TERROR IN ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1920, Page 5

TERROR IN ITALY.

WIDESPREAD INCENDIARY CAMPAIGN, CASUALTIES IN GREAT EXPLOSIONS. B» Tetegnph.—ivwi Aun.—Copyright. Received August 12, 8,30 p.m, London. August 11. The Milan correspondent of the Dally j Chronicle reports that an Incendiary! campaign on and unprecedented scale is proceeding in all parts of Italy. A large military powder magazine at, Sangerwasto was blown up, shaking the whole city of Florence. Some bodieaj were hurled a mile. The death roll 1» not yet ascertainable, but over a hundred were sent to hospital. Many were wounded by. falling bombs, and many persons who were on fire in the street*' saved themselves by immersion in publio fountains.

An attempt to blow up a magazine atj Mugnany, Tuscany, by getting.Are W adjacent woods, failed. . Armed bands availed m&gstfnes at* Piacenza and Catania, and the military employed machine guns in a* night-long engagement, driving off the attacker* at' daylight. Anarchists exploded bombs in several Milan restaurants.

Four Ares which occurred in Genoa. Parma, Trieite and San Antonio, caused £250,000 damage, including. much Qov« eminent stores.

Other serious incefidiary damage ia North and .South Italy is' reported, in* eluding' eight outbreaks in eight neigh-, boring villages, all being visible eiimil- > taneously.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Jam.