El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-14

regions calls for doctors and medicine
reached Rome. Pope Benedict was re-
citing the thanksgiving after the morn
ing mass when the shock occurred. The
pontlff retained his cOmpOsure and
gave orders Immediately that the dam
age both inside and outside the atican
De aSeeftalned and requested report
whether assistance was required.
AvezEEnO Is Ancient Town.
AVe1zano, the town from which the
greatest number Of casualties have
been reported as the result of the
earthquake, lies in the province of
Aguila, in the A6ruzzi department So
miles east Of Rome 1t is an ancient
Town and had a population of some
1O0OO one OF the well preserved
buildings there was the lowered castle
3ui6t by Gentle Virginia Orsino in
Most of the towns in which damage
mas Deen done are situated virtually
IN the heart of Italy, in a line r1nnJns-
northeast and southeast from Rome.
eastward toward the Adriatic sea. The
country IN the province Of Rome and
the department of the Abruzzi is
mostly mountainous, but thickly popu-
iated- Numerous villages and towns
DOT the territory. Monte RotOndo has
a population Of about 5000 1t was here
IN 1857 that Garibaldi defeated the
papaI forces. At Tivoli, where one
Herson rs said to have been killed. there
IS a population Of some 1900 1t lies
~ miles northeast of Rome and retains
many Of the antiquities of the Old
roman days, among them the temple
OF Ilberlus and the Villa d'Este, cele-
DRAFTED for the beauty Of its architec-
tuTe Pofi is village of some 1000
Aagarola- PalianO, FerOH. Peret6
FogglOs Native and the other places
"hete damage or fatalities are re-
ported are all small towns.
Italy's Terrible EeaFthquakes.
llalE IN mast wears has had MIN or--rr.-
Vlsitations from earthquakes in which
thousands Of persons have persisted
ana from which millions of dollars of
property damage has resulted
It fell to the lot of Italy to suffer
what probably was the greatest dis
aster from an earthquake that the
world ever saw. This was in Deem
Der, 1908, when in Sicily and CaIabria
80, $50 persons We're killed, 95,470 in
1ured and 100000 made homeless. In
TINS disturbance Messina, Santa Teresa,
Scalleta and Faro in Sicily. and Reggie,
san Giovanni, San Ufemia, Calico,
Paiml, PellarO and CannitellO, in Gala
bria, were destroyed
The financial loss never was accu-
rately computed, but it ran into many
millions of dollars.
Other Great Disasters.
Up to the time of the catastrophe
the earthquake at Lisbon in 1855, which
cost $4,000 lives, caused the greatest
number OF casualties
Nineteen hundred and six was the
worst period for seismic disturbances
on record. il was during this time
that great disasters occurred the world
over.
The destruction of San Francisco and
and the razing in is viz
lagos in CaIabria occurred in the spring
and summer of 1905.
The province of Esmeraldas in Ecua-
dor was shaken in the following jan
uary and a great tidal wave followed,
drowning many persons. Colombia also
suffered in this disturbance, about 300
persons being killed.
4 month and a half later on the
island of FormOsa/ the village Of Kagi
and three other towns were destroyed
with the loss of thousands of lives
and material damage estimated at
S45, 900, 600 A month later Kagi again
was visited with much loss Of life and
property damage