ITALY'S VISITATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 316, 6 January 1909, Page 3

ITALY'S VISITATION.

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DAKIXG KESCt'ES. PANIC EXPERIENCES, j Rome, January 4. ' Mr. Kovesa describes dining lescu .'s!, amid earthquake and flame by I lip. 1 Afomvens' second male, Read, art ablci '.(seaman named .Smith, and the JAfon-i J wens'captain, Owens. I . ; While distributing food entrusted to Mr. Dorsea a boat was the only means of retreat. Soon five! soldiers -attempted to seize the boat in order to escape to the mainland, i Mr. Doresa, producing a revolver, put pern, to llight. Other rescuers had singular experiences at the outset of the rmniir-. , THE HYGIENIC ARRANGEMENTS. ■ I ' LITTLE FEAR OF EITDEMK's! MORE VIOLENT SHOCK!?. INTENSE PANIC. Rome, January 4. ■Signor Santoliquido, Director ot Ueiicrnl Hygiene in Italy, thinks there is little fear of epidemics. Enormous quantities of disinfectants are being lorwarded, including hundreds of tons of quicklime and chloride of lime. A violent shock was experienced at Stromboli early to-day, lasting three seconds, accompanied by an eruption of the volcano and terrifying subterranean rumblings. Much damage resulted. A severe shock was also felt at Caltagirone, Sicily, where there are 30,000 inhabitants. Several were killed. Shocks continue at Messina and Melito. Intense panic prevails. All municipal doctors in Italy and all the young doctors of Rome teered for service in the earthquake zone. The noblest competition is shown, everywhere. I 1 No assistance has yet reached the in- i t'erior of Sicily and Calabria, though 24 towns have been destroyed. Relief is almost concentrated' at Messina and Reggio, where many of the injured are accommodated in prisons. The famished. people eat the raw flesh of donkeys and horses, which the troops distribute;

AMERICA'S CHARITY. , Received l I a.m. New York, January 5. President Roosevelt's special message to Congress declared that the proposed relief was prompted by obligation# of Jiumanity and the fact that many good American citizens were formerly Itali.iv. immigrants. Also it was prompted by gratitude for the abundance wherewith God had blessed Americans in safety. Besides the half a million dollars tlnV both Houses voted, 300,000 dollars' worth of supplies (representing the supplies of the steamers Celtieo, Ting, and Culgoas) were voted. AMERICAN FLEET ORDERED TO: NAPLES.; Received li, 1 a.m. London, January 5. Router's Washington correspondent states that the lirst division of Admiral Sperry's fleet has been ordered to to- assist in the relief. No other Italian ports are to be visited. The American Red Cross Society tell-, graphed 390,000 dollars. The American committee at Rome ai'J chartering a steamer with supplies to fetch survivors. RELIEF MEASURES. Adelaide, January a. The first £IOOO has been cabled to the Lord -Mayor of London for the ital ian earthquake fund. RESCUED FROM THE RUINS. Received 0, 1.15 a.m. Rome, January 5. Some were rescued alive from the rains iu Reggio yesterday. London, January 5. The Mansion House fund now amounts to £40,000. It is understood the Government will make a direct grant. NEW ZEALAND'S CONTRIBUTION,. i:, .Telegraph.--Press ffssociatioii~ *** Wellington,B.ast Nigiit. Til- Government has lit £SOOO to Italy as a contribution M th:- fund for 1 the'relief of the sullereiWiv the recent earthquake. In an inßview with a New Zealand Times' l'epfKr. the Prime Minister stated that anjßnds collected by, private effort will, being made to the Government, be remitted free to the. authorities In Italy. Dunedin. I.jist Night. At a meeting held this aftjeraoon, presided over by the Mayor, it 'was decided to hold an entertainment ui the 12lli inst, in aid of the relief fi nd for the sufferers by tiie earthquake