2 JANUARY 1909, page 9

As We Have Pointed Out Elsewhere, Death Came To The

people of Messina on the Sicilian side of the Straits and of Reggio on the Calabrian, where the destruction was no less awful, and of the towns and villages near by both cities,......

The Procuring Of Food Became A Great Difficulty, For All

the local supplies were buried, and the roads and railways were broken up for so many miles outside the towns that it was almost impossible to bring in supplies. Even from the......

News Of The Week.

TN the region bordering the Straits of Messina, at half-past five on the morning of Monday, and while it was still dark, an earthquake caused the deaths of some two hundred......

We Cannot Recall Any Occasion On Which More Sympathy Has

been felt for any foreign nation than that which the British people are now feeling for the Italians. Most Britons have a warm corner in their hearts for Italy and the Italians......

The Causes Of The Earthquake Cannot Easily Be Sot Forth

in a short space, but we may note that Professor Milne, the well- known English authority, whose observation station at Shide, in the Isle of Wight, is equipped with the latest......

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. The Suddenness And Completeness Of The Destrnction...

earthquake separate such catastrophes from all others. Those who have passed through the Straits of Messina—and there must be hundreds of our readers who have done so—will......