The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-18

! Is tIst " Itl . ao bllt' lllll4ItllS' ttllt cry. lie expresses the belief that tt least twenty other towns suffer d as greatly as did this city. The list includes Celano. few miles east of this city, with a population of 20000; Goriano, Ca Serta. and scores of other smaller towns. The ling was accompanied only by Gen eral Brusati.
 vESUVIUS IS QUIET.
 NAPLES, Jan. 14.-Although it is nomentarily expected that Mt Yes lyius will break forth in great erup- ion, there has thus far been no sign of unusual activity. The earth quake, however was accompanied oy a great tidal wave, which swept the Gulf of Gaete. causing great damage to vessels and wrecking many buildings along the shore. l The terror Of the people also as been increased by exceptionally high water in the streams along the west roast between this city and Rome The Tiber, which has been swollen by persistent rains, threatens to overflow it's banks, and superstitious Romans, recalling the floods of 1870, 'tiiHtNC lilt pItStII -lluliialioI anu earthquake with war believing that he nation is about to become in yolyed in the great conflict
 POPE MAY GO TO ABRUZZi ROME. Jan. 14-Officials of the vatican claim that there is the prob ability that Pope Benedict will go 70 the scene of the disaster in in terior Italy. If he does. he will b. the first pope to leave the vatican ! ice Pope Plus TX.
 The queen is especially grieved over the great disaster because If Ger inability to assist in the work of relieving the suffering and dis tress of the thousands of wounded and homeless. The recent birth of her child necessitates her remaining t t @ palace,
 DETAILS LACKING.
 ROME, Jan. 14.-It is believed that several days will elapse before accurate details of the disaster car be received from the stricken dis tricts. IL is known that at least one train was thrown from the tracks by the shock. resulting in the death 3f several hundred passengers, and it is reported that another train was taught in a tunnel. The first train was wrecked near Lake Fucino, the entire outfit being thrown into d | deep gulch. Scores met instant death. and many of the injured were l burned to death later by the fire which consumed the train.
 Refugees arriving here tonight claim that the entire scene along the 1 coast is one of ruins. Reports from ! the stricken districts say that the 1 reecuers are working under great | difficulties. The cries for assistance come from all directions at once, and it is stated that numbers of the rescue workers have gone insane l 's the result of the heartrending scenes on every ei6e of tNeno i The work of relief las been ren- dered extremely difficult in some districts by d heavy fall of snow. 1 Many of the highways are impass- able and the destruction of rail road bridges andetunnels has render { d that service useless.
 QUAKE KILLS 35,OOo,
 ROME, Jan. 15.-Reports received from various parts of the peninsula i today show that the area of devas- tation resulting from the terrific l earthquake of Wednesday is much 1 greater than was at first believed 1 ud i. is con idcIyd cer,an 14a the number of talities will exceed the earliest estimates. The latest official bulletins place the num- Der of dead at 35,000, in addition ! : or less seriously wounded.
 Over one thousand bodies were removed from t e ruins al AvezzanO today, and the work of rescue is proceeding rapidly despite the handi- cap of extremely cold weather. The cold is such that it is feared that
 many of those still remaining i'm prisoned in the debris will die Of exposure before assistance reaches them. It is estimated that fully
 1000 were buried alive in Avezzano alone. The number includes many children who were buried beneath
 te ruins of their school.
 IT e situation at Avezzano is es, pecially critical because of the de
 struction of the aqueduct which sup
 piled the city with water. It is
 feared that fire will complete the
 destruction of the city and add tc
 the number of fatalities.
 In searching among the ruins to
 day, rescue workers came upon the
 bodies of seven nuns close to the
 altar of their destroyed church
 lying near them was the body of a
 priest, q chalice being clasped tigNt (
 ly in his stiffened hands. In an
 other part of the city a young girl
 was found hanging by her clothing | ~0m 'fe nnr0~ floor of Q n'rti
 wrecked building. She was still
 live. but unconscious from many
 hours exposure to the cold.
 All the officials of the municipa
 government were killed. their bodies
 having been recovered today. Also
 tt Avezzano, an elderly man, whose entire family perished in the quake
 net a similar fate while searching
 among the ruins for his loved ones The building collapsed while he was
 hus engaged.
 | No word has been received frOlr