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ITALY'S VISITATION.

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER. FAMISHING SURVIVORS. STRAITS RAISED TEN FEET. KING EMANUEL JUST ESCAPES DEATH.

Rome, January 1. Two priests were the only survivor* at Scylla. They were in the vault of the church, which alone withstood the. shocks. The captain of the steamer Unibric ■aw famished survivors at lleggio killing and eating dogs. The British military attache at Rome proceeded to Messina to intercept the steamers Ophir and Bremen and request them to give assistance. When, after being at Reggio, King Emmanuel revisited Jlcssina,a building of live storeys fell at his feet. Captains report, that the bed of the sea in the Straits of Messina has risen tea feet.

The lirst great shock of earthquake lasted «17 seconds, and was followed by four tidal waves.

Deputy Fulci lay injured in a ruined cellar for fifteen hours, and was then suffocated. His brother heard his cries but was unable to relieve him. i" RELIEF MEASURES.

Rome, January 1. The American ship Celtic brings |t|lo dollars' worth of clothing, shoes, ■Wand goods. BJBjJLtalian and other naval authoriBflJßjjprganisiiig relief. BflflflW Ottawa, January 1. BJJBJJBJLdian Government is grantBJjflJjflJßVto the-relief fund. BJBSSSSJL Paris, January 1. BflflflflJßflVelief list totals £BOOO.

records at the Observatory show that the first tremor was felt at Melbourne at 2.45 }>.rn. on . December 28, equivalent to 5.43 a.m. Italian time, and was continued till 3.8 p.m. Tnis was followed by a group of waves, each representing a fresh shock, .which reached the maximum at 3.12 p.m. There was another group of seven quakes' at 3.49 p.m., and another at 3.25 p.m. , Suusequently the disturbance took the shape of a succession of quakes, about eight in number, but of more amplitude, until 4.24 p.m., then they changed into minute tremors, terminating' at 4.34 p.m., having lasted altogetner an hour and forty minutes. , The records are not nearly so pronounced as they were in the case oi tiie San Francisco, earthquake. Professor Barrachi says that probably the centre of the present Italian earthquake is nearer the surface than was that of the Sail Francisco earthquake. 'lf so, the effect would be felt more severely locally, and the waves would be projected through the earth with smaller amplitude . ." NEW ZEALAND SUBSCRIPTION LISTS. ■'By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Saturday Night. At the request of the Italian Con-sul-General for Australasia, the Italian Consular agent here (Mr Thos. Wallace) has opened a subscription list for the relief of sufferers' from the Sicilian earthquake and to date has received two guineas. At Mr Wallace's request the Mayor has agreed to open a list at the city council chambers on Monday.

. EXCITING EXPERIENCES. Received 3, 4.30 p.m. i ' Rome, January 2. Princess Levalle was viewing the sunrise at Taormina when the) earthquake .occurred. She hastily returned to M;ss.vna, and.found the Lusco Palace in ruins. .Fancying she heard the voices of her daughters under the ruins, she com menced scraping away with her banc's and nails and rescued two unknow.l children. Then her husband appeared and told her that her daughters had sivfely lowered themselves by! a rope of sheets. 'Tlnjy also rescued two babies, the Princess adopts. ■•■ hINORMOUS LOSSES. Rome, January 2. It is estimated .that eight millions of private property and forty millions at Reggio, twelve worth of fortifications in the traits of Messina, and nine millions wW* °/ docks and harbor works have been mined. A .'STEAMER INTERCEPTED. HELPING REFUGE,*®. Home, January 2. i The Admiralty intercepted the"steamer Ophir and diverted her to Reggio, whence she conveyed 750 refugees and Grounded to Naples. The Orient Company's Messina pgent perished jn the disaster. TRAINS ENGULFED. - !t "j ■ ; A .PLUCKY GIRL. L i U '/' A DUKE'S FIND. '; ' "; Received 3, 4,15 p.m. , :

t..' Rome, January 2. v A tidal wave oni Monday engulfed two trains full of passengers who were leaving Reggio. A girl twelve years of age, a boarder at a convent at JlVmteleone, repeatedly T»turncd to a to.ttering building and V led three nuns and four girl compimions. The Duke of Aoßta, whilst exploring at Pnlini, stumbh-d against a corpse still clutching mo ney and banknotes. He attempted to raise the moribund gurvivor, who died in his arms. ! "HOKE SHU'S;: STILL' MOKE ! _ SHIPS," THE KING'S ORDER. PESTILENCE THREATENED. ; Received 3, 4,15 p.m. ' ■ • Rioine, January 2. King Emmanuel telegraphed to Sigaoi' Giolitti, Premier, to "send ships; still more ships; above a/il, ships laden with quicklime." Correspondents em phasise that pestilence is threatened I mless survivors are speedily removed fro m the scene of the disaster. ■ Ocean liners are i issisting to remove the survivors. It iSi believed that most of, those buried in the ruins are now dead. It will be necessary to cover the rums .with quicklime to pre vent pestilence. ' Provisions are now .abundant. ■ * •'"' A MARQUIS' PLIGHT. ~ RESTRAINING E'.UFFIANS.

Received 3, 4.1 5 p.m. ! , RonM '., January 2. The Marquis of Semnola is still unrescucd in a cellar at JTessina, but he possesses provisions. The newspaper Tribumi states that out of twenty thousand survivors at Messina, a fourth are the dregs of the population, requiring restraint by aimed force. • Many cases of suicide and madness

are reported. Rain is falling in torrents. ' !£s a measure of precaution agamst madness all dogs and cats :ae being tilled. , Many of the famished people are eating them. • The military overpowered eightty *«■ criminals who were indullpaß w ' wholesale robhrrv at Keggio an it Messina, which have been placed undc "c inarjfcial law. ~ , The troops shot two of the fan vswa mob who were attempting to pi «** a bank safe.

CONTINUANCE OF DIBTUBBAN H" s iPEBDIOTED. J \'. xr"~' Beceived 3, 415 p.m. : ' -r- - Rome, January 2. Hither 'Albani, of the Florence ou-l S V eeTvatory, predicts a continuance or >'* seismic disturbance for several years. ■ i\d The survivors at Sante Acufemia . ' were without food for forty-eight hours. tBALP THE POPULATION PERISHt '- • 'ALL ITAL* HELPING. ' Received 4. 0.5 a.m. V I Rome, .Tanuar y 2fc*' King Emmanuel telepnphrd to Kin? / iS fawaTd his whole-hearted thinks f"' "■' i i - the British officers' anil saiion" &<** <L& - "work and chiritv. _ 1&..J&, It h officials stated that much: »«j SHr' iftan half the population of hotl? aid;| BgrV- of theiStrait* of Messina perislndV ■ Admiral? report Wat til

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Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1909, Page 3

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ITALY'S VISITATION. Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1909, Page 3

ITALY'S VISITATION. Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1909, Page 3

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