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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
6
Reports from Sicily and Calabria warn of vast devastation with as many as 120000 believed dead. Messina and Reggio suffer heavy losses as 6000 square miles are inundated and rescue efforts require thousands of troops and aid from international partners.
Mud from Messina continues to yield casualties as heaps of corpses line the streets of Catania. Horror-stricken residents mourn missing relatives while authorities scramble to assess the scale of destruction and locate survivors or victims.
Reports show a wide range of death toll estimates for the Italian earthquake. Naval commander in charge of relief says 85,000. Reuters correspondents cite 100,000. Premier Giolitti’s representatives 100,000. government officials list 60,000 to 125,000. some correspondents claim as many as 200,000, a figure considered too high.
Survivors recount horror as mud and debris trap loved ones and churches. Priests conduct absolutions amid wreckage while floods and landslides block roads. Refugees crowd wharves as boats ferry the injured and frightened, soldiers distribute aid, and a Reggio survivor recalls fleeing falling walls and roaring waves.
Queen Helena personally saved a child from collapsing ruins in Messina. Against royal remonstrance she entered danger, carried the child to a waiting boat, then regained composure to assist other rescuers.
Berlin dispatches report wrecking of both German and American consulates in Messina with the American consul Arthur B. Cheney killed. The German consul Edward Jacob’s safety is not confirmed. Oliver Huffman of Volant is a guest of his brother Reuben Huffman of Chestnut Street.
Palermo dec 30 queen Helena nearly fainted on arrival at Messina as survivors filled the streets in horror. King Emmanuel and the royal pair aided relief efforts while many wounded were loaded onto trains to Palermo. Bluejackets clashed with outlaws amid the quake aftermath and officials warned of plague risk and disorder.
The American National Red Cross executive committee voted to ship 50000 to the Italian Red Cross for earthquake relief. The funds come from San Francisco relief surplus. Taft urged state governors to forward local contributions via the Red Cross for international relief.
Flushing court hears the Hains murder trial amid drastic rulings restricting defense examination and the illness of Mrs. Hains. Mrs. Annis dominates today’s session as witnesses recount alleged relations. Judge Crane limits questioning. Court adjourns to tomorrow.
The San Francisco fund amounts to $200,000. The Red Cross forwarded to that city $2,000,000 in cash and about half a million dollars in supplies.
A captain of Carabineers arriving from Reggio reports the sea engulfed the city, not an earthquake swallowing it. He says only a few hundred escaped, with the lower town under deepest water and rapidly settling. Population figures cited: about 25,000 in Reggio and 15,000 in surrounding areas. Sailors from Messina corroborate that the sea swallowed the city.
Dr. Austin Cheney brother of the U S consul in Messina received dispatches from Consul Gale at Malta via the state department stating Mr Cheney and his wife were killed in the earthquake. He held on to hope pending further advice from officials.
Sixteen Grant Street Storm Sewer Bonds series A, bearing 4 percent interest, valued at $500 each, totaling $8000, are being called by City Controller Lyman C. Hughes due to a sufficient sinking fund. The issue dates from August 1, 1896, and the entire issue was underwritten by William H. Harrison & Co. of New York. The bonds will be canceled February 1, 1909 upon presentation at the controller's office.
Two small blazes disturbed the city fire departments yesterday. Box 33 responded at 4 26 p m to a roof fire at Robert Hamilton 153 Croton avenue, extinguished by a chemical tank. A second blaze occurred at the home of Rev Richard Buzza with help from a chemical hose.
A special New Year’s Eve service at St. Vitus Church will end 1908 with a Te Deum sung by a 60-voice trained choir led by Miss Mary Martin after the vesper service near 7 o’clock. Over 300 children will lead a procession into the church, followed by hundreds of church members and societies. Father Nicholas DeMita will give the evening address. Miss Martin and the church sisters direct arrangements.
Tressa Williams infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Williams 49 Franklin Avenue died at 15 days old Funeral services were held today and interment made in Rose Point Cemetery Ada Black funeral service held at Third United Presbyterian church assisted by Center United Presbyterian church Rev J E Campbell and Rev Leeper officiated Casket surrounded by flowers Bible class of the church attended Pallbearers named interment in Oak Park
Martina Kane illness prompts family notice while guests attend social events. Hugh ONeill of Elizabeth eyes a State college dance with John McKee Jr. Ella Mershimer returns from summer with uncle Marion Hays in Ohio. Findley McConnell visits Norris family on Grant Street. Walter Earnhardt returns from Clayton Street visit with Mrs. David Taylor. James Jackson Jr. of Beaver Falls completes a visit.
Prosecution witnesses describe events before and after the shooting and summarize the housekeeper’s testimony given on the stand. The account links the witnesses to the sequence of actions surrounding the incident and the testimony central to the case.
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