New-York tribune., 1920-09-08

1estroys'Two
Italian Cities
Other Towns Are
Damaged; No Estimate
of the Dead and Injured
i'm Disaster Is Available
People Terror Stricken
Entire Northern Part of
Peninsula Is Affected;
Rescuers Rushed to Scene

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE town of
Fivizzano, thirty-four miles northwest
of Lucca, has been completely demol-
ished by an earthquake, according to a
Spezia dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph. The dispatch adds that Solero
and Monte were badly wrecked.
ROME, Sept IA violent earth
quake took place in northern Italy early
this morning. Villa Collemandina is
reported to have been destroyed. Cas-
tiglione, Pieve, Fosciano, Vaglia, Cam
porgiano, Sandonnino. Piazza al Ser
chic, Poggio, Castegnola, Foscindora
and Cangiano have been badly
damaged.
The dead and injured are numerous,
although the number is not yet esti-
scenes of the disaster.
Villa Collemandina is town of about
1000 inhabitants, in the province of
Mass Carrara.
Grave reports of the damage sus-
tanned in various towns of Tuscany
are being received here, and it is con-
firmed that Villa Collemandina has
been virtually destroyed.
PISA. Italy, Sept. z (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-The earthquake shock
here was preceded by deep rumblings
and followed by vertical and horizon
tai earth tremo1s which lasted for
thirteen SECONDS.
People Flee to Fields
The population, terror stricken, fed
from their homes, the women and
children shouting and weeping. The
squares of the city were soon filled,
but majority Of the people fed to the
fields.
The hands of the clock in the tower
stopped at 1855 o'clock this morning.
Bells in the various steeples were set
ringing by the disturbance. Persons
who happened to be in Cathedral
Square in Pisa say they saw the
famous leaning tower perceptibly
oscillate.
Electric wires were shor. circuite d
ln various buildings. ST. Michael's
Church and St. Matthew's Church were
conslde rably damaged. Other churches s
suffered less seriously.
Numbers of persons were gravely in
jured by falling masonry. Others were
hurt by jumping from windows At
Pontedera boy sixteen years old died
from fright.
Number of Victims Unknown
The news received here from Avez-
zano indicates a grave situation there.
1t has been impossible as yet TO obtain
details of the damage or the numbe r
| of victims owing to interruption of the
telegraph and telephone lines. A band
of rescuers has left Spezia for Fiviz-
zano, accompanied by the Prefect and
| the commander of the Carabineers.
FLORENCE, Sept. IAN earthquake
occurred at 1855 o'clock this morning
1t caused some damage in Pisa and in
the neighborhood of Spezia, Via Reg
| gio, Massacarrara, Fivizzano and Wig
meta. Houses collapsed with some loss
| Of life. AT Collemandia there was one
death and victims also were reported in
the Garfagnana Valley
| The director of the observatory here
Signor Alfani. says the center Of the
earth shock was about fifty miles from
Florence in northerly direction.
MILAN. Sept. THE earthquake
here this morning did not cause any
panic among the population, but the
prisoners in the Jail mutinied, insist.
ing that their cells be opened so they
might not die in the ruins f the build
| ing fell. Soldiers were hurriedly
called out and established order in the
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