MESSINA OUTDONE

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 116, 18 January 1915, Page 5

MESSINA OUTDONE

OVER 44,000 LIVES LOST. ONLY 2 Oil 3 PER CENT. ESCAPE. UNPRECEDENTED VIOLENCE OF j SHOCK. MANY VICTIMS BURNED TO "j DEATH. | (United Press Assn. —Copyrigh'.) j (Reed. 1.45 v\m.) ! ROME, Jan. 17. j The disaster surpasses Messina in] the low percentage of survivors. Only two or three per cent escaped at Avezzano, while thirty per cent, sftrvived at Messina. The violence cf the earthquake was unprecedented A carter was passing 50 yards away from a house, where it was literally hurled against him, burying the horse and cart. Aver.'iano was ground to powder as by a gigantic machine. Corpses are [nitrifying ns the whole attention is being devoted to the wounded under the ruins. Rescuers at the outsel were so few that they could, not do more than mark specs where voices were heard. When help was forthcoming the voices were silent. Two girls, protected under a piano. Implored help for two days. They were slowly asphyxiated by dust and frozen. Fires broke out at several points and some people were undoubtedly burned alive. Fire also completed the destruction of Maghano. MANY LIVES LOST IN CHURCHES. ROME, Jan. 17. One hundred were buried in a church at Custilliri during a funeral service. Rescuers at Sora found seven nuns and a priest killed at an altar during communion. Sixty bodies were found in the diningrocm of a girls' college at Avezrano. Seven-eighths of the population at Massadalbe and the majority of • tile population at Chercois were killed, large numbers being buried in churches Much damage was dene at Subiaco, including the Benedictine Abbey. ,' ,-Seven hundred bodies were recovered at Sora. DEATH ROLL OVER 44,000. TOWNS GROUND TO DUST. (Rood. S p.m..) ROME, Jan 16. It is estimated that 1000 are dead of ISOO inhabitants of the Avezzano Patorno district. Six hundred cut of 1600 are dead at Larnpelinc, which has been practically wiped cut. Capella is one heap of ruins. The latest estimate is that 30,000 are dead at Azruzzi, including 14,000 in the Avezzano district. The Countess of Resta and five sons were rescued alive at Avezzano. The Count clung to the'ruins of the palace. He spurned condolences and worked tenaciously for two day-, and''nights to extricate his family. RUINED TOWNS. . . ROME, Jan. IG. Half cf Hagliano di Marsi has been destroyed, and there are 1300 dead. Three parts of Pescina are destroyed, and there are 4000 dead. There are 3000 buried in the ruins of San Bencletti. All the houses in Caypadccia ar" uninhabitable, and the people arc camping in the snow. Nc thi n g re mcl n s o f ■'• 1b? f u •:■. ensis,a n 0 it is believed tha whole cf its population perished. Of 900 at Lapoile, only 30 remain alive. The King has gone to Sora, where there is little hope of rescuing the buried. ROME. Jan. 17. Relief parties continue t owork under' the most dangerous conditions. There are crevasses in (he cemetery at Soro. whence masses cf bcilin; wafer are thrown up. RECORDED IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY. Jan. 17. The seismographs at Sydney and Melbourne disclosed slight earth tremors corresponding with the time c { the Italian earthquake.