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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
2
Cable dispatches report continued earthquake shocks in Sicily with minimal details available via wireless. Officials and residents await fuller information as tremors disrupt several towns and raise concerns over damage and casualties.
Reports from Rome and London describe a severe earthquake near Messina and Reggio Calabria, with Palermo and Catania hit by tremors. Cities destroyed, thousands homeless, fires and tidal waves, widespread casualties. Surge of relief efforts and appeals for aid across the region.
Terrifying dispatches describe Messina and Reggioobliterator devastation with estimates ranging from 116000 to 150000 dead. Survivors crowd streets and shores as relief ships arrive and hospitals overflow. refugees flood Neapolitan ports amid ongoing aftershocks and plunder fears.
In Naples a disaster report confirms many foreigners perished when the Trimns drd Hotel in Messina collapsed after the tremor. A Briton, A J Ogston, describing his escape with his daughter, recalls running through wreckage as the building fell, while others were crushed or swept away by the ensuing wave. Authorities struggle to determine the fate of remaining foreigners.
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