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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
7
Reports detail Calabria and Sicily devastation with Reggio Calabria city wiped out, thousands presumed dead, survivors and towns submerged. Authorities warn the disaster, described as history’s greatest, has left no reliable death toll yet estimates reaching high figures.
Descriptions of massive destruction in Messina and Reggio after a cataclysmic quake. Buildings toppled, coastlines altered, and vast sections wiped out with few survivors. Reluctant details from officials confirm widespread ruin and disrupted navigation in the Strait of Messina.
News from the Messina region describes a massive earthquake lasting about thirty five seconds. 4,400 square miles suffered, towns on both sides of the strait leveled, hundreds killed, and many foreign tourists among the dead at the Trinacria hotel.
In the quake zone across Sicily and southern Italy, towns such as Messina Catania Vittoria and Reggio Calabria suffered severe destruction. Populations ranged from thousands to tens of thousands with many areas reported wiped out or completely destroyed.
Passage notes cremation in the conflagration between earthquake and tidal wave as efforts to fight the fire in Messina fail due to abundant wood. It cites warnings, disasters in Naples and Vesuvian regions, and predicts lasting impact on Sicily and southern Italy with population movements.
The American Red Cross sent telegraphic appeals to all branches for relief to victims of the southern Italy quake. The Italian Red Cross Society urges prompt sending of funds, while the U S treasury holds 2000 dollars in reserve for U S emergencies. No American naval vessels are nearby.
The article describes a massive earthquake and tsunami near Messina and Reggio Italy. It cites 100000 dead and 160000 in Messina, with widespread destruction across Lipar islands and nearby towns. It notes King Victor Emmanuel’s plan to abandon the earthquake region for habitation.
The account notes Calabria’s population at about 1.33 million with isolated communities lacking roads, schools, and markets. Inhabitants speak Grecian or Albanian dialects, live primitively, emigrate to distant lands, and endure frequent earthquakes that threaten their unstable stone houses.
Reports describe widespread earthquake damage across southern Italy and Naples, with towns like Pompeii and Herculaneum affected. Fatalities reach many, with Calabria and Messina citing significant losses and thousands displaced.
Readable portions discuss the Young Turks and the 1876 pledge to constitutional rule. The text notes Abdul Hamid’s ascent, the promise that the empire’s welfare rests on constitutional application, and mentions Prince Sahabeddine as a new leader candidate. Unclear continuation hints at ongoing political suspense and speculation.
Postal money orders to be sent abroad surged during the Christmas season. Postmaster Edward A. Morgan of New York City announced December 2 through January 1 that international money orders totaled $5,019,723.21 with foreign lands receiving 116,022 orders. The bulk of the orders were issued by national or private entities amid holiday demand.
Reports from Berlin and Paris describe Austro Hungary offering 20 million to Turkey for Herzegovina and Bosnia annexation terms. Russia expands pension increases amid Russo Japanese War. Indian authorities widen arrests of suspected revolutionaries. U.S. cattle imports banned due to foot and mouth disease. Tremors brighten Jamaica quake claims and Dominican or Spanish items.
A compact list of milestones including the 1620 founding of the first weekly American Mercury in Philadelphia, 1800 Napoleonic assassination attempt, 1814 Ghent peace treaty, 1835 Colt patent, 1861 Sherman in Savannah, and 1900 martial law in a Cape colony, with scattered dates and places across U.S. and world history.
The Minnesota railroad commission ordered a 25 to 30 percent reduction in milk rates on the Manptorville branch of the Chicago Great Western road. The company will appeal to the courts. Officials pursue coal rate enforcement after North Dakota findings. Directors of the Colorado and Southern ratify a $24.5 million common stock purchase giving Hill system control of a major line. Receivers appointed for Municipal Traction and Cleveland Railway to preserve property pending final hearing. Pennsylvania steel rail contract features secret ex parte negotiations and oversight measures.
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