The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-16
THOSE INJURED AND PINloNED
DOWN BY EARTHQUAKE CAN
NOT BE sUCCoREO.
FRANTIC THOUSANDS AID
Conflagrations and Tons Of Debris
Render Aid to Sufferers Difficult.
Cries of Injured Have Continued
For Three Days.

Rome, Jan, 15,-From $4,000 to 50,-
600 still remains the unofficial esti-
mate of the casualties resulting from
tie earthquake which rocked south
err and central Italy early Wed1es-
day morning.
The amount of damage done cannot
yet be determined from the meaere
descriptions Of the catastrophe that
reached Rome over ME hamper ed
lines of communication. such details
as have come through leave no doubt,
however that nearly one hundred
towns aad villages have been utterly
demolished or partly wrecked and
that great loss OF life resulted.
Thousands of persons now have
lain for nearly three days beneath
crumblel buildings throughout the
earthquake zone Some are dead.
while others still are living Many
have been removed from the wreck
age and brought TO Rome hospitals
for treatment or are being cared for
structures presided over by physi-
clans and nurses rushed from the
capital and other cities i'm Italy. 1t
is believed many Of those caught in
the wreckage were not injured but
perlshed from cold and hunger or
We're incinerated in fires which broke
out amid the ruins. The number
burned probably was largest at Ayez-
zano and Magliano di Marsi, where
fires started and there was no water
to quench them
Avezzano apparently suffered most
from the disaster Ten thousand per
sons in that district aie said to have
persisted and ;he entire town has
been leveled.
Sora and Pescina each has 1000
dead, while the fatalities a Giosi-
marsi reached $500 and at San Be
nedetto 5000 Numerous other towns
report a death toll running from ten
to over two thousand In the stricken
districts the people are camping in
the open Troops aue guarding the
demolished or partly demolished town
to- prevent loOti2g
Caste distinctions everywhere have
been laid aside and members of the
nobility, senators, deputies and hgh
officials are working shoulder to
shoulder with private soldiers and
laborers in their eftoWs to rescue the
living or remove the bodies of the
dead
A phase OF the political situation in
the kingdom resulting from the earth
quake is that THE call for conscripts
ia the damaged zone has been re.
scinded by the military authorities.
Thomas Nelson Page, American
ambassador to ITALY, today asked
whether assistance from the United
States government. financial or other
wise, in aiding the people stricken
by the earthquake would be accept
able.
Mr.. Page was told that owing to
the international situation the ltal-
ian government had decided to alb
stain from accepting, officially, any
foreign aid AS this will not prevent
private initiative on the part or
Americans or other foreigners living
in Italy and their friends at home
Ambassador Page is now approaching
the government with view Of as
certaining the best way of directing
relief work
Automobiles containing members OF
the Rome aristocracy left Rome at
intervals throughout the day carry
ing relief stores to the earthquake
victims.
Prince Colona, mayor Of Rome has
arranged to supply all the stricken
villages with oil for Illuminating pur
poses at the expense of the city OF
Rome This will enable the rescuers
to work throughout the night
A refugee arriving here from Mag
lano di Marsi says 800 persons are
dead in that locality and that barely
500 persons survived the disaster
After the earthquake, he saws tire
completed the wreck Of Destruction
cAarchinc Eor 4 owed Ones.