ITALY'S DEAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 5

ITALY'S DEAD.

THE FATE OF FIVE CITIES PERISHED: 202,500. UPHEAVAL OP THE WATERS. PANIC AT OATANIA. (at OffitiEflßAPH—Pittas ASSOCIATION—corTRianf,) (Reo. January 1, 0.60 a.m.) . Roma, December 81. Tho latest reports indioato that the mortality'figures "at Messina, and in the Calabrian coastal cities of Reggio, Ragnara, Sominara, and'Palmi are aa follow Mesaina ... ... ... 133,000 Reggio... .„ ... ~. 40)000 Bagnara ... ... ...-12,000 sominara ... ... ... 1,500 Palm] ii>. ... ... ... 14,000 Total In fivo dltios ... 402,500 • ; The 133,000 people who lost tholr lives at Messina included 200 visitork ; Reggio, where 40,000 porished, Wad a city, with a population of 44,000. Two-thirds of the district of Palmi havo beeti destroyed. Of; the 14,000■ dead there, 8000 have be6n interred in a common gravo. Tho town of-Seylla (on. tho Oalabrian coast, south of Bagnara) has vanished. The German steamor Therapia, when approaching ; Messina, met boatloads. of men and women craving for food and waton Tho beach i 9 farrowed, with enormous 'gaps,' whence sulphurous vapours are Issuing. The railway- station at Reggio, in falling, crnshod 400. The collapse of tho barraoks killed 2000.soldiers. ; . Immense fissures have opened in Reggie. THE DESTROYING WAVE. | 'HO'W 'MESSINA LASHED ITS COASTS, j RENEWED SHOCKS. I (Reo. January 1, 10.10 a.m.) ! I : .-.- ■ Rows; December 31. Prior to the earthquake a brilliant Aurora Boreaiis was noticed. Then tlio sea. Withdrew from both coasts (Sioily and Calabria), gathered an enormous wavo in tho middle of the . Straits of . - Messina, .'' and'. swept' {both 'coasts, .carrying ; with it death, and destrucr tion. . ' : Queon Helena: yesterday-reoeivedi nn, ovation alio is .succouring the injured. . llonovrod shocks: at Catania (on ttid east coast of Sicily) aro causing-panioa among tho, inhabitants, who daily make, religious processions .with saints' . relics and oiler, up ■prayer. • .-> .- ;f ri'> r ' RESCUE AND RELIEF, EVERY EFFORT BEING MADE AT MALTA. '"'(Reo, January 1, 0.60 a.m.) , ; Reiria, Decembor 31. y,Malta,is.being stripped of all.available appliances which aro likely to be. of use to ; the. .H.M.S. Exmonth .took'from, Malta *80,000, blankets and; a field 1 , ambulance.' i H.M.S.':Dunian convoyed GO : tho Army vMedlcalv'Corps; and' many 'nurses. H.M.S. Philomel took fmirtoea doctors and many .medical .requirements.' •• ■: The;steamer Sutlej has made several journeys 'with rofugecs from Messina-to Syracuse, . Ottawa, December 31. i Canada has decided to subscribe to the relief of tho Italian sufferers. 1 .; : ■' , / - !,; The Amerioan Red Cross Society has voted £io;ooo. LARQE TRAOTS UNDER WATER. HOSPITAL SHIPS. i ■ (Roe. January, 1,. 0.35 p.m.) | ' .' " ROmfl, January 1. | For elevon miles south of Reggio the 1 face of the' country 'is completely ■ altered.; Large | tracts are. under water,)and everywhere is | havoo. and destruction. ■ '. New York, January 1. : The United Statos supply ship Celtic, with a >million- and ,a half pounds of navy rations intended by Admiral Sperry's battle fleet,- is .sailing from New York for Messina. ■' . j President Roosevelt is expected to ask Congress to pass a liberal relief vote. . ." • - Roma, January 1. 'V The Italian Government is sending emigrant vessels to Reggio and Messina-to serve »s temporary hospitals for .to remove sur-; vivors elsewhere. Princesses and noble ladies are volunteering to nurse tho injured, and'aro also adopting orphans. - ■ Eighteen districts ■in -i Calabria -are pletely destroyed.' ' ■' The Director of the Observatory at Catania estimates the killc-d at 200,000. . Sydney, January 1. The oivic heads of the various cities Of the Commonwealth ;'havo opened ■, earthquake funds. > r FICHTINC FOR FOOD. PROPOSAIS FOR PARLIAMENT. SINKING OF DOCKS. , • (Reo. January 1, 0.65) p.m.) . v Rome, January L .' A tptf-dozen|survivors ; fought with knives in the' ruins ofj the Customhouse of Messina, in ordor to (fcoido the ownership; of somo provisions; • Spvcral throats were cut for a fow handfuls of beans. ". The extraordinary boldness and effronteryof ..tho. lowest roughs causes, alarm in Messina. ': There js still a terrible ; lack of food 'medical necessaries, .wood for' building shelters. >; . The dooks Mid harbour ■ works at Messina havo sunk to the level of the sea. : Tho effects of the seismic wave woro felt Termini to Syracuso. : ; " .. • |. London, January 1. ; King Edward has sent 600 guinoas to the Lord Mayor's Fund. Tho Prinoo of Wales and Quoon Alexandra havo sent 260 guineas each. ' 'Thai, English Fund' amounta to £100,000. .... ; Rome,; January 1. The Italian, Parliament will • shortly, bo convoked tojvoto extraordinary taxation for tho rioxt five years;'to increase tho railway ratos,, and. to exempt the afflicted distriots from taxation. Drinking tvat-ev'hfts bosoms OBntaminatfltl la nuiuj' slues.

FURTHER 3HOOKB AT MESSINA. SUFFERINGS OF POPULACE. RUSSIAN 'RESCUES. (ReC.'January 1, 11.35 p.m.) Roma, January 1. Clouds of carrion birds are devouring tho corpses in the streets of Reggio antl neighbouring villages.., .' No damage was done at Taemina, a popular health resort. . . ' - Two severe shooks were experienced at Messina yesterday. - "y Tho crew of tho. Russian warship Admiral Makharoff saved a thousand lives, at Messina. Thousands of. half-nakod men, women, and children are wandering in tho deep mud. along the shore. Many little children have been frozen to death. , A thousand men are needed .to - extricate still .living victims from the ruins. ■ Paris, Jantiary 1. . .The Fz-ench Government:, has opened :a national subscription in aid of sufferers by the earthquake, President Falliercs. subscribing £1000. ' . New York, January, 1. The-American public'is subsoribing most generously., The Steel Trust has given £5000, and the Standard Oil Trust £2000} The Red Cross Society has -remitted ito Italy: £10,000. remaining . from; the, San. Francisco relief fund.' .., . tflt MtfidttiPtt-fnllSS ASSOetATWH.I ; c . , .. . .Auohlantf, January 1, Subscription lists m aid of the sufferers by the Italian earthquakes have been opened in Auckland by the -Mayor. :■ ■