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Severe damage in large parts of Calabria and Sicily. Spying on Americans : Reagan and the PROMIS Conspi... Stayin' Alive : Picking a Health Care Provider, Colombia : Uribe's Murderous Secret Police, Howard Zinn : Why We Must Not Be Discouraged. The Rag Blog is a reader-supported newsmagazine produced by activist journalists committed to progressive social change. "The Great White Fleet" Comes to the rescue in Italy, 1909. The waves were gradually followed by smaller ones, until the water finally subsided. It is estimated that the combined earthquake and tsunami killed almost 100,000 people, that fateful December morning. 0000003176 00000 n
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On the early morning of December 28, 1908, the Italian city of Messina awoke to the deadliest earthquake in European history. Text. Nation's Biggest Polluter : Texas Sues the EPA! American relief troops in Messina, Italy, 1908. On December 28, 1908, just a few days after Christmas, Italy was to experience on of the worst natural disasters in its history. Dick J. Reavis: 'Catching Out' in the Secret World... Messina Earthquake of 1909 : The U.S. and the 'Gre... Marc Estrin: Hearts and Minds : A Valentine's Day ... VERSE / Larry Piltz : You Asked Us To Believe. 0000093703 00000 n
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: GOP Winning With Message C... Afghanistan : Telling the Wolves from the Sheep. Aftershocks continued into 1913. Messina Earthquake of 1908 On the early morning of December 28, 1908, the Italian city of Messina awoke to the deadliest earthquake in European history. Richard D. Jehn, founderThorne Webb Dreyer, editor. Harvey Wasserman : Putting Lipstick on a Radioacti... Susie Q and Oh Susanna : Riffing on Music About Women. Vessel etc. Accounts of shaking and aftershocks were reported throughout Sicily. 0000001223 00000 n
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Rescuers searched through the rubble for weeks, and whole families were still being pulled out alive days later, but thousands remained buried there. The History of Us® is a registered trademark, View other events that happened on December 28. On December 28, 1908 at 5:21 am an earthquake of Richter magnitude 7.5 occurred centered on Messina, a city in Sicily. In that article they dared God to make Himself known by sending an earthquake. Travis Bishop : Ft. THE 1908 MESSINA EARTHQUAKE The Messina Earthquake of December 28, 1908 occurred before the advent of a global seismic network for monitoring earthquakes. 0000062500 00000 n
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