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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
5
Reports describe widespread destruction in southern Italy and Sicily after a powerful quake. In Catania and nearby towns, fires, collapses, and tidal waves injure and displace residents. Churches hold processions as crowds seek divine mercy. The Pope expresses distress and contemplates aid as conditions worsen.
Workers near Catania on December 28 remove wreckage and repair the sixty mile railway to Messina. The first trains bring injured survivors and reports vary, noting destroyed quarters and damage to the Norman cathedral dome while some public buildings remain intact. London reports three hundred killed in the Messina quake.
Advices from Palmi and Bagnara near Reggio report devastating earthquakes. Many houses collapsed and the dead and wounded rise to several hundreds, with extensive damage across the two villages.
A moderate but prolonged earthquake was recorded by Weather Bureau instruments in Washington. The tremor began at 11:31 p.m. with a second at 11:40 p.m. lasting over an hour and felt as far as Calabria. Investigators place the quake roughly 3,500 miles from Washington, likely near the Aleutian Islands. Cheltenham Maryland observatory logged a maximum tremor 52 seconds after midnight.
Reports from Messina area cities indicate serious earthquake damage across towns and villages. Damage described as widespread with extensive destruction reported early this morning in Sicily. Residential and public structures are damaged as rescue and assessment efforts begin.
Regiments depart for Calabria as Sicily endures tremors. At Catania a twenty second shock and a tsunami devastate docks and fishing boats. Towns from Caltanissetti to Messina report collapsed buildings, casualties, and panic while authorities dispatch 3,000 troops and ships with supplies. Thieves prey on the injured, but order is restored.
An earthquake shock in Palms on December 28 causes many houses to fall and reports indicate numerous victims. Local residents describe extensive damage and fear in the wake of the tremor.
A slight earthquake was reported in Pau France this morning aligning with Italian seismic activity. No damage occurred. Similar tremors were felt in Toulouse Bigorre Oloron and other French locations with no reported damage.
King Victor Emmanuel, while shooting near Naples, received early Calabria earthquake reports and ordered preparations for a possible trip to Calabria if conditions warrant.
A historical summary outlines Calabria as an earthquake hotspot with major shocks in 1905 1907 and January 1910 plus earlier calamities. It notes destruction in Catanzaro Pizzo and Monteleone, relief issues, and troop deployments. Messina details include its size 150000 population, port trade, cathedral university, and past plagues and quakes.
Reports from Hopkinsville and surrounding counties describe a seismic event late Sunday night with a hail of fire witnessed in Hopkinsville and shocks felt across the area. No injuries reported in the dispatches received tonight.
Gloucester Massachusetts December 28 Mrs Adele R Linguard of Annsquam has refused to lease her summer home for two years to President elect Taft. The estate is a handsome twenty five acre property known as The Pines and is ideally situated. She did not wish to give up her home for so long a time.
The home of W. H. Davis, broker of Buckout & Davis in New York, near Monroe Orange County, was destroyed by a fire late last night. Explosion of a lamp is believed to have caused the blaze. The building and contents loss is about 25,000 dollars.
Francis J. Heney, San Francisco graft prosecutor, is set to play an active role in Pittsburgh Councilman graft investigations. reports say he visited last Tuesday, reviewed testimony with Voters' League members, and took a copy to show President Roosevelt. federal agents may test the twenty indorsed checks tied to city funds deposits as evidence in forthcoming trials.
S. M. Sexton, editor of The Mine Workers Journal, says in Indianapolis that he wrote the editorial linked to John Mitchell’s Buckstove case conviction and that Mitchell knew nothing of it. He denies deliberation and asserts no involvement in the editorial.
Dealers in pasteurized milk oppose the Brooklyn Board of Health cap rule saying it is onerous and costly. Bottlers report bottles now use a pasteboard insert below the rim as protection, while the sanitary chief asserts sealing is essential to preserve pasteurization. The dispute targets cap adequacy and possible discrimination against pasteurizers.
A Clinton Hall gathering of Socialists in the Eighth Assembly District protests the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sentences given to Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor. Meyer London presided framing the event as citizen protest against rights invasion and injunctions. Resolutions commend the AFL leaders and condemn the injunctions.
The Indian National Congress met in Madras with about two thousand delegates. Dr Behari Ghose praised Lord Morley reforms as moving toward constitutional government and urged cooperation with Britain. Morley explained reforms expanding councils and official majorities in December notices.
From Willemstad reports say the Des Moines arrived inside the harbor area after a close encounter with another American warship believed to be the North Carolina. Westbound after separation the second vessel moved away. Meanwhile General Celestino Castro, ex-president’s brother, reportedly crossed the Colombian frontier toward Cucuta, with several Castro supporters leaving Venezuela.
Count Pallavicini reports to the Turkish rulers that the Grand Vizier and Tewfik Pacha oppose Austria's settlement proposals. An Ottoman envoy in Vienna was told to begin negotiations with Baron von Aehrenthal. The Porte plans to invite Bulgaria to send delegates to renew talks on Turco Bulgarian questions.
Constantinople December 28 The President announced in the session of the new Turkish Parliament that the Sultan has decided to finance a new parliament building with suitable accommodations for both legislative chambers.
In Teheran the nationalist movement widens with the Shah and palace clique under attack. Bazaars close as many nationalists seek refuge at the Turkish Embassy and Turkish Consulate in Resht. Street patrols are strengthened amid threats of consulate invasion. Russian Minister Hartwig expected back from St Petersburg.
In Harlem court yesterday Julius Schuller testified he redeemed 22 000 cancelled tickets tied to a subway inspector arrested for intoxication who has vanished. Interborough inspectors testified against newsstand operators Abraham Zellicopp and Ruben Goldberg who sold cancelled tickets. The case was adjourned until Thursday.
St. Petersburg menaced by a rumor from Vecher that two men dressed as priests tried to assassinate the Shah of Persia on December 2. The intruders allegedly fired once before being overpowered and the heir to the throne reportedly wounded. No confirmation exists.
The British steamer Advance and the British bark Iverna collided off Newcastle New South Wales today. The Advance sank with all hands lost except the first officer. The Iverna returned to Newcastle badly leaking. The Advance was a local small vessel.
The Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company, capital $6,000,000 with offices in Buffalo, filed a certificate of incorporation in Albany. It plans to operate telephone and telegraph lines across New York state. Directors include E. I. Hubbell W. H. Andrews C. C. Machemer R. W. Chapin and others from Buffalo Rochester and nearby cities.
Riots spreading after natives refuse opium planting ban now affect twelve villages. About 2,000 men under arms twenty miles west of Tungan have retreated to the Belin Mountains. Authorities seek extra troops from the Viceroy at Foo-Chow.
A vintage ad touts a one day cold cure using laxative bromosquinine tablets. Druggists promise refunds if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves offers the remedy with a boxed product and bold claims.
Corporation Counsel Pendleton ordered papers to revoke licenses of Victoria Alhambra American and Hurtig & Seamon theatres for Sunday law breaches. City officials, police, and judges debated power to revoke without hearing while licensing chief Oliver processed reissuance with Sunday closure conditions.
A film fire in a moving picture show on the lower floor of the American Hotel in Manchester Connecticut forced 35 viewers to leap from windows. Sixteen hotel guests fled in night clothes as flames spread rapidly. Loss amount reported at 12000 dollars.
In German Southwest Africa tension rises after Hottentots raid cattle posts near the Bechuanaland border and kill two Europeans. Seven German soldiers pursuing the raiders are slain, heightening local anxiety around Cape Town.
Hong Kong reports the British steamer Ta On captured by two Chinese cruisers near Kum Chuk west of the river. Authorities suspect the seizure stems from an incident months earlier when the vessel ran down a junk and drowned a theatrical company aboard.
Denver December 28 report finds actor J. Burnett Bell shooting and killing J. B. Arlington after discovering him with Bell’s wife in the Leon apartments. Bell surrendered and showed satisfaction at the police station.
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