The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17
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4 WAc~e owners are cooperating with
4 H. authorities.
Peecossido and CastelIie, near Sora
q wsre especially badly wrecked All
4 OF the churches in these towns col
1apaed and the faithful who were
! hearing early mass were crushed in
! their places. as we'll as the priests
4 The carbincers, who escaped as they
Z did AT Sors. quickly organized rescue
! PARTIES, bat their efforts were ociy
D partially successful as ii ts said that
l very few persons Nere taken from the
! ruins alive.
The doctors we're unable to relieve
! the wounded because their medical
l supplies and instruments were buried.
Two Towns Overlooked,
The town cf Antorzano Jared the
Fate OF Magic, Ia the rush of hor-
nor following the disaster the two
Il places were completely overlooked and
as communication Of every sort IS
cut off the government workers have
! been unable 20 reach them yet.
I Massadaiha WAS likewise forgotten
4 for time, bat yes9 erday soldiers man.
aged to MAKE their way TO the town.
They were almost too late for scores
4 of the injured had persisted Of their
hurts and from cold lack az food and
4 exposure, Paterine Is sin unreach-
able. because the road has been de-
stroyed and the supervisors are said
! to be without food Il any sort. Three
8 thousand WERE killed in Celano and
the question 90 h1rying the dead there
]. IS great task. Heaps Of bodies have
been piled UP in what was once the
s public square and every moment the
( Shastiy piles are being enlarged.
{ Only one person has been found
6 alive there SO far
The churches Of s, FrauCis and St.
Angelo, Cspuehines and Carmeiites.
\ collapse burylng many "a their
! ruins.
! Find Two Thousand Dead
y One hundred and atty soldiers ar
Z rived yesterday at Cerchio and found
! 1000 dead. Many IT the inhabitants
were la the churches hearing mass.
IN one church where the missionary
! fathers were holding services the
structure collapsed and not 81 soul
I escaped. heap Of 100 bodies was
made outside the building The sit
4 laation Ii described ~ desperate.
Al San Benedetto an appalling num-
sber Of dead and injured was found,
aAH the doctors in the village were
Z Killed and disease is already spread
lang. The parish priest IS heroically
I doing his utmost ia administering
4 first aid ard religious consola ton 10
sss,e survivors aud iu istrlbuting the
~scantv supply Of food Here as in
many other small places the escape Of
shundreds was due In the superhumau
efforts of the clergy who sustained
4 whole communities untl the arrival
Of the soldiers and the govern ment
veiief parties
Found Seven NJ PRAYER.
80 many houses IN sora are on the
point OF coIlapsinR that the soldiers
.taave surrounded the town and refuse
sio allow any of the inha bitantS to re-
.urn.
Il When she convent Of the sisters of
CHARITY was exeavate this morning
The reseuers found the bodies of seven
sisters. who had bean kneellng n
spraser when death overlook them.
THE body Of bhe priest WAS also found
Ian front Of the altar. Only one sister
was alive and she was seriously
wounded. When revived she said that
sl1e and the other sisters We're re-
.eiving communion when the earth
quake shook the building down upon
them.
The village Of Pescina is isolat ed.
but 1t IN now known that three thou
sand were killed ard taa. the sur
&lRBTE are Starving tEA0ENllbs A'8t
San Benedefto where 400 were KILL
ed. was DESTROYED completely and il is
feared that tac entire population OF
2.460 persisted.
The mediaeval castle cola psed and
buried many Traslaco Is AS yet. I'M
relieved and the number of victims Is
unknown.
Population Nearly Wiped Out.
Gioadmeria was wrecked and the
yopulati IN Of $500 was probably en-
ssreiy wiped out. Cappele was de-
stroyed. .,tt the survivors have fed
and the extent eff the damage is not
yet known. CapiStrejlo was partly
wiped out and has nifty dead and 100
badly Injured,
San Feline and Palermo suffered a
like fate as did also Feuere, Cerechio,
tSapestrano aud ot her villages. In one
farming district only thirty survived
tut of a population If 800 and the
hills are dotted with heaps ar ruins
that were once farm houses.
Reaching NbruxG
The relief parties are finally reach
ing the earthquake area III hiCh are
located the outlying towns and villages
In the province of the Abruzzi Sol
sIiers who got near Cappclle after y
hard hg&1t through snow and upturn-
"a country. found The village Was de-
serted. every one having fec tn larger
places hearty In the ruins were
found g!rl and an old man VINO were
still alive, bat sc badly hurt that
their lives are despaired OF
In another mass OF debris To which
TIE resruers were led by feeble cries.
Il woman and a baby, who had been
born under the ruins. were dug out
Both were alive and fortunately uu-
snjured the chsid has been named
Terremotino tHttie earlhquakel. The
road leading TO Magliano is I'm had
condition and is overcrowded with
groups With helpless survivors, some
tsadiy wounded. who are rainlS trying
TO reach haven ~ safety,
A pitiful sight is 10 see some starv-
4 Ing and freezing mon and women try
Ing to carry along with them the
bodies uf Flc injured some Of whom
die In their arms. The soldiers say
that ii is heartfending 70 hear the
walls 81 the confused and despairlng
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