CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 313, 2 January 1909, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

By Cable.—Press Association.—Coj^^H The steamer Sutlcj made several jour leys witli refugees between Messina iy'racusc. ;M Prior to tin' earthquake" a Vurora Borcalis was noticed. Then t'lf ;ca withdrew from both coasts, gathered into an enormous wave in the .j •entre of the straits, and swept both „... .-oasts. ° j. CANADIAN SUPPORT. J** 1 Ottawa, January 1. J Canada lias decided to subscribe ,to ' the relief fund. The America Hod Cross I Society lias voted £IO,OOO. ) t)l FACE OK COUNTRY COMPLETELY >» ALTERED. "•'' HAVOC AND DESTRUCTION EVERY- lw WHERE. r Received 1, 0.35 p.m. *, Rome, January 1.- |in For eleven miles south of Reggie 0"' / face of the country is completely til-1 tered. ' I Large tracts of country are under water. Everywhere is havoc and destruction, • IIKLP Kill! THE AFFLICTED. AMERICAN GENEROSITY. *«"cw York, January I. « The United States supply ship Celtic, t witli a million aud a-lialf |K)iinda '•' » navy rations intended for the battle lleet, is sailing from New York for Messina. President Roosevelt, it is expected, will ask Congress to pass a liberal relief vote. Rome, January 1. I The Italian Government is tending j emigrant vessels to Keggio and Messina to serve as temporary hospitals or remove the survivors elsewhere. NOBILITY'S SEfl-JjACRIHt-Vr i V. • , Rome, Jamjiry l.j; ' A Princess and ladies of noilc birl' I are volunteering to nurse, the injure* and arc also adopting the orphans. | ' EIGHTEEN DISTRICTS DESTROYED. j j AN ESTIMATE OK THE|MORTALITY. ! t , Koine, January 1. '- Eighteen districts ill the province of '• Calabria were completely deatroyed. J The director of the observatory at B Catania estimate, the killed at 200,000. DEVOURING CARRIONS AT WORK. Received 1, 10.38 p.m. Rome, December 1. Clouds of carrion liirils urejlevmiring the corpses in the streets of Reggio and neighboring villages. '• No damage, was done at Taoinina, the popular health resort. FIGHTING FOR FOOD. d __ ' s TERRIBLE LACK OF SUPPLIES. :t DOCKS RENDERED USELESS. ' Received 1, 0.55 p.m. '' Rome, December 1 • ' A few dozen survivors fought with J] knives among the ruins of the Custom- "., house at Messina for provisions. Scv- , eral throats were cut fur a few handj. fills of beans. . c . ' The extraordinary bo! i i .-, and citrontcrv(of tlie lowest ronjli- cause alarm, „. • There is still a tc-rriM.. lack of fowl , s supply, medical nccc.-mics and wood i,, for building shelter*. The docks and harbor works at Mes- .,. sina have sunk to the level oi Ihe sea. ' The effects of the sci-ini.- wave were felt from Termini to Syracuse. MORE SHOCKS AT .MESSINA. PITIABLE SCENES. MORE RESCUERS WANTED. is Received 2, 1 a.m. ic Rome, January 1. Two severe shocks were experienced a at Messina yesterday. ' •s The crew of the Russian.warship Admiral MakharolT saved a thousand lives. Messina thousands of half-naked in deep mud along the shore. little children have been frozen to death. A thousand men arc needed to extricate the victims still living among the, ruins. RESCUE AND RELIEF. >- Received 31, 10.25 p.m. e Rome, December 31. e An English sailor with a rope rescuel twenty persons from the fifth story of *, a. houso in Messina. The building tliel if fell, severely injuring him. !1 London, December 31. !- Barings and Rothschilds have sub f- scrilH'd £IOOO to the Lord Mayor's fuuc II for Die relief ,of sufferers. Vienna, December 31. 1- The Emperor Franz Josef has con. :1 tributed £2OOO to the Italian reii-.-i :- fund. if Melbourne, December 31. Koine Italian residents of Melbourne fear that they have lost relatives by tlie earthquake. Received 2, 1 a.m. 3 Sydney, January 1. This morning the civic heads of the, various cities of the Commonwealth' i opened funds in connection with the) •Italian earthquake. i- Received 1, 11.35 p.m. r Paris, January 1. i Tlie French Government.has opened i. a national subscription list in coancc- , 5 tion with the Italian earthquake. Pre- , sident Fallieros subscribed £IOOO. f New \ r ork, January 1. :. The American public are subscribing i most generously. The Steel Trust has i given £SOOO and the Standard Oil Trust t £2OOO. The Red Cross Society has re- e mitted to Italy £IO,OOO remaining from ' the San Francisco relief funds. ■ THE LONDON RELIEF FUNDS. 1 Received I, :u,i p.m. j London, January 1. j King Edward has sent r>oo guineas to i the Lord Mayor's fund. The Prince of Wales and Queen "Alexandria contrilmt ed 250 guineas each. The English fund amounts to £IOO,OOO. | ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ACT n PROMPTLY. I Received 1, 11.55 p.m. si Rome, December 1. u The Italian Parliament will shortly be convoked to vote extraordinary taxation. For the next live years' it is proposed to increase the railway rates, 'exciunting the affected district's from I taxation. Ua. >pl Drinking water has 1 £i ated in many places. f - NEW ZEALAND SYMpilTn^^H By Tofranil.--Preco AnlM^^^^M Thursd|^^^^H This Joseph ~^^^^^^H cable to ei.n^^^^^^H sympathy the peonle of l^^^^^H the e^^^^^^^l