Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-14


 Torres, Cajenti and Poppi. the than half destroyed with many dead.
 Rome was terribly shaken by the shock. A total of 775 buildings ,a the city were damaged. The whole populace was wildly excited. The streets are confused mass of frightened persons.
 Pope Benedict was praying in t'a Vatican when the shock was felt. The chalice shook in his hand, and nearly fell. The pontiff held fast to the eda' of the altar. He was very calm, an ], in moment knelt and prayed. As Ihe vibration ceased the pope resumed the ceremony in steady vote.
 At the Palace del Drago. whsr" Thomas Nelson Page, the Anne tea ], ambassador, resides, several chacxs in the building opened wider and plaster fell in several of thu rooms. The glass was broken in tfo embassy office.
 At the Meteorological institu'c it is said that buildings continued 70 rock or tremble for about 30 seconds after the shock had ceased, and t!;o duration of the phenomenon altogether was about one minute. It was stated that it was not h.- lieved that the disturbance extenu-d to Sicily.
 All details of the catastrophe were requested from the minister of ;ae interior by King Victor Emmanoa.. After learning of the great damagr. the king expressed a wish to visit the stricken cities.
 "A cabinet council will be helJ to- morrow to provide relief measures.
 The town of 'POsi is reported half destroyed.
 At Porrecajetapi, 37 miles east c. Rome, the village was wiped out, $
 At Sumone the barracks collaps .l. burying several soldiers and injur!1g number of civilians.
 Chapello and Magliano, in Abruzzi were badly damaged, and at Frosin- one the partial destruction of the prison resulted in the mutiny Of .llo prisoners. Two deaths are repor.ct. but the damage is not estimated.
 The most violent of the seismic dis turbance appears to have been in !hA neighborhOOd of Veroli Nome Rotonde. Aid has been sent there rom Rome.
 The center of the earthquake was tbetween Sarino and Campobasso. It was felt powerfully at Perugia and shook houses as far north as Fer-A:a. Communication has been cut of with many towns in the province u! l Abruzzi. so that full details of ,he | disaster will not be ascertained rntiI tomorrow.
 In Rome two shocks were felt this morning. According to the vatican observatory the shocks were undu'a.e ing. The first one was slight an l lasted five seconds. The second cor tinued for 30 seconds. Many ancient and famous buildinrs in Rome were among the buildings damaged. The bell tower of the < Andrews church was partly ruined. The railroad station also suffered seriously. The wall of the royal to- baccO factory was cracked and the Farnese palace was damaged. An examination of St. Peter's church indicated that it suffered no serious damage. Pieces of plaster fell here and there in some of the minor rooms, but the edifice itself was as a whole free from Assures.
 The church of St. Agatha was damaged, the walls being cracked from top to bottom. The churches of St. Ignace and Marie Builla Scala also suffered. A small plat in St. Peters square has fallen below the street level.
 The Antonine columns which were first reported inclined are now de- clared safe although St. Paul's statue