King and Queen Aid Messina After Earthquake Ruin
In Catania on December 30 the King and Queen of Italy arrived aboard the battleship Vittorio Emmanuele to oversee relief for Messina. They helped load lime to combat pestilence and entered the ruins, where the Queen rescued a bruised child and both monarchs received praise for personal aid amid disaster.
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Catania
Sicily
Italy
Messina
Rome
Isven
Kingdom of Death
Americans in Sicily Largely Safe After Earthquake
Taormina on Sicily's east coast near Messina reported to have few Americans staying there. Latest dispatch says Taormina suffered no harm from the quake.
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Rome
Sicily
Italy
Taormina
Messina
Wounded at Catania from disaster strike
The steamship Montebello arrived at Catania with several hundred wounded sent to hospitals. Police officials report deaths including deputy Nicolo Fulci and his wife buried in ruins. The Vittorio Emanuel Theatre, hotels, barracks, and the military hospital collapsed leaving many dead or buried.
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Catania
Montebello
Albani
Messina
Nicolo Fulci
Ludivico
Caruso
Vittorio Emanuel
Sante Maria
Hotel de France
Hotel Continental
Fernald Fears for Sister in Sicilian Turmoil
Artist and architect George P. Fernald fears for sister Flora Fernald in Taormina Sicily as reports conflict over the town’s destruction. Flora is staying with Misses George of London at Prima Croce villa while brother Josephine is said to be safe in Florence. The Riviera of the South then hosted many Americans including Annie Lee and possibly the Codmans.
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George P. Fernald
Sicily
Flora Fernald
Taormina
Reposta
Catania
Naxos
Gardini
Fern
Riviera of
South
Annie Lee
Refugees in Naples Describe Scenes of Horror After Messina Devastation
Horrific scenes unfold as wounded refugees arrive in Naples from Messina. Survivors on relief ships cry for food while crews work under ruins and steam. Some rescues are aided by Duchess of Aosta and Russian sailors who haul the injured and recover a large safe from the Bank of Sicily.
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Messina
Malta
Scylla
Charybdis
Duchess of
Aosta
Makharoff
Cheney
Bank of Sicily
Archbishop O Connell Calls For General Collection In Aid Of Italian Earthquake Sufferers
Archbishop O Connell issues a circular to 225 Boston area priests calling a general collection at all Sunday masses for immediate aid to southern Italy quake survivors. Fund remittance to the chancellor. prayers urged for the dead and bereaved as Catholic fellowship is invoked.
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O’connell
Granby Street
Boston
Italy
W. H. O'Connell
Cardinal Gibbons Sent Sympathy to Southern Italy Sufferers
Cardinal Gibbons expressed keen distress over the calamity in Southern Italy and said the heart of the world goes out to the poor sufferers whose kinfolk are scattered across the earth.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Italy
Bishop Sessums Is Safe in Rome
A cable despatch from New Orleans reports Bishop Davis Sessums of Louisiana and his daughter Miss Alice Sessums are safe in Rome after fears they were in Messina during the earthquake.
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Sessums
Rome
New Orleans
Davis Sessums
Louisiana
Alice Sessums
Messina
Baroness Benedetti D Altomonte Narrowly Survives Italian Earthquake
Baroness Benedetti D Altomonte escaped death by a hair during the Messina earthquake. Ill with malaria she had been advised to leave for her country house near Patti. On arriving at Oliveri station the quake shattered car windows and cut her face and arms. A telegram later said her second son, wounded by falling stone, was brought to Catania by the Red Cross but will recover.
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Rome
Benedetti D’altomonte
Messina
Patti
Oliveri
Catania
Red Cross
Prophecy of Matilde Serao on Naples Destruction
The article notes Italian papers repeating Matilde Serao’s prophecy predicting Naples destruction as nature upheaval. It also reports Jewish groups in Massachusetts urging immediate relief funds for sufferers, with a call to support via the relief fund committee led by Curtis Guild Jr. and colleagues at Lee, Higginson & Co. in Boston.
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Naples
Matilde Serao
Les Annales
Italy
Massachusetts
Federation of Organizations
Commonwealth
Relief Fund Committee
Curtis Guild, Jr
Messrs. Lee, Higginson & Co
State Street
Boston
Sicily Lecture by Arthur Stoddard Cooley at Lorimer Hall
The Boston audience is invited to a double showing of Mr. Arthur Stoddard Cooley's Sicily lecture at Lorimer Hall on Saturday January 2 at 2:00 and 8:15 pm. Proceeds from half the lecture earnings go to Colonel Higginson for Italy relief via Lee Higginson Co. funds.
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Arthur Stoddard Cooley
Boston Public Library
Lorimer Hall
Sicily
Strigren Island
Cooley
Colonel Higginson
Messrs. Lee, Higginson & Co
Appeal to Hebrews on Italian catastrophe
A special meeting of the Federation of Jewish Organizations of Massachusetts executive committee sent an appeal to Massachusetts organizations. It describes the Italian disaster, noting thousands perished and many left homeless, urging aid for the sufferers.
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The
Federation of Jewish Organizations of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Italy
Office Appliance Show Draws Visitors to Burdett College
The office appliance department at Burdett College invites visitors to its showcased displays highlighting desks, typewriters, and early computing aids. Local attendees explore product lines and compare models during the event.
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Burdett College
Condole with Italians Archbishop O Connell Issues Message
Archbishop O Connell issued a condolence to Italians in the Boston diocese praising their faith and praying for relief from their grief after a catastrophe. The report notes tourists and Americans may have faced higher danger and mentions steamship lines between New York and Italy with few regular Messina calls.
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O'Connell
Boston
Italy
Sicily
Calabria
New York
Messina
Newton Man May Be Among Victims
Newton Centre fruit man Cosmo Cicone may be among earthquake victims. Friends sent a message to Sicily seeking his whereabouts and safety. Cicone, a native of a town near Barcelona, left for his home about a month ago.
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Newton
Cosmo Cicone
Newton Centre
Sicily
Cicone
Barcelona
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