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Taken from Ruins - Living Victims of Italian Earthquake Rescued; Number of Dead Unknown Put at 10,000 and May Be Larger; Property Loss Will Exceed $780,000,000 - People Responding Generously to Appeals for Relief
Rome, Jan. 20.—The uninjured in the earthquake zone gradually are regaining their composure and lending their aid to the volunteer workers in an endeavor to ameliorate the terrible conditions in the ruined towns. Food supplies and clothing have been distributed nearly everywhere and huts are being constructed for the temporary housing of the homeless. Work in the ruins is being carried forward as speedily as possible. Today many persons were rescued alive in numerous towns from beneath the debris of fallen buildings. Hope is expressed that many others who are held prisoners may be reached in time to save them. Nineteen were taken alive from the ruins at Avezzano today, six of them unhurt. Property Loss $60,000,000. It still is impossible to state with
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Treaty of London (1915)
The Treaty of London was a secret agreement concluded on 26 April 1915 by the United Kingdom, France, and Russia on the one part, and Italy on the other, in order to entice the latter to enter the Great War on the side of the Triple Entente. The agreement involved promises of Italian territorial expansion against Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and in Africa.
Wikipedia →First Battle of the Isonzo
The First Battle of the Isonzo was fought between the armies of Italy and Austria-Hungary on the northeastern Italian Front in World War I, between 23 June and 7 July 1915. The aim of the Italian Army was to drive the Austrians away from its defensive positions along the Soča (Isonzo) river and surrounding mountains and hopefully capture the port of Trieste. Although the Italians enjoyed a 2:1 numeric superiority, their offensive failed because the Italian commander, Luigi Cadorna, employed frontal assaults after impressive (but short) artillery barrages.
Wikipedia →Medal of Merit for the Avezzano Earthquake of 1915
The Kingdom of Italy established the Medal of Merit for the Avezzano Earthquake of 1915 by Lieutenant Legislative Decree on 8 August 1915 to reward the organizations and people who between the day of the earthquake (13 January 1915) and 30 June 1915, had acquired a title of merit through the aid provided to the populations devastated by the catastrophe. The earthquake destroyed all but one building in Avezzano and killed over 30,000 people, including 96 percent of the population of Avezzano.
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