Disaster in Sicily Leaves City Totally Destroyed
Helena de Messina described as a heroine arrives at the disaster site and personally cares for a little child as survivors wander the streets in hunger and distress. The death toll rises by thousands.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
1
King and Queen Aid Messina Rescue Amidain Ruin
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena arrived at Messina to aid survivors as fires rage and walls collapse. The king helped trapped victims while the queen rescued a bleeding child. Volunteering crews and ships’ crews convert harbors and hospitals to treat the injured and shelter the city’s wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Messina
Corm
Ttale
Hay
Palermo
Minster of Public Works
Bertolini
State Department seeks news of missing Americans in Italy quake
Cable from Ambassador Griscom in Rome reports efforts to locate about 90 Americans believed in Messina and surrounding towns after the wreck. He has asked Italian authorities and American consuls in Sicily for information and dispatches aid to the scene. Names listed include Mrs. Martha C. Kittredge and two daughters of Brookline Massachusetts, Blanche Kane of Philadelphia, and Bishop David Sessums of Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Messina
State Department
Griscom
Rome
Palermo
Foreign Office
Italy
Lupton
Sicily
Tarmorna
Department
Martha C. Kittredge
Ethel
Clarissa
Margaret Mendell
Brookline
Mass
Blanche Kane
Philadelphia
David Sessums
Louisiana
Pel
Baron Edmondo Mayor Des Planches
United States
America
Calabria
Refugee Toll Mounts After Italian Earthquake Tragedy
Naples receives 800 refugees from Messina and Calabria as hospitals overflow and supplies run short. Stories recount panicked ferries sinking, widespread hunger, and families separated while the Italian ambassador in Washington calls for urgent aid and disinfection measures.
Disaster toll climbs as Messina and Reggio suffer vast losses
In a cataclysmic southern Italy Sicily earthquake and flood, an estimated 110000 people perished in Messina and Reggio. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena visited ruins and improvised hospitals, offering consolation as thousands starved and fled amid fires, rain, and devastation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ialy
Sicily
Messina
Reggio
Italy
Naples
Messins
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Chicagoans Believed In Danger Zone In Southern Italy
Chicago reports list several residents in or near the danger area in southern Italy. Named are Mr. and Mrs. O. Kiger, Paul Larber, Dr. Charles A. Logan, Miss Magdalena Hornley, T. A. Griffin, and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Baure on their honeymoon. Mrs. Baure was formerly Bertha Duppler, longtime secretary to Posnaster Campbell and noted as a high salaried federal employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Reggio Flood Submerges City Under 30 Feet of Water
Calabrian city of Reggio battered by a massive tidal wave and storm. Homes along the waterfront washed away, twelve miles of railroad destroyed, the prison collapsed with about 1,000 prisoners dead, and survivors roamed ruins seeking food. Rail stations within a 12 mile radius ruined. A torpedo boat departed Santa Venere with aid but returned due to rough seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Pulio
Messina
Reggio
Reggie
Monteleong
Calabria
Triporni
Reggio College
Reggione
Americans Believed Lost in Earthquake Dispatches
Consul at Messina Arthur Cheney and Mrs Cheney reported dead. Arlington author John T Trowbridge and Mrs Trowbridge also listed among the believed victims. Other named Americans include Bishop Right Rev David Sikssums of Louisiana Mrs Martha C C Kittredge and Misses Ethel and Clarissa Kittredge of Brookline Mass. Additional names from Philadelphia Brookline Fond du Lac Ontonagon and Wisconsin appear in the unnamed dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Cheney
Messina
John T. Trowbridge
Arlington
Mass
Trowbridge
David Sikssums
Louisiana
Martha C.C. Kittredge
Ethel
Clarissa Kittredge
Brookline
Margaret Mendell
Blanche Kane
Philadelphia
Thornton A. Green
Ontanagon
Mich
Margaret McMillan
C. A. McMillan
Fond du Lac, Wis
Struggle to Raise Money for Stricken Countrymen
In Chicago, hundreds of Italian laborers, many returning from Italy after rail and road work, fear casualties in Sicily after a catastrophe. The Italian club president says about 3,000 went home in November. Chapels fill as families pray and raise funds for victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Italy
Sicily
Andrea Filipi
Aftermath of the Messina Earthquake Rouses International Aid
Refugees flood Catania as earthquake devastates Sicily. Cardinal Francica Nova di Bontife uses his funds to feed fugitives while Naples prepares hospitals. Admiral Admarakhoff and American interests report casualties including Cheney and wife. 12 warships and ships with 45,000 beds head to Messina as relief efforts surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Sicily
Catania
Francica Nova di Bontife
Admarakhoff
Messina
Arthur
Cheney
Italy
Taorminia
France
Toulon
Tonig
Negrina
Campania
Genoa
Despair in Rome as 30000 Callabrians inquired for relief
In Rome 30000 Callabrians and Sicilians seek news from the stricken area. Telegraph offices are besieged by grieving relatives demanding messages. A Palmi telegram and Messina dispatch describe ongoing hardship, hunger, and need for shelter with relief efforts stalling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Palmi
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