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Seventy Thousand Die in Italian Earthquake
The dec 29 dispatches report a vast earthquake in Calabria and Sicily with a tidal wave and fires. Casualties estimated between sixty and seventy thousand. cities like Messina and Reggio suffer total destruction. Rescue efforts difficulty and martial law imposed. international aid迅 swiftly mobilized from Britain France and the United States.
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Rome
Italy
Messina
Tribuna
Calabria
Sicily
Reggio
Julins
Strait of Messina
Straits of Messina
Syracuse
Cat
Cassano
Cosenza
Triancoria
Catania
Plas
Giolittie
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Perfect
Home Office
United States
London
Calihor
Fierra di Cossatto
America
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
American National Red Cross
Italian Red Cross
Cheney
Joseph H. Pierce
Roberto C. Antaro