The Washington times., 1915-01-17
RtSClbERS. Dig OUT :
!. GIRLS BURIED ALIVE
Heroic Efforts Made to Save
Students Of College De.
T.. !. stroyed by Earthquake.
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,.T Those, IN Santa Marta Hospital have
been visited again by the Pope. who has
sivsn al Of them his blessing and each
-ss t'oi%w,ns a conferences bo,w.., Am.
>: hassador Page and the mayor of Rome,
frinoe .Colonna. II was agreed that
american aid would be accepted, but
a1ly from private. individuals. Am
1Tassados ,mas rage VIII administer such
ID states In corporation with the mayor,
and there will be 10 violation Of the
a'ecisfon that outside official aid can
rot We accepted owing to the grave in
y ternattonal situation.
- Child Born in Ruins.
% Many incidents arc told that begsar
lehcf. At Capellc. north Of AveSzano,
while tho work Of resuce was pro-
teedirg. the soldiers found a woman
buried who had just given birth to "A
haby. She and the boy were removed
TO Q temporary hospital. Both will re-
cover. The captain OF the military COM
-psny. who acted as godfather to the
I enosin6 tlittlc carthquake).
m tne main church In AveZzano three
CpN0fen were dug out alive and unin-
I 1S 1Sred, tee .eo only survivoss Of = consresa-
FER their escape, but the soldiers say
l that statue OF the Virgin Mary had
fal,sn in such a way that 1t supported
large quantity Of debris. making a
! roof. over the heads Of the girls.
J A little boy and his dog were dug out
OF the ruins OF the municipal buildiss.
I Fhey had been passing when the build
ing fell In and parts Of the metal roof
Under which. they lay in safety.
Reports from tho ancient town Of
Subi1co, in the Sabine mountains, show
I that. while the city. itself suffered
severely, tho two ancient monasteries,
santa Scolastics, founded In A. d. $50,
and Santa Eenedetto. nome of the Bene-
dictinc order. hre only slightly DAM
!; aged. They contain some of the great
4 est art treasures of Italy. In Subaco.
st II stated, more tnsn 1000 were in
I 1ured but only five killed.
|; :. More Than Half Dead.
Assiano. witch was almost com.
pletely destroyed, reports 100 out Of
I $500 Inhabitants dead. The rcmain-
| der are badly hurt.
Pescina reported 4.50O victims; Pa
! terno, nearby, 1000; Semelino, 500;
4 Antrosana, 20 killed. and 1000
wounded. of whom many will die;
! Massadalbe, 500 doad; Cerchios, 1000
!: dead, and in addition there are from
J to so reported killed in G5 other
4 cities and towns.
4 I sora: which was at first reported to
have lost most Of its population, ac-
I all Of the Inhabitants. however. were
hurt and many will die from exposure
In many Of the demolished towns
Z hros broke ont. 1t was practically
impossible to extinguish them be-
! cause the water supply everywhere
was cut off. Many are believed "a
nave burned 10 death while held In
rhe debris. -
The King returned to Avezzano to.
day AMI again aided In the rescue
j. Many Pathetic Incidents.
Ar Many pathetic incidents are report.
I'd here. Seventy young girls, less
'rhan eighteen years old, were killed
IN tho collapse Of the women's col
le6s. Their bodies, many badly mu-
J ttlated, have been recovered and are
now In the temporary morgue erected
IN the outskirts of the ruined city.
/ Prof. PALE 4zo, director of the Royal
MeteYological Observatory. reports l6.
tistinct shocks have been felt since
mine were reported yesterday.
!. Donations for the benefit OF the Sur
vivofs arc flocking in from every Sec
ton Of Italy. Milan alone has raised
So. 900. The King went to Sora toda y
/, officials that they would do better ii
they would take care of their own
1 sufferers
I CivN Engineer Deramo. who has
! been in the quake zone: gave the fol.
1 said. were known to him:
Canitwortona. 100: Bizegna. 70: Ger
chic, 1000; San Benedetto. 1000: Col.
! larmele, 100: AielIi. 1000: Ortucchio
! .a010; Leccemarsi. 1000: Giola, $500
l Eollengo. 500; Balsorano, 1000. and
SA.NOfiNO. 1000.