EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 113, 15 January 1915, Page 5

EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY

SEVERE. VISITATION. A TOWN WIPED OUT. THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST. . ONLY 800 SAVED OUT OF 8,000 (United Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, Ja. 14 Reuter reports that only SOO were saved at Avedzuuo, out of a population of 8,000. SEVERELY FELT IN ROME. LASTS 70 SECONDS ROME, Jan. 14 The shock was felt-from .Ancona to Naples at 8 on Wednesday morning. Eighty buildings were damaged at Rome and the colonnade or St. Peter’s suffered considerably. There were 150 windows shattered in the Basilica, and the shock was severely felt in the Vatica. The Pope invited everybodyto pray. The column of Marcus Aurelius was broken in various places, and the has relief irreparably damaged. The effects in the provinces were severe, and there are reports, of many deaths and wounded in all parts. The shock „ lasted , 70 , seconds . ,jn Naples. One- -J&la&e buffered Severely) and the Avew.ao was completely destroyed, also all buildings in the surrounding country. A HEAVY DEATH ROLL. FULL EXTENT OF DAMAGE ■UNKNOWN. FEARED GRAVE DISASTER. ROME, a .In. 14. There were forty deaths in Aojuila and several hundred injured ,of whom ten are dead. One hundred and fifty have already been taken from the ruins of Is--01 ndlliri. Many houses collapsed at Sara, and twenty dead were found in Villalaco. M my victims believed to be buried in the debris in the townships of Popoli and Jen lima. The inhabitants of Tivoli are camping in the open air. An official report states that the earthquake was the most disastrous in a district within, a radius of 100 miles whose centre is probaby the province of Rotenza. Communication with Poteza has been severed, and it is feared thereis a grave disaster there. VANY KILLED AND WOUNDED. ‘MPORTANT EDIFICES DAMAGED. ROME, Jan. 13. Th belfry of the church at Staaud;'<:a Delie Prate was badly shaken by the earthquake, and there is danger of it falling. The statue of St. Paul fell from San Giovanni in Laterano. The inhabi--uts of Mante Rotcndo fled in panic. ,vo storeys of the tower of the town hall fell, damaging the lower portion. r i’wo were killed many injured. Geverai houses collapsed at Beroli, ".tusing a number of fatalities. MANY VILLAGES DESTROYED. PEOPLE FOUND BURIED UNDER RUINS. (Reed. S.oO a.m.) ROME, Jan. 14. Buildings at Potenza were seriously damaged, but' there were few victims. The greatest havoc was caused in the villages surrounding the extinct volcano Monte Vulture, There was also a tidal wave near Naples. The second shock occurred at Rome at three o’clock on Thursday morning. The inhabitants spent the night in the open. Celano and Pescina were partially destroyed and many dead were found under the ruins. Fifty-seven buildings were damaged in Rome, and Cicero’s tower at Arpino collapsed. TOTAL INJURIES. (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 14. The total casualties from the earthquake are estimated at 12,000 killed, and 20,000 injured. OVER TWENTY TOWNS DESTROYED. , MOST PITIFUL SCENES. (Rec. 12.25 p.m.) ROME, Jan. 14. It is believed there are only 100 survivors at Avezzano. They camped around fires in the principal square and seemed to have lost their senses, and to be incapable of aiding other victims. They thus passed the night. One survivor states he was in the street when it was shaken to pieces, and others state the destruction eclipses that ‘of Messina. The twon is one immense cemetery. Under the ruins of the college a young girl’s voice was heard saying, “There are 140 still alive; bring help quickly.” Groans and cries are heard everywhere from the ruins. Ninety-five out of a hundred carblnicrcs composing the risen were killed. Twenty other towns were destroyed, including Magliano di Marsi.