Messina Aftershocks, Royal Visit Amid Wreckage
Terrifying aftershocks at Messina persist as survivors hunger and homes burn. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena arrive aboard the Vittorio Emmanuele, aiding rescue with nurses and volunteers. Banks, hospitals, and streets lie ruined. up to ten thousand may be buried, and relief efforts hinge on ships, trains, and Red Cross teams.
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Stania
Messina
Bank of Italy
Felice
Catania
First
September Street
Reina Margherita
89Th Regiment of Infantry
Roberto
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Signor Orlando
Colli
Lfe
Palazzati
Supplies Most Needed in Calabria After Disaster
Palermo reports urgent Red Cross relief for Calabrian survivors. Italian volunteers cite food shortages and basic necessities as the immediate priorities, urging aid from agencies and public donors to prevent further hardship.
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Italian Red Cross
Palermo
Calabrian
Relief Funds Mobilize For Italian Earthquake Victims
New York drives a broad relief campaign with J P Morgan and major institutions pledging funds. Mayor McClellan urged citizens to donate via the mayor's office to the American Red Cross for transfer to Italy. Episcopal and Italian community leaders appeal for aid as shelters and messages fail to reach stricken areas.
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Italy
New York
McClellan
Italians rally for earthquake relief in New York drive
New York’s Italian community mobilizes to aid Italy after the Messina earthquake. Funds flow from the New York Red Cross to the Italian Red Cross, with J Pierpont Morgan contributing 10000 and other gifts from firms and individuals. Banks, clubs, and churches organize urgent collections and plan memorial services as consular and civic leaders coordinate aid efforts.
Emperor Francis Joseph Aids Italian Earthquake Sufferers
Reports from Vienna Toulon St Petersburg London Melbourne and Lima show international relief efforts for the Italian earthquake. Emperor Francis Joseph donates 16.90 while French and British funds grow. Seismographs register divergent readings as relief funds open in several cities.
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Russia
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Calabria
Sicily
Orange Italians Form Committee for Relief Fund
Italians in Orange New Jersey have formed a committee to arrange an entertainment whose proceeds will support a relief fund for their countrymen in Italy.
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Orange
N. J
Elizabeth Italians to raise funds for Italy relief
Prominent Elizabeth residents Have organized a drive to aid Italy earthquake victims. A meeting is planned for tomorrow night to discuss fundraising plans. Requiem masses may be held New Year’s Day at the Church of St Anthony of Padua. Many Elizabeth Italians lost relatives in the catastrophe.
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National Italian Club
16Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Ferrero
General Relief Fund
Italian Chamber of Commerce
New York Chamber of Commerce
Italy
Colony Club
Madison Avenue
Archibald S. Alexander
J. Borden Harriman
John Jacob Astor
H. Garfield Osborn
Archibald Alexander
Walter Damrosch
Anne Morgan
Florence M. Rhett
Kate Brice
New York
Count Massiglia
Palermo
Messina
Felice Rubano
Rubano & Sons
115Th Street
First Avenue
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Hamburg
Illyria
Sicily
Germany
International Banking Corporation
Wall Street
Greater New York
Church of the Most Precious Blood
Atanal
Baxter Streets
Bernardino Polizzo
Genti
Elizabeth
N. J
Archbishop Farley Urges Clergy to Collect for Earthquake Victims
Archbishop Farley issues a general letter directing a special collection in all New York diocese churches. The drive funds relief for Sicily and Calabria quake survivors, with Masses on January 3 and pledges to forward proceeds to Pope Pius X. Parishioners urged to give generously and pray for the deceased.
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Farley
New York
Chancery
Pius X
Madison Avenue
Relief funds flow nationwide for Italian disaster victims
Across the United States governors and cities urged money contributions for Southern Italy and Sicily after a major earthquake. New York Governor Hughes urged support through the American Red Cross, which will forward funds to the Italian Red Cross. Chicago bankers and merchants collected over $8,000 with a $5,000 check from the Chicago Clearing House Association.
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Cese
New York
American Red Cross
Italian Red Cross
Red Cross
New York Red Cross
Jacob H. Schiff
Fifth Avenue
George W. Davis
Central Committee of the
Red Cross Foreign Office
Count Taverna
al Progresso
Louis Klopsch
the Christian Herald
State Department
National Red Cross
Connecticut
The
Sarah J. Kinney
Hartford
Signor Bond
Phelps
Italy
Sicily
New York State
American National Red Cross
Washington
California
Rome
American Red Cross Organization
State House
Boston
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Taylor
San Francisco
Chicago
Orson Smith
Illinois
Chicago Clearing House Sociation
Italian Ambassador appeals for aid after Calabria Sicily quake
Washington dispatch reports Baron Edmondo Mayor des Planches urging Italians in America to unite for relief. He pledges strong action, praises Italian resilience, and notes mass destruction in Messina and Reggio with many deaths likely. He warns identification will be difficult as towns are wiped out.
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Washington
Baron Edmondo Mayor Des Planches
United States
Regia Ambascanta D
Italia
Italiani di
America
Solidarieta
Volta
Merce
Augusto Sovrano
Corso
Pellegrinaggio
I'Italia Trionfera
Valgano
Calabria
Italy
Messina
Reggio
India
Japan
Urgent call for disinfection amid plague threat in Italy migrants
The text urges immediate stringent measures to disinfect and prevent disease among survivors. It notes Italians in New York from Calabria seeking consular updates about relatives and promises to publish confirmed survivor names to ease distress of friends in the United States.
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New York City
Calabria
Italians Abroad Urged to Aid with Charity and Patriotism
Battista Pellegrini, former secretary to ex Premier Zanardelli and editor of Italy Avold, appeals to Italians abroad. He urges immediate offerings to consuls, calls sorrow a strengthening force, and asks distant compatriots to show loyalty and charity as Italy faces ruin and a new beginning.
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Rome
Battista Pellegrini
Zanardelli
Review
Italy
Avold
Benefit concert at Manhattan for Italian earthquake relief
Oscar Hammerstein instructed Cleofonte Campanini to prepare an elaborate benefit concert at the Manhattan Opera House on Sunday evening January 17. All proceeds will aid Southern Italy earthquake victims with many Metropolitan and Manhattan singers volunteering their services.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Philadelphia
Cleofonte Campanini
Manhattan Opera House
Italy
Alessandro
Metropolitan Opera Company
Metropolitan
Manhattan
Pasquale Amato
Barytone
Teatro Bellini
Catania
Bellini
Mme
Jane Norla
New York
Palermo
Toscanini
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Carrara
Via Garibaldi
Europe
J.P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Il Progresso
Christian Herald
Italian Savings Bank
City of
Greer
Episcopal Church
Miss de Forest
Dorothy Whitney
Elizabeth Marbury
Francis Higginson Cabot
Lafayette Street
Lucania
P. J. Tierney
Western Union
Broad Street
Park &Tilford
J. Pierpont Morgan
Italian Savings Bank of
Spring and
Lafayette Streets
Joseph N. Francolini
Taormina
Kaiser
Toulon
St. Petersburg
M. Iswolsky
Signor Tittoni
London
Rothschilds
Barings
Wilson
Wilson Line
Hull
Lima
Peru
Comercio
Tribune
Elizabeth TO Swell Fund
Remington
Remington Typewriters Company
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F. Chauvenet
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