Destruction Fears After Messina Earthquake
In Rome consternation grows as telegraph offices are besieged by crowds seeking news. Reports confirm death and ruin in Messina. Amb Griscom wires Messina and Palermo asking about Arthur S. Cheney of Connecticut the American consul and Joseph H. Peirce the American vice consul at Messina. no reply by 3 PM.
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Cheney
Connecticut
Joseph H. Peirce
Gompers and AFL Leaders Sentenced in Bucks Case Contempt
Washington reports the Bucks Stove and Range company case against AFL officials Gompers Mitchell and Morrison ended with jail terms of twelve, nine, and six months respectively. Bonds were set at five thousand, four thousand, and three thousand dollars, while the defendants remained free on bail pending appeal. The judge condemned coercive boycotts and the use of unfair lists as threats to trade and property rights, urging obedience to the law and stressing the supremacy of judicial authority.
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Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Federation
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Michf@il
Frank Morrison
Federationist
United Mine Workers of America
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Calabrian Sicilian Disaster Worsens Across Regions
Rome reports Calabria and Sicily suffer a crushing earthquake disaster with Messina and Reggio isolated. Toll estimates range from hundreds to thousands with 12,000 dead in Messina alone. Robbery and looting trigger martial law as troops rush to aid, while tidal waves and fires devastate coastal towns.
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Calabria
Sicily
Mesgina
Reggio
Messina
Survivor’s Thrilling Tale From Messina Calamity
A woman arriving from Messina details a devastating earthquake and tsunami that shattered the city. She describes waking to crashing furniture and falling walls, streets filled with terrified refugees, and a gas works explosion lighting the sky as sea waters poured in and thousands huddled in the central square. Her recollection ends as she loses consciousness.
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Catania
Messina
Wallis
Railway to Messina Reopened as Refugees Report Tragedy
Palermo reports railroad service to Messina restored. A train of refugees arrives terrorized, describing widespread destruction in Messina where the Trinacria hotel, city hall, horses, telegraph offices and barracks were wrecked. A thirty foot tidal wave flooded streets, drowning and injuring many. Medical relief teams and the steamer Marguerita depart with relief workers and supplies.
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Palermo
Messina
Trinacria
Marguerita
Messina Earthquake Rescue Efforts Reach Straits
The steamer Washington in the Straits of Messina endured a shuddering quake as fog hid the coast. Boats begged for aid, wreckage litters the sea, and Commandant Passino and his family perished in their ruined home. Russian warships from Syracuse head to Messina to assist.
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Syracuse
King Victor Emmanuals Plan to Aid Calabrian Disaster
Naples reports King Victor Emmanuel will travel to Calabria and Sicily to direct rescue efforts. He ordered a special train and will travel as close to Reggio and Messina as possible. Reports say the prefect of Reggio was killed in the quake and a Rome inspector general was sent to replace him.
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Feira di Coassatto
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Calabria
Sicily
Reggio
Home Office
Rome
Riggio
America
President Roosevelt Sends Sympathy Over Italian Earthquake
President Roosevelt via the state department expressed horror and sympathy for victims in southern Italy and Sicily after a major earthquake. He noted the American National Red Cross appeal for funds and said it will coordinate with the Italian Red Cross. Officials traced quake impact with seismographs and awaited official advisories.
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Sicily
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Italian Red Cross Society
American Society
Queen Helena joins king in southern relief trip
Queen Helena refuses to let the king travel alone to the disaster site and travels with him from Rome after arriving from Naples. The couple depart with ministers, senators, deputies, and Rome's mayor bidding farewell. The pope plans an international Catholic relief committee with a one million lire lead gift. The king is expected to contribute two million lire for victims.
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Rome
Helena
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Absconder Surrenders in Indianapolis
Claude D. Stitt, a deputy postmaster from Wabash Indiana who disappeared near Thanksgiving, surrendered in Indianapolis with his brother Paul to U S Marshal Henry C. Petit. He was held on $3 500 bond to answer before the federal grand jury. James E. Stitt, his father, awaited with the bond.
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United States
Henry C. Petit
Charlies W. Moores
Federal Grand Jury
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