THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 324, 15 January 1909, Page 2

THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE

THE COMMON WEALTH THANKED, j Loudon, January 1.:. Mi<rnur (Jiolitti, Premier, ot Italy, has cabled to Captai.i It. Jluirhead Collins, the Commonwealth Agent iu London, the thanks of the Italian (jlovernineiil for the Commonwealth's conspicuous contribution to tlii; earthijnaku fund. Tlie Italian Ambassador in London has also expressed the gratitude of his sovereign and people.

MORE SHOCKS IN ITALY. Komo, January 13. Shocks of earthquake have occurred it flenoa. Milan, Venice, Florence iid Padua. Much damage has been done. There vas « panic at liuola, near llologua. PANIC AMO.NU 'INK I'KOPIJJ. Ucceived 14, U. 20 p.m. Koine, January 13. Shocks of earthquake were felt a .iaremui, I'isa, l.ucea, l'istuia, Perugia 'errara, Vciaoa. Iteggioncll, Kmilia liellnu anil Itiuiini. There was initci ilarm hut little damage, though th ihocks lasted eight to ten seconds. The Kloreiitines abandoned thei 'nouses, whilst Venetians lied to th [liazzn of St. Mark. Ucceived 14, lU3 p.m. Home, January 14. Might shocks of earthc|U.ike were c> lierienciid early on Wednesday inori ing. * Ucceived 14, !Uii. panVienna. January 14. Manv iioints in Southern Austria, e: Lending from Sarajevo to Trieste, wcr affected by the earthquake shoel Among other places affected were Ho acn, Merita and Poln.

DKSiTM'CTIOX OF MESSINA. "snU'VSSKD ANYTHIXC IMAGINABLE." Received 14, lUS ]i.m. Home, .lamiary 14. 'Hie Dukr of Connaujjht, who visited Mi-ssinn, considers Hit' destruction of the .town surpassed anything lmuginaide. It seemed, lie said, as if the eit.v hud passed tliroii«l> a sieve like ground wheat.

THE SAVAH VOLCANO. JSy Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, January 14. In view of the disastrous enrtlii|uakcs in Italy, more than ordinary interest attaches to a report brought by the steamer Lord Sefton, which arrived from San Francisco hist night. The •report states that the volcano on the Snvaii Island. Samoa, was observed in violent eruption on January 3, emitting ll.imc and steam about a thousand feet into tin- air. The sky for miles around was a canopv of fire .On arrival of the steamer at Apia on the following day it was reported that several sharp earthquakes had been experienced for a few days previously, but that no damage had been received.

RELIEF FUND. Wellington. Wednesday. The Warehousemen's A- nictations of Auckland and Welling; on have subscribed nnd forwarded to the Italian Consul here £llO for the earthquake sufferers.