. by which they will no
/ infringe on ltaly's decision to declin,
. foreign official assistance. though
they will stu largely contribute a.
private individuals to alleviate SUI
i fering. Is causing o profound senti
ment Of gratitude.
The motor car with tho staff fror
the American Embassy. visited tn
n earthquake district yesterday and wit
:. missed the work Of rescue. They SAY
: some Of the victims extricated aliv
10 from the ruins and also visited tn
camps where refugees are centres
i They gave such help as they coul'
. which was gratefully received. The
Is inquired about the victims and game
the information that there were o
n Americans among them. although som
J. are said to have claimed American cit
d zenship as they had lived In tn
= United States for a time.
IN The American automobile was gree
70 ed everywhere most cordially. 1t wa
= the first embassy to show tangtb
sympathy by sending Its stan to II
10 scenes Of desolation,
AMERICAN OFFICER TELLS o
WHAT He SAW.
- Col. George NJ. Dunn. the America
-. Military Attache. motored to Avezzar
=, and returned from that place la
" .,ight. In speaking OF what he ha
seen. he said:
81 never dreamed Of such q horrib
situation. The whole town Is rutne
as every house 10 down. and onl
three stables remain intact. Churche
palaces and dwellings have crumbls
to the ground. What once wei
streets are now full Of debris to Il
height Of six or seven feet.
within . short time the work I
i | r>scua will he useless as all thOl