THE SEISMIC HORRORS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 189, 19 January 1915, Page 4

THE SEISMIC HORRORS.

CASUAI/iV LISTS GROWING. ', HUNOKIOUs DIE OF EXPOSURE ; X(; tSYi:;V.7"Y Ji; AUSTRIA. { i IV (.':i!jlc—l'j'i'a.i Association—Copyright. 1 .lurched IS, 8.50 p.m. * 1 , Rome, January IS. *l The Kin- lias donated £12,000"to the | orphans ni' tlir earthquake victims. l\ea- 1 I'-re.lii.-.i ii! e mmieation reveals hv'iivy | i-a-ualtio- in mountain towns. Many | i.i the injured died from lack of. medi- 1 cul treatment, and hundreds succumbed 1 Soldiers are cleaving the ruins of a 1 church at Orincliio, endeavouring to res- .'J cur a hundred buried women, whose cries | can Le heard. <t Several cruel articles have appeared ill 1 Austrian newspaper.-'., pointing out that f { •J.- '■;■ .pcaii var is more fatal titan the k earlhi|iiukes and therefore Kurppc can- | not do more than express c indolence, J adding ■tliat "Italy is in the enviable 1 position of being well looked after/' |

JOIcHTIOIOX TiiWKM ENTIRELY ■ DIOSTHUY'ED. XlXlvi'V IOIG.HT SHOCKS. ' Received IS, 8.15 p.m. London, January 18. Lloyd's Nov. s correspondent reports that the •.'.;■(h-jiiake entirely 'destroyed eighteen ItaC'ii towns and villages, h< thirteen Che:- scarcely a building is intact, an,-! a dozen otlurs were damaged. During t.veiity-four hours ninetyeight shoe!:- '.vei'e experienred. The corrc;pendent states that the 1 Italian Government has announced that! in view of the international upheaval n<j> relief contributions can be expected; from foreign countries, neutral or other* wise. ' i THE SHOCKS CONTINUE. ' A MOUNTAIN RENT IN TWAIN. ' STARVATION IN SORA. ' FRIGHTFUL SCENES WHEN FOOD 1 ARRIVED. Received 19, 12.15 am. [' Rome, January 18. ' The shocks continue, 185 having been registered since the disaster. f The earthquake rent Mount Pizzodeta (GOOOft.) in' two. The gap can be seen miles away. Sixty towns were destroyed in half a' minute. Of five hundred taken from the ruins of Avezzano, half have since died. Many of the survivors have lost their reason, and wander among the ruins, calling the names of their loved ones. • Fifty thousand soldiers are engaged in rescue work in the district, with small result. The terrified refugees are huddled in" hastily-constructed shelters along the roads and caves in the hillsides. There were frightful scenes when the first cartload of food arrived in Sora, the crowd i fighting until it was empty. Sora was destroyed, but the loss of life there was smaJl, because the townspeople are early risers, mostly agriculturists. A priest was conducting the funeral of a child at Caseilliri. Twenty children were kneeling around the coffin. Suddenly the earth shook, and with' a deafening crash the church collapsed, crushing the congregation, including the children. A sergeant of Carbineer's at Avezzano, hearing moans in the ruins, ordered a hole to be excavated. Men lowered him head downwards, and he walked until he released a girl, whoso body was entangled in the beams of the collar. Holding the girl by the waist, the men hoisted both safely. » K Attempts to rescue the HO school* girls have thus far been a failure. ■ '>