THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 321, 12 January 1909, Page 3

THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE

CABLE NEWS (By Cable—Press Association.—Cony right.)

GUARDING MESSINA. Home, January 10. There are 11,)U0 troops stulioiiol at Messina and 7UOO at Rcggio, whci'4 public moneys and dociuneuts are bein» recovered from the ruins. THE STRAITS OF MESSINA.

Berlin, January 10. It is officially stated in Berlin that the Straits of Messina are again safe for tile Xorddemscher Lloyd's steamers, which lately were ordered-to steam to the west of Sicily. CARE OF THE ORPHANS. Rome, January 10. It is probable that Italy will call all the poor orphans whose parents were victims of the earthquake "Children of tlie National,- and that they will be I provided for until they become of age.

A SEVERE TASK. PREVENTING AX EPIDEMIC. MORE RESCUES. WITHOUT FOOD FOR 14 DAYS. Received 11, !t..5(i p.m. Rome, January 11. General Mazza, General Commissary at Messina, admits that rescue work at first suffered from confusion, but the soldiers and sailors deserved the greatest praise for their work. The severest task confronting the authorities now is to prevent an epidemic from the putrefaction of 40,000 corpses still under the ruins.

Six more were rescued alive at Messina. A butcher was extricated who was comparatively well though he was foodless for fourteen days. He was compelled to see his wife and children die in slow agony without befag ablej lo help them. MILITARY BUNGLING.

POSSIBLE TO .SAVE ANOTHER 20,000.

A SENATOR'S INDICTMENT

Received 11, 0.50 p.m. Rome, January 11. Troops have recovered valuables worth £200,000. Signor Felice, Deputy for Catania, declared in the Italian Chamber of De-. puties that if the assistance sent had! been placed under more intelligent direction than that of the military it would have been possible to save another 20,000 victims. A Sicilian Deputy confirmed the statement.

The Premier (Signor Giolitti) replied that martial law had been applied at the Prefects' request in order to prevent pillaging on a large scale. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. TO BENEFIT THE NEEDY AND ORPHANS. Rome, January 11. The Premier (Signor Giolitti) proposes to apply all the unclaimed property in the earthquake zone to the creation of a fund for the needy, especially the orphans. FUND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hawera, Monday. A sacred concert in aid of funds for the relief of sufferers of the Italian disaster realised £2O.