HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS COLLAPSE
WARSHIPS TO THE RESCUE. THE KING VISITS THE SCENE. DAMAGE IN OTHER TOWNS. ROME, December 29. Hundreds of buildings collapsed, and much pillaging took place afterwards. Tho captain of the frigate Paesino was buried alive in the ruins. All the warships, lying at Naples have been ordered to proceed to Messina with relief for the stricken city. King Victor Emmanuel is also proceeding to tho scene of the disaster. Extensive damage was also don© in other towns, where the residents are now encamping in the fields. Among the places most seriously affected were Bagnara, a town of about 8000. inhabitants, in the province of Calabria, at tho southern extremity of Italy; Giora, a village in the province of Aquila of about 2500 inhabitants; and Palma, a large modern town near the south-west corner of Sicily, whoso inhabitants number over 14,000.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6704, 30 December 1908, Page 5
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