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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
2
A reassurance urging citizens to check registration status for the upcoming sewer bond election. It warns that unregistered voters cannot cast ballots and urges residents to verify their own name and that of nearby neighbors in the ward before election day.
Dispatches describe the Calabria and Sicily earthquake and tsunami that wrecked Reggio and Messina, killing thousands. Refugees recount harrowing escapes, destroyed harbors, collapsed prisons, and mass homelessness as ships bring aid and international sympathy from Washington and Naples.
Italian ambassador to the United States Baron Des Planches issued a proclamation urging Italians in America to aid their countrymen in the earthquake district. He asked the Associated Press to print the message in Italian so Italians unable to read English could understand it.
Chicago residents and merchants formed a relief committee and raised over $8,000 in hours for the Illinois Red Cross, with Treasurer Orson Smith receiving the funds. Secretary Charles Revell estimated the day's subscriptions would reach $15,000, including a $2,000 mass meeting donation from Malians residents of Chicago.
Dec 30 Naples reports the Zraphin arrived with Sicilian refugees. Passengers, exhausted and distressed, sat in isolated groups after disembarking. A man cared for a naked, bloodied child found in a Mesinna basement. no claimants appeared, mirroring grim trauma among survivors.
About 8600 of San Francisco’s 30 000 Italians hail from areas hit by the disaster in Italy. They await word from home as relief funds commence through the city branch of the National Red Cross. A committee of the Italian consul, four bank presidents, twenty Italian societies, and Italian paper editors will oversee donations and plan benefits.
The British consul at Messina is reported injured, his wife and children dead. About ninety Americans were said to be in the Trina Cria hotel, reportedly destroyed, with some guests said to have escaped. Foreign ships rush to assist as the ambassador sends consular officers to gather details.
Reports from Messina describe hurried rescue work with exhausted crews. Troops and sailors shoot looters as fires burn and water is scarce. The Bank of Italy branch treasury with $2,000,000 survives aboard an Italian warship. Several survivors evacuate to Catania as volunteers organize aid and families shelter others.
Washington reports state department actions to locate American citizens in the Italian quake zone. Ambassador Griscom at Rome is directed to cable any available information and send vice consuls to assist and aid. Deputy Consul Lupton at Mestina is also coordinating to keep lines of communication open.
Monteleone dated report states the local prison at Reggio collapsed in the quake with 1,8060 inmates killed. A group of travelers at the station were crushed, twelve miles of rail hubs were ruined, and all nearby stations demolished. A torpedo boat sent from Santa Venere to Reggio returned due to bad weather as the sea remained rough.
In Rome 26,900 Calabrians and Sicilians beg for news as storms devastate Messina and Palmi. Telegraph offices are besieged by mournful relatives demanding information. Relief operations report hardship, naked hungry survivors, and urgent need for shelter. Government authorities control the relief wire.
Hundreds of Malian workers living in Chicago with winter stays in Southern Italy may be dead in Reilly alleged by Andrea Pilpi, head of the Italian club. About 3,000 of them reportedly returned.
In Chicago an Italian community of about 16 000 mobilized to help relatives in the Italian catastrophe zone. Families left behind sought to relieve distress by praying in chapels and raising funds, while pawnshops filled with items to send money and goods to affected relatives.
New Haven professor William F H Brewer of Yale linked the Sicily quake to the same surface fault as San Francisco. He proposed the tidal wave description reflects water disturbance in the Straits of Messina causing recoil that engulfed land as it shifted.
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph donated 16000 dollars for the relief of Italian earthquake sufferers, signaling strong European aid as Italy seeks assistance after the disaster.
Dex 30 Livieilo Pero, delegate for the Italian Red Cross in New York, announced he received about 5000 for earthquake sufferers. Contributions included 2000 from Howel the opera singer, 1000 from Brown Brothers and Company, and 1100 from J and W Seligman and Company.
Hamburg American Steamship lines will dispatch the steamer Figra from Hamburg to Sicily on January 5 to transport free of charge all gifts and donations collected in Germany for the earthquake victims. The move follows a telegram from Hamburg offices confirming the plan.
A 1911 Senate race in Ohio shapes as a clash over succession to Senator Charles Dick. With Mr Burton from Cleveland backing northern Ohio and a southern Ohio candidate from Cincinnati favored, the split path sharpens the contest for the seat.
The text notes Mr. Taft and Mr. KBurten may finalize an agreement that could trigger a Saturday caucus. If held, the coalition would be strong enough to defeat Senator Foraker or any other candidate.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a claim to cure a cold in one day. It guarantees refund if ineffective and features El W Groves signature on each box, priced at 26 cents.
Vandals smashed a stained glass window at Emmanuel on Sutter Street and damaged the altar, tearing it apart and scattering shreds. They overturned pews and tried to access silver services but left before finishing. A similar act occurred recently at St Dominic’s Church.
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