Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-15
Pnnl.hmcnt for War.

/ NAPLES. via Rome. Jan. l5.-
/ Ii4.-I D. mJ-"I IU the church ~ the
Divine Prov .delce. sisters were prdy
ling around the bier of dead nun,
when the FIRST tremor of the earth
quake caused one OF her arms 20
move
The sisters ar first cried out that p
miracle u rcsJsr.t0tlon had taken
place. boot simultaneously The candle
stocks aud crue.f&i0n ln tie chapel
began falling Then they realize J
what was happening and rushed ler-
ror stricken 10 the street
Great crowds OF the pupula,e also
fled into the thOr0ugnfaTes when the
earthquake came. They formed into
procession. recitiug the L.tdnJ of
Saints. Many ~ the people iu rneir
excitement declared the eartlQ Iake
was "a punishment for the sins of the
men who are fighting against their
brothers n the European war
Ayezzauo. tho town from which
the greater number Of casualties has
been reported as the result Of the
earthGuake lies iu the province "
Arula. iu the AbrIzzi department,
GO miles east Of Rome ana short
distance from the base Of Mount
EeIlno 10 is an ancient town and
had a population Of some ten ihol-
sand one Of the we'll preserved
buildings there was the lowered cas-
Tile built boy Gentle NIrginlO Orsiuo
.iu 1890. Most Of the towns in which
damage has been done are situated
virtually in the heart Of Italy. The
country In the province Of Rome and
the department Of the Ahruszi Is
mostly mountainous, but thickly pop
.ulltrd Numerous villages and towns
dot the territory
Monterotondo has population Of
about five thousand. II was here In
1857 that Garibaldi defeated the
'papal forces
Tivcll has population 81 some
fourteen thousaud II lies IS miles
northeast Of Rome and retains many
Of the antiquities OF the old Roman
days
Pofi Is village " some four thou
sand inhabitants.
Zagarolo Pallano, Vercli, Percto.
Poggio and Native all are small
towns
italy in past years has had numer-
GUS vlatations from earthquakes and
suffered what probably was the
greatest disaster from an earthquake
that tho world ever saw. This was
IN December, 1905, when Sicily and
Calahria 76,4S3 persons were killed,
I95.47O injured and 100000 made
homeless
The financial loss never pas ac-
curatcly computed but II ran Into
many millions OF dollars.
Up TO the time Of this catastrophe
the earthquake at Lisbon, Portugal, IN
I1ST7. which cost 10000 lives, caused
the greatest number OF casualties.
Nineteen hundred and six was the
worst period for seismic disturbances
on rerord 1t was during this time
that great disasters occurred the world
over.
The destruction Of San Francisco
and Valparaiso and the razing OF
eighteen villages in Calabria occurred
in the spring and sumner Of 1906.
The province OF Esmeraldas IN Ecua-
dor was shaken I'm the following jan
Nary and a great tidal wave followed,
drowning many persons and devastat-
ing the city Of Esmeraldas. Colombia
also suffered I'm this disturbance, about
three hundred persons being killed.
A month and q half later on the Is
land OF FOrmosa the village az Kagi
and three other towns were destroyed
with the loss OF thousands Of lives and
material damage estimated at $40
was visited with much loss Of life
and property damage
Then followed the San Francisco
disaster. I'm which 500 killed and 25O.-
600 made homeless with property
loss OF {3OO, 900, 900. 4 few months
later Valparaiso was destroyed by
car'h shocks and a conflagration. Two
thousand inhabitants were killed and
q monetary loss OF S250,OOg,OOO re-
suited Within four days from the
first earth shock, the region for hun
drods OF miles around Valparaiso was
visited by 3S2 quakes. i'm which the
towns OF Los Andes and Menppilla
with an aggregate population Of 5000
We're destroyed with their inhabitants.
Santiago. Chile. lost 55 persons
killed and suffered 81 500. 900 damage.
while the towns Of Nina. Del Mar.
Quirihua, Linache and Quillota with
a total Of $4,000 inhabitants were
completely destroyed
Later I'm the same year there were
disturbances In Porto Rico, German
New Guinea and again In chile.
I'm 1907 came the disaster 90 King
stOn. Jamaica, in which over one
thousand lives were lost and $4,000
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