The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-15
VICTIMS MAY MAY GO
BEYOND $4,000
ESTIMATED DEAC FROM
ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE
$4,000 TO $4,000
WORK OF RESCUE
GOES FORWARD
Dozens of Towns Have Been
Literally Levelled to the
Ground.
tBy Associated Pness.>

ROME, Jan. 14.-The toll of dead
and injured In the great earthquake
that swept over central and southern
italy hes not been made up, but ad-
vices reaching Rome indicate the
ever-src"!nS extent of the disaster.
fowns with thousands of inhabi-
tants have been overthrow and from
some Of these come details which
show on immense loss OF life. Esti-
mates ran tonight from $4,000 to 5O,-
O00 dead and injured, and yet there
are several sections which undoubt-
edly felt the earthquake in full mea-
sure, from which no estimates can he
obtained.
In the ancient territory of Marsi,
which includes Avezzano, the victims.
are placed at $500. Only small min
ority Is left of the inhabitants OF
AveZzano. who numbered approxf-
mately 10000.
Fifteen other towns and villages In
that section have been laid waste.
King Victor Emmanuel Is Mt Avezza-
no and 10000 soldiers have been des-
patched to Various centers where the
force OF the disturbance was greatest.
Italy as nation has arisen to give
Succor, as she did at the time of the
H..
those who have fallen e th!e latest
catastrophe from which the country
has suffered. @ u .Asss nassi
While the greater part OF the dam
age was done by the first earthQuake
which occurred Wednesday morning
at 1855 there has been at least one se-
we're shock since then which resulted
In the collapse OF many structures
which escaped the first and 1t is esti-
mated that more than one hundred
shocks. for the most part Of @ minor
nature, occurred during the "a hours
after the disaster.
ROME. Jan. 14.-Demoiished or
partly demolished towns dot Italy
from Naples northward TO Ferrara
and crosswise the peninsula from
the Tyrrhenian to the AdrIatic Seas,
over which Wednesdays earthquake
passed.
Thousands of dead lie beneath the
debris OF dwellings. churches and pub
lie institutions which crumbted un-
der the earths vibrations.
Not even an estimate OF the aggre-
gate fatalities Is obtainable as num-
erous places are still isolated owing
to the severance OF teiegraphic, tele-
phOnic and railroad communication.
1t Is known, however. that Ayezzano
is a metropolis and that also in Sora,
some 25 miles to the southeast, q
large number OF lives were lost.
In Avezzan0 and vicinity 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 perished and that
the dead In Sora will total 1000.
So far as known about 20 towns
have. been completely levelled while
q q txn,
ious damage, In all these places per-
sons were killed or injured.
Volunteers worked herocially night
and day endeavoring to extricatc
wounded or rescue the bodies Of the
dead from the. ruins. King Victor
Emanuel himself directed the work at
Avezzano. where the pitesus appua,s
OF peToons cansk: beneath wreckage
could be plainly heard. Y
1t Is estimated that in Avezzano A.
coo persons are buried alive, some OF
them school children in an institution
which collapsed. ~
Only four soldiers OF the garrison
OF 400 In Avezzano escaped when the
barracks fell
Sora with It's population OF 10000
was almost entirely destroyed. All
municipal government authorities
perished. Four hundred and fifty bod
les already have been taken from the
ruins there and large number are
under treatment. \
Trains from the east arc bringing
hundreds OF injured into Rome, wnere
they are being taken to hospitals and
private houses for treatment Sur
geons and nurses are being dispatched
from all directions into the stricken
districts to minister to the needs OF
INC injured, whilc troops are being
sent to the ruined or damaged towns
to, guard against vandals. f, u ~ 4; {
Among the towns which are said
to have been virtually destroyed are
Avezzano, Sora, CapelIe. Magiiano
Marse, Massadalbe, Collarmele, Ger
chiro. Lelli, Palermo, San FelinO, Gio-
samarsi,. Scnrcola, Capistrello, Antro.
san0 and Castronovme, while Pescina.
Orthopamari, Samtelimo, San Bene:
|detto. Ortucchio. Cocuilo. Blesgnn,
Balsorano. Canistro. CivitelIadantino,
casteilafiumi. Pagliotra and sorbo
are badly damaged. .a;. ~;
From many other places como re-
ports of slighter damage and minor
casualties. IS rs, ~ s.;s. IN