THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 June 1910, Page 3

THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE.

LATIOST PARTI CO LARS

C'HUROHICS AND HOLIES

DKST ROVED

GREAT RELIGIOUS PKOCES-

SI ON.

FANATICS ATTACK AMERICAN

MISSIONARIES

[IIY RIjKC-THIC TKI.WiItAI'H-COI'YUIO.nT.] [rmi I'll ESS .\SSOCM riON-J (Received This Day, 9.L> a.m.) ROME, Juno 8. The King made ia itour ol tho vilat Avellino, and tho hitter visited the hospital. The Iviing made n tour of. Mio villagos a fleeted. There is no xweepiing destruction such as occurred in the terrible Messina earthquake. The fallen iliouses .are mostly old and badly built.

Somo churches were wrecked

In Naples the disaster is attriihnte:l to St. Janiiarins, whose blood !s preserved in tho Cathedral. T( (lid licit 1 iq i!t'fv according (to traditional miracle and a great procession is 1 ><'i11a; organised to appease Mm* offended saiiiffc.

Most houses in C'nlitri are cracked. especially those built on the hill<*ir!e and the crowning slopes.

Twenty-four bodies have been recovered", and 70 people luive fled from t.h: j 'ir homes.

Fanatics attacked several American Pr< ik'Mt'Mit missionaries, who visited Coiili'fri alleging that they Were responsible for the disaster.

Soldiers rescued them