STROMBOLI ACTIVE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3085, 6 January 1909, Page 5

STROMBOLI ACTIVE.

CABLE NEWS

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright,

FURTHER EARTHQUAKE

SHOCKS.

TERRIFYING SUBTERRANEAN RUMBLINGS. MUCIT DAMAGE DONE. PANIC AMONG THE PEOPLE. Received January 5, 11.17 a.m. ROME, January 4. A violent shock of earthquake was experienced at Stromboli early today, lasting three seconds, accompanied by an eruption of the volcano rind terrifying subterranean rumblings. Much damage resulted. A severe shock was felt at Caltagirons, in Sicily, « town of 30,000 inhabitants, 36 miles south-west of Catania. Several were killed. Shocks continue at Messina and Melito. Intense panic prevails among the people. LITTLE FEAR OF EPIDEMICS. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE. Received January 5, 11.17 a.m. ROME, January 4. Signor Santoli Guido, Director - General of Hygiene in Italy, thinks there is little fear of epidemics resulting from the heavy mortality. Enormous quantities of disinfectants are being forwarded, including hundreds ot tons of quicklime and chloride of lime.

All the municipal doctors of Italy and all the young doctors in Rome have volunteered for service in the eartiqunke zone. The noblest competition is shown everywhere. IN THE BACK DISTRICTS, NO RELIEF YET ARRIVED. Keceived January 5, 11.20 a.m. ROME, January 4. No assistance has yet reached the interior of Calabria and Sicily, though twenty-four towns were destroyed. Relief is almost concentrated at Messina and Reggio, where many of the injured are accommoaa'ed in prisons. Famished people a?e eating the raw flesh of donkeys rid horses, which t ie trcops distr"- ute. DARING RESCUES. GALLANT SAILORS.

DESPERATE SOLDIERS KEPT AT BAY. Received January 5, 8 a.m. ROME, January 4. Mr Doresa, a shipowner, of London, and one of the survivors of the Trinacria Hotel, which was overwhelmed in the disaster at Messina, describes some daring rescues amid the earthquake and ilamea by the Afonwen'a second mate, Mr Read, and an able seaman named Smith. Captain Owens, of the Afonwen, while distributing food ashore, entrusted Mr Doresa with a boat as the only means of retreat. Soon five soldiers attempted to seize the boat in order to escape to the mainland. Mr Doresa, producing a revolver, put them to flight. Other rescuers had similar experiences at the outset of the panic. Received January 6, 1 a.m. ROME, January 5. A number of persons were rescued alive from the ruins at Reggio yesterday. HELP FROM NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON, January 5. The Government has sent five thousand pounds to Italy as a contribution to the fund for the relief of sufferers by the recent earthquakes. In an interview with a "New Zealand Times" reporter the Prime Minister stated that any funds collected by private effort will, on application being made to the Government, be remitted entirely free to the authorities in Italy.