THE EARTHQUAKE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2391, 5 January 1909, Page 5

THE EARTHQUAKE.

THE RELIEF MEASURES.

SPECIAL SESSION OF UNITED;

STATES CONGRESS

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NEW YORK, Jan. 3

The United States Congress meets on J\;londay to pass President Roosevelt’s suggested appropriation of 500,000 dollars for tlie earthquake relief fund.

ROME, Jan. 3

The citizens of Home have decided to present the ollicers and men of foreign warships with medals commemorative of their heroism.

PARIS, Jan. 3

“Le Temps” states that Parliament lias opened a credit for a million lire (£40,000) in addition to other gifts, also establishing a hospital with 500 beds at San Marco.

Queen Helene of Italy is working devotedly at the Messina hospital, where there was a panic yesterday in consequence of a slight earthquake shock. The Queen was slightly hurt in trying to provent a stampede.

A FUND IN INDIA.

DONATION FROM THE SULTAN

OF TURKEY

(Received Jan. 5. 12.15 a.m.)

ROME, Jan. 4

King Emanuel and Queen Helene have returned to Rome. They received an ovation. The Italian Parliament meets on January Btli to vote 30 million lire (£1,200,000) for the immediate succour of the sufferers.

The Sultan of Turkey sent £IOOO and the Russian Red Cross Society £4OOO for the relief of the sufferers.

LONDON, Jan. 4

The Mansion House fund has reached £30,000. The Duke of Connaught gave 100 guineas. Lord Minto is organising a fund in India.

MORE LOOTERS SHOT

DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD

(Received Jan. 5,, 12.15 a.m.)

HOME, Jan. 4

Sixteen looters at. Messina were shot .and 600 arrested yesterday. Some were attacking survivors., and others killed an Indian sailor and wounded a carabineer and a Customs official.

The sea is easting .ashore hundreds of corpses terribly mutilated. The corpses among the ruins are so numerous that it is impossible to bury them. .-.Therefore they have been covered with quicklime and sunk at

THE CHRONICLE’S PROPOSAL

SUGGESTED BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY” GRANT.

(Received Jan. 5, 12.30 a.in.)

ROME, Jan. 4

The Vienna Volunteer Jjife Saving Society has sent to Sicily three camp kitchens capable of feeding 24,000 people daily. An Italian engineer states that the noAV houses, 30 feet in height, erected at Reggio and Ferruzzano after the earthquake of 1905, resisted the shocks successfully. Messrs. Olaiger, naval .architect, and Doresa (?).. shipoAvncr, liotli of London, the only British survivors of the Trinacria Hotel at Messina, give a thrilling account of lioav an the darkness they hovered Avith .an improvised rope a Avile .and child from rooms adjoining their oavu on the third* floor, which. alone Avas temporarily spared. They descended themselves,and. all took refuge aboard the steamer Afomven, of Cardiff. ’ PARIS, Jan. 4. 'flie French national subscription is iioav . £25,000. BERLIN, 'than. 4. A German fund has just been started, and lias reached £IO,OOO. • - - LONDON, Jan. 4. The “Chronicle” hopes that Mr. Asquith Avill folloAV the example of the American Congress in voting relief.

(Received, January 5, 12.30 a.m.) , SYDNEY, Jan. 4.

The Italian Consul, has received a cable of symiiathy from the Governor of NeAV Caledonia:

ACTION IN NEW ZEALAND. RELIEF FUNDS IN WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND. y ' WELLINGTON, Jan, 4. Mr. Ronald T. Robertson, Consular Agent for Italy, has opened a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the earthquake disaster. ' The -Italian residents of Wellington met to-night to arrange to help their compatriots who have suffered ill Italy. The sum of £4l 10s Avas subscribed .in the room and arrangements were made to get up a concert to .augment .the relief fund. x

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT WILL CONSIDER THE MAKING OF A GRANT.

CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 4. Sir, ..-Joseph:' Ward passed through

Christchurch to-night on his way to Wellington. .In the course of an interview he said that the matter oi making a ’Government grant to the Sicilian earthquake relief fund would probably ho considered at the next Cabinet meeting.

AUCKLAND, Jan. 4

Over £2OO has been, received,by the Mayor for the Italian disaster relief fund. .