THE EARTHQUAKE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9343, 12 January 1909, Page 5

THE EARTHQUAKE.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Rome, January 11.

General Mazza, General of the Commissary at Messina, admits that the rescue work at first suffered from oonfnsion, but the soldiers and sailors deserved the greatest praise. The severest task confronting the authorities now is to prevent an epidemic from the petrifaction of. the 4000 corpses which are buried under the ruins.

Six more people have been rescued at Messina.

A butcher who was extricated is comparatively well, although he was without food for 14 days. He was compelled to see his wife and children die in slow agony without being able to move to their help.

Signor Felice, Deputy for Catania, declared iu the Italian Chamber that if the assistance which had been sent had been placed under more intelligent direction than the military, it would have been possible to have saved another 20,000 victims. A Sicilian Deputy confirmed this statement. v

Prm-m.'r CJiolitti replied that martial law was applied at the Prefect’s request in order to prevent pillaging ou a large scale. The troops have recovered valuables worth £200,000, The Premier, Signor Gioliotti, proposes to apply all unclaimed property in the earthquake zone to the creation of a fund for the needy, especially orphans. Received January 12, 8.0 a.m. Rome, January 11. and child were rescued alive at Messina yesterday. Bluejackets, under the British Military Attache, at Rome, extricated Mrs Ogsfcon’s body. EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUILDINGS. The only buildings at Reggio intact were built on plan in 190.6, with hollow bricks with vertical and horizontal wires giving great elasticity.