Calamity in Sicily and Calabria Devastates Cities
A series of earthquakes struck Southern Italy and Sicily with a massive tidal wave into Messina and Reggio. Calamity killed tens of thousands. fires destroyed cities as lava from Mount Etna roared. Pope and nations mobilized relief. looters shot on sight under martial law.
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Rome
Italy
Sicily
Straits of
Messina
Tribuna
Mount Etna
Catania
Calabria
London
Cantora
Reggio
Fierra di Cosatto
Messina Ad Reggio
Surviving a Night of Ruin and Firefighters’ Echoes
A survivor recounts a cyclone of collapse as walls tremble and streets flood with rain. People flee in night clothes as gas works explode and buildings burn, the town plunged into chaos while rescuers search amid crumbling ruins and panicked crowds. The account highlights terrified rescues and a perilous flight through wrecked streets.
Aftermath in Messina as tsunami devastates the town
Eyewitness describes the incoming waters roaring through Messina. People fled to the square where two to three thousand gathered in terror. A building collapsed and many were buried amid the ruins before the narrator fainted.
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Messina
Beall County Year in Review Deaths and Births 1908
Grim tally for 1908 shows 65 county deaths with June the deadliest month and May the lightest. Homicides 2, accidental deaths 11, self-inflicted one. Births reached 78 with April the peak month and November the lowest. List details names ages and dates of death and birth from county records.
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Beaverhead County
M. A. Walker
Mason ‘Simpkins
Miller
W. F. Cashmore
Ezra Thompson
R. W. Fielder
Lenkersdorfer
Dan O. Currie
Chris Rosman
George Grounds
Jas
F. Kerr
A. W. Sean
Louis Jensen
Ern Mea
Antonio Pepe
Mee
J. R. Morton
Gins E. Jones
E. T. Patrick
John T. Cox
Wm. Ellis
J. E. Sodergren
Thomas Clements
Finley Wines
Martin Sorenson
Ed. Call
Remely
Conrad McBride
Cha
E. B. Claridge
L. Michelsen
T. A. Bruner
Charles Vogeluns
Wm. Kent
Hans Madsen
Menoth Lunardi
George [Wade
Juliusators
J. G
Noah Siren
H. R. Duff
Mises
John Shaffer
A. F. Waldorf
Aug. F. Aldons
Wes Pete Jensen
Carl Mast
Godfrey Mailhait
Selvee
Michele Berlin
Jens “P. Jensen
L. R. Foote
Calabrian Coast Sinks Under 25 Feet of Water
Reports from Deggio Calabria via wireless from the cruiser Count Emanuel describe a tidal wave disaster with lower areas flooded to 25 feet and upper parts ruined. The coast line is sinking daily and only about 5,000 to 6,000 of 40,000 residents survived. Two battleships delivered food and medicine guarded by soldiers amid widespread destruction.
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Deggio
Calabria
Count Emanuel
Ay 31
Messina
Leap Year Cupid activity in marriage licenses
The piece notes a decline in marriage licenses in 1908 after 1907’s 61 licenses. It lists monthly counts, with January 1908 showing no licenses, February two, March none, May six, and September nine as the banner month. A continuation on page eight is referenced.
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Cupid
Judge Callaway’s four year record in Beaverhead County court
The report notes 83 criminal cases begun and 124 disposed, 87 probate begun and 89 closed, plus 103 more disposed than begun. It also mentions Judge Lew Litney’s term in Ft court and a family move by T. J. Murray and kin from the Big Hole basin.
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Lew Litney Sne
Fifth Judicial District
Jefferson
Madison
Beaverhead
Callaway
Sheriff appoints deputies for new term in county offices
Sheriff-elect Otto C. Gosman County Clerk John S. Baker and Clerk of the Court F A Hazelbaker named deputies for the coming term. Gosman selects Under Sheriff A C Growell jailer Doc Irwin. Baker names Deputy county clerk Jay S Baker Hazelbaker names Deputy clerk of the district court Charles W Conger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clere Phew
Qtto C. Gosman
John S. Baker
F. A. Hazelbaker
Gosman
A. C. ‘Growell
Irwin
Baker
Jay.s. Baker
Hazelbakers
District Court
Charles W. Conger
American Fleet Ordered to Messina for Relief
Washington reports President Roosevelt urged Congress to quickly convene and approve a liberal appropriation for Italian earthquake victims. The U S Navy fleet sails from the Red Sea toward Sicily with gunboat Scorpion accelerating to Messina and supply ship Celtic loaded with food and medicine.
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Washington
Roosevelt
King Emmanuel
American National Red Cross Society
Italian Red Cross
Red Sea
Sicily
Scorpion
Constantinople
Celtic
Medina
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Palermo
Trinacria
Calapria
Minister of Marine
Arthur S. B ¥ Mey
Stuart Upton
Arome
Victor Emmanuel
Helen
Ome
Reef
Herusband
Ed. Lawrence
Eleanor T. Marcoe
John L. Lilman
Leland O. Stevens
Jas. J. Kavanaugh
Thomas W. Cow
Arthur, Sullivan
David T. Hood
Alfred C. Soper
Avenuas
Frances Callen
Alta Brothers
Maude Brothers
Michael Cain
Michael Merphy
John Wilson
Layton
John F. O'Leary
Harry Saben
Sarah E. Cox
William Hungate
Rinaldo Pescente
Renaldo Polloni
Batister Pescenti
Robert Martin
Fern Thompson
Margaret E. Barbour
Medard Robert
Antenet
Agge
Stery Graeter
William Smith
Thomas Wilson
Jas.j. Flanney
Ae J. G. Lohlein
Nessina Rasmussen
Frank Precksel
Hans M. Madsen
A. J. Innes
Frank Dries
Myrtle B. Smith
Geo. St. Pierre
Douglass Galbraith
James Yarbrough
Thomas Kelly
Armando Doolittle
Ats Phate
Sutton Utte
Wok
Bagnara
Pizzo
Strait of
Geo
Messiana
Vienna
Edward Suess
Suess
Peli Mountain
Monteleon
Gity
T. J. Murray
Big Hole Basin
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