The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-10
Four More Towns Demolished
by Recurring Quakes.
New Volcanic Crater Appears
Northeast of Spezia.
DEATH LIST MOUNTS TO 500
More Than Fifty Towns and
Cities Are Stricken. -,
Homeless Survivors Are Stupe.
fled by Great Disaster.

Rome, Sept. 1O.-A dispatch from
Spezia today reported the crater of
Piazanello active. Flames and smoke
were said to be shooting from itn
mouth. accompanied by deep rumS-
lings.
Recurrence of earthquake shocks in
the Emilia district of northern Ttaiv
was reported. While the district sf
tected apparently was not so large As.
that IN which Tuesdays tremors were
Ielt, the shocks were described a.
much heavier.
received tonight as to loss Of life ~
properly damage in the new EARTH
heavy. ~ Os
Four Towns Hard Hit.
The towns of Ferrara, Reggie. To-
have suffered seriously. In Ferrars
the church of Santa Maria, an eIev-
destroyed vas Poi ltsaiiy
.. T The he. latest at, figures on Tuesdays
known dead, possibly 5000 Injured
ana between 10000 and $4,000 home,
Tess. More than SO cities and towns
were stricken. 10
New Volcanic Crater.
A volcanic crater has suddanl1,
opened at the top of Pizzo d'IJceIio .
mountain 5.s45 feet high aboEt ia
miles northeast of Spezia. IT Is 10
cated on what appears to be the
northwest corner of the distrirt
shaken by Tuesday mornings earth~
Suake, winch resulted in the loss Of
nunoreds OF lives in the region iust
| north of Florence. ''e
a telegram from Spezia states tha
f.,a.es As ennitung smoke and sulphuric
Tunes. and that scientists there at
earthquake ~ siie
The shock which devastated scor.s
| % %on nttle towns and villages north ~
| = iorence seems to have followed the
| hhe OF the mountains. This Is COM
/ mon TO earthquakes in Italv as ~.
tremor that destroyed Messina IN 1ens
| IoHoWed the Calabro- -Sicilian Tno,tn-
talns and the one at Avezzano seemed
20 cling to. the trend of the Apennines
very very closely Four years later the
| tuscan Hills were shaken and M,lca
10 was destroyed, and now the Amman
Alps are visited by the seismic dis
turbance.
Reports from northern Italy have
gwen no further details of the situa-
Iion nor have they told of the damage
done by the tremor which shook the
Emilia district between the Apenninas
anu the River Po yesterday morning
1 First reports stated the shock was
more more severe than that which destroyed
t1vlzzano and other towns north of
Florence.
Disturbance Now Subsiding.
Florence. Italy, Sept. 1O.-Minor
earthquake shocks which have been
felt since the disastrous tremor Of
tuesday morning in the devastated
zone north of this city indicate the
disturbance is subsiding. according to
Father Alfani, director of the obserya-
tory here.
He said today that small shocks sue
ceeding one another rather frequently
show the seismic phenomena are
wearing themselves out, while II a
long pause succeeds a severe earth
quake, another strong shock occurs.
which may be considered as the cul-
1 mination of the small shocks which
SHOULD have come at intervals.
The shocks in the present case" he
| declared, ARE to be considered as good
omens as indicating that no serious
recurrence of the earthquake may be
expected"
King Victor Emmanuel accompan-
lied by Queen Helena and Princess
Volanda today passed thru the small
er villages which suffered disaster
from the earthquake. In these places
II the tragedy was on a smaller scale.
the inha bitants were afflicted perha ps
to a greater degree because of the inn
possibility of providing for the outly-
ing districts promptly.
Princess Helps Tiny Tots.
Princess Vo1anda. who is 10 years
of age, proved almost as competent
and practical as the queen herself in
suggesting remedies and making lists
of what was required over and above
what had been brought in the auto
mobiles.
Volanda even had a store of toys
with which she coaxed smiles from
the frightened and fretful children.
May the Madonna and all the
saints reward you" said old man
with arm in a sling. You are as
kind as you are beautiful. When
was young. queens and princesses sat
on thrones with gold crowns and jew
lels over them. They never troubled
their heads about US poor
Thus the royal family visited one
village after another. leaving behind
them announcement and hope in the
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