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  2. WAR ITEMS.

    Many of the oil aggressive names in the Fleet have died out, among them Biter, Infernal, Fierce, Fireball, and Firebrand. Still, even in the past there were ...

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  3. EARTHQUAKE. ITALIAN DISASTER.

    A violent earthquake, lasting for 70 seconds, was felt in central and south-eastern Italy at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. It is estimated that as a result of the ...

    Article : 335 words
  4. A MOUNTAIN SLIDE.

    A section (3,000ft. long by 500ft. wide) was cut from a mountain near Salerne (33 miles south-east of Naples) and burled into a valley, crushing everything in its path ...

    Article : 80 words
  5. MELBOURNE SEISMOGRAPH.

    An examination of the seismograph at the Melbourne Observatory to-day showed that there was a faint record of an earth tremor between 6.30 and 6.40 p.m. on Wednesday. ...

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  6. HEAVY DEATH ROLL.

    Tbe latest estimates place the number of persons killed by last Wednesday's earthquake at 30,000 in the Abruzzi province alone, including 14,000 in the Avazzano ...

    Article : 240 words
  7. 50,000 PERSONS HOMELESS.

    Eleven earthquake shocks were felt in Italy yesterday. Out of 100,000 persons in the districts affected by Wednesday morning's ...

    Article : 101 words
  8. FURTHER SHOCKS FELT.

    Earthquake shocks continue in the region of the recent disturbance. Rescue operations at Avazzano have been rendered most difficult by heavy snowfalls. ...

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  9. EIGHTEEH TOWNS DEMOLISHED.

    The area affected by the earthquake on Wednesday morning was greater than was at first believed, as it extended from the Swiss and Austrian frontiers to the south ...

    Article : 146 words
  10. SUBSCRIPTION LIST OPENED.

    A subscription list has been opened on behalf of the victims of the Italian earthquake by Mr. L. Ratazzi, Fremantle, the Italian consular agent, who will thankfully ...

    Article : 47 words
  11. DANGEROUS RELIEF OPERATIONS.

    Relief operations are being continued under the most dangerous conditions. The disturbance caused great crevasses in the cemetery at Sora, and from these masses ...

    Article : 39 words
  12. Y.M.C.A.

    The following directors were present at the Y.M.C.A. board meeting, held on Tuesday, 19th inst.:—Dr. Macaulay (president), Messrs. John Nicholson. J. T. Peet, J. ...

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  13. SLOW ASPHYXIATION.

    Two girls, protected under a piano, implored help for two days, but they were slowly asphyxiated with dust. Fires broke out at several points, and there is no doubt ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. DESTRUCTION OF AVAZZANO.

    It is now believed that only 100 out of the 8,000 inhabitants at Avazzano survived. Yesterday these survivors were found camped around fires in the three principal ...

    Article : 233 words
  15. AN UHINHABITABLE TOWN.

    All houses at Coppadocia have been rendered uninhabitable and the citizens have been compelled to camp in the snow. Nothing remains of Albfucensis, and it is ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. THE BENEDICTINE CRADLE.

    Much damage was caused at Subiaco (the cradle of the Benedictine order, about 32 miles east of Rome and close to Avazzano). Among the buildings destroyed ...

    Article : 40 words
  17. KILLED AT THE ALTAR.

    One hundred persons were buried in the Church of Castilliri during a funeral service. The rescuers at Sora found the dead ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. ROME'S EXPERIENCES.

    A second shock was felt in Rome at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and in consequence the inhabitants of the city remained in the open until dawn. ...

    Article : 108 words
  19. A COUNT'S TENACITY.

    The earthquake demolished the palace occupied by Couut Resta, at Avazzano, and buried the Countess and her five sons in the ruins. The Count who escaped from ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. GOLD ORE IN A CRIB BAG.

    At the Boulder Police Court thig morning Tony Ravlish, a young Austrian, was charged with having been unlawfully in possession of gold-bearing ore on January ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. DAMAGE AT OTHER CENTRES.

    All the buildings at Potenza, a town of 5,000 inhabitants, situated 28 miles from Ancona (on the Adriatic), were seriously damaged, but there were few victims there. ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. 60 TOWNS LOST IN 30 SECONDS.

    Earthquake shocks continue throughout Italy, 185 baring been registered since the disaster. Last Wednesday's earthquake rent Mount ...

    Article : 358 words
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    The death is reported of the wife of Mr. Joseph Elliott, one of the directors of Go[?]don and Gotch (Sydney), Ltd. ...

    Article : 22 words
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