Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-30
Il KILLED IN ITALY
BY HEAVY SHOCKS
Property Loss Large on Re-
ports Received Early From
Affected Area.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANCONA, Italy, October 30.-Twenty-
seven persons we're known to be dead
and nearly 200 injured by an earth
quake that shook the Adriatic Coast
this morning.
There were 20 dead and more than
100 injured in the town of Senigallia,
on the coast, and dead and upward
Of so injured in the Province of Marche,
which includes the City of Ancona.
Villages in the western part of the
province had not been heard from at
noon. 1t was there that the authorities
felt the toll might have been increased.
Every House Damaged.
of more than $4,000 inhabitants was
sidered remarkable that there had been
so comparatively few casualties.
The people on the city were panic
stricken and refused to work indoors
today. The streets and public squares
were thronged.
The ministry of the interior said
every effort was being made to reach
the isolated towns with relief.
The earthquake struck shortly after
8 o'clock this morning. The tremors
lasted 20 minutes, Senigallia, like An
coma, suffered heavy damage to prop
erty. Hardly a house escaped.
Troops Rushed to Area.
The epicenter of the disturbance was
In the Adriatic Sea near Senigallia,
which so far as now known was the
hardest hit
Military officials in neighboring prov
inceS rushed troops in motor cars and
trucks into the stricken area.
It was at first feared that the isolated
villages, as during July's quake, would
report the heaviest casualties, but, as
town after town was heard from, it
began TO appear that the total of dead
might not reach more than two score.
Immediately after the quake terror
swept over the area. Work was suspend
ed and the population flocked into the
streets, refusing to re-enter their homes
in fear that the shocks would be re-
peated. In fact, two additional slight
tremors were reported later at several
points.
Shocks Widely Felt.
The major disturbance was felt in a
wide area from Triest to Naples, but the
death-dealing blow fell in the region Of
Ancona
Airplanes were sent this afternoon
over the outlying villages in order to
determine If possible how badly they
had been struck and whether they had
been isolated.
One of the dead in Ancona is Alfredo
MoreSi, customs agent, father of six
children. Another is Giovanni Lucchet-
SoI <o H.
a church. At CasSero, boy, Luigi Osi-
mani, 2 years old, was killed.
Bath houses at Senigallia, which is a
popular Summer resort were turned into
hospitals, the local hospital being filled
to its capacity.
Soldiers supplied camp cots for the
bath houses and aided in carrying the
injured.
Frightful Noise Heard.
The quake was preceded by frightful
booming noise, much like that of q
tremendous cannon.
The marble front of the provincial
headquarters palace in Ancona fell into
the Piazza Roma. The tower of the
Church of the Holy Sacrament partly
collapsed.
The mayor of Fano, in a telephone
conversation, said that 10 persons were
injured there and that the Church of
the Madonna Del Ponte Netauroo had
been damaged. Ten persons also were
injured in the village of Mondalfo.
Many Towns Damaged.
Among the towns reporting injuries
and damage were Osimo, Castel Fiadro,
Montesicuro. Candi di Ancona, Fall
conara, CaStel Ferretti, Filottrano, Or
SANTA, Loreto, OStra, Belvedere, Mon
sanvito, Morravalda. Fano, Mondolfo,
Costanzo, Montelupone and Civitanova.
Detachments of the 9Th Infantry
were sent to each place.
The main railroad line between An
coma and the North was not interrupted,
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