EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.
* A TERRIBLE PLIGHT. %■ 12,000 REFUGEES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, January 28. Avezzano is under snow, and the soldiers are working day and night to maintain the road uninterrupted. Only dead persons are now being recovered, .The towns are converted into vast marshes by the torrential rains. The air is becoming pestilential owing to the putrefaction of carcases under tSe debris. Twelve thousand refugees are sheltering in Rome. 'The Belgian refugees' committee spent £60,000 in relieving and maintaining 10,500 refugees. The fund is now exhausted, and the committee is appealing for further funds,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 30 January 1915, Page 5
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95EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 30 January 1915, Page 5
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