Second Edition. Worse than Mussina.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 17, 11 May 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. Worse than Mussina.

THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE DEATH AND DESOLATION. A PITIFUL STORY. [By Electric Telegraph— Copyright) fUNITED PafSl ASSOCIATION.] (Received 1.0 p.m.) Rome, May 10. Professor Paci, of the Etna Observatory, says the intensity of the earthquake exceeded that at Messina. Latest statistics show that'six villages were razed, and a dozen were half destroyed. One hundred and fifty people were killed and 500 injured. Thousauds of families are homeless. Many of the roads are impassable owing to the fissures. Survivors are attacking the ruins with their hands in their eagerness to unearth relatives, AN OBJECT FOR* CHARITY. NEED OF BREAD AND WATER. FURTHER SHOCKS FELT. ■ •' V (Received 1.55 p.m.) Rome, May 10. King Emanuel has.given £IOOO to the sufferers through the earthquake. The Pope has also given a large sum. ~ t ■ Queen Elena contributed medicines and clothing. ' Several fresh' shocks, have been experienced. The railway k being repaired. Bread is still urgently needed and many are suffering from thirst. All the aqueducts on the Gardati-Boggiardo-Lineva line were broken. The disaster would have been greater hut for the fact that the earthquake was so circumscribed.