Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-01
APPALLING SCENES
NQUAKE DISTRICT
Italian Hospitals Without
Transportation Facilities
for the Injured.
MANY TREATED IN FIELDS

FLORENCE. Monday. June :" Chl
III" Associated Press,---ln many
places throughout the district visited
BY the earthquake Sunday the num-
Der of injured has made il Impossible
to transport the suffering to hospitals
because of the lack Of proper means
at the disposal of the authorities I'm
promptu nurses have taken care OF
the injured ones In the fields and
along the dusty ROADS.
Possessors of automobiles have Civ
en- great assistance rushing from spoi
to spot and bringing help. medicines
and bandaRes for use by the doctors
and nurses Among those who have
especially distinguished themselves al
this work are Marquis Rartloini and
Princess Marie Demidoh.
In spite Of heartrending cries from
ruins, rescue work AT many places
had been brought from Florence
Many persons are believed TO haNr
died under the shattered debris az
their homes.
Over 1000 Houses Damaged.
In the earthquake zone more than
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in addition to those which were Ut
terly destroyed. The entire popula
ton Of the Regello valley. twenty
miles southeast of Florence. ia obliged
! to camp in the open air. II being con
eidered unsafe for the people to re
turn to their homes. The author
ties have not succeeded In supDlvinr
all the people with tents and huts
and thus the exposure to tn. unusu-
| ally cold weather in that district MAY
general misery in that district may
have serious consequences.
The railway crossing the Regeli"
valley has been broken. several
! bridges being damaged, and a mum
Der of wagon roads have been block ed
by rocks which slid down the noun
tain sides. Among the houses dam
aged at Resello was the one where
Eiotto. who has been called the
Father of Painting" was born. The
| ia nous Church of San Lorenzo for
tunately was only slightly damaged.
the walls being cracked to some de-
gree. but the works of art inside did
not suffer serious damage.
Fatalities Exceed One Hundred.
The victims of the earthquake SO
far reported number more than a
hundred killed and several thousand
! injured. A million and a half peo-
! Arezzo and Siena. where the shocks
were especially severe, spent the night
! in the open air.
The Duchess of Aosta visited part
Of the stricken area to render as
| sietance. The project. Count Olgiati.
accompanied by engineers. soldiers
and Red Cross workers. proceeded
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other supplies.
The stocks began about O'Clock
| Sunday morning. They were very
! slight at first, but continued at inter
walls until they reached their maxi
mum intensity at O'Clock in the
| afternoon. This was in the sixth de :
gree. and the terrifying rumbllng
| caused much alarm. the vibration
| breaking telegraph and telephone
wires, setting church bells ringing.
| domes OF churches.
Most Severe in Fifteen Years.
This earthquake is the most severe
Tuscany has suffered in the past ff-
+, teen years. The full force Of the dis
! turbance was felt in the valley OF the
Mugello. on the western slope Of the
| central Apennines. vicchio, a viii
| lage Of 1900 inhabitants. suffered
| most, most Of the local doctors being
among the victims. In the capital
! OF the Mugello, Doro San Lorenzo.
! with a population of more than 5000.
i factories. schoolhouses. churches and
| railway stations were destroyed.
! Among the other towns which sur
| fered greatly were Marradi. which
stands at a height OF 1,075 feet on
! the mountains: San Piero. Sieve. vag-
liza. Montorsoli. Dioomano. Covella and
| Lubiano. Much live stock was killed,
many cattle being buried in their
stalls. Horses announced the ap-
proach of each shock by their wild
| neighing.
1t is feared that some regions might
be entirely isolated through the de-
etruction of communications. as at
| the time Of the great earthquake in
Avexzano in 1915, and airplanes have
been dispatched in all directions on
scouting missions along the Apen-
mines and the Arno and China val
leys.
Grave danger is reported from
| Londa. Pelio, Scarperia, Fano and
/ Palazzuolo.