t the bundle he had with him had
been confided to his care by the padrone of his house. There was no
reason why he should have told them this, no one had asked him about his
bundle, and Giovanni drew his own conclusions.

GIULIO ADAMO

In Trapani I talked with another friend, a doctor, Giulio Adamo of
Calatafimi. Communication was broken and it was not until the evening of
the 29th that they began to know in Trapani that there had been an
earthquake in Messina. Giulio went with others by train to Milazzo and
the train could go no further. They continued the journey by boat from
Milazzo to Messina, where he arrived on the 30th. When they approached
the city and saw the row of houses facing the harbour where the Albergo
Trinacria was, they thought the disaster could not have been so very
great. But it was only the facciata that was standing, the houses behind
were down. There was great disorder, heaps of bodies, no water to drink
because the pipes were broken, and for the three days Giulio was there
they only had bread from Palermo and the oranges which were in the
railway-waggons.

CECE LUNA

In Palermo I talked with another doctor, Cece (Francesco) Luna, of
Trapani, whose acquaintance I made many years ago on Monte Erice when he
was there as a student in villeggiatura. In September, 1909, I found him
in the children's hospital at Palermo. As soon as news of the earthquake
reached the city, the _Regina Margherita_ was fitted out to help the
wounded and Cece went in her among the doctors. When they arrived at
Messina, they could neither enter the harbour nor take anyone on board
because they had to obey orders. It was raining, the sea was rough and
covered with little boats full of fugitives, some unhurt, some wounded.
One boat contained a young man holding an umbrella over his mother, who
was wounded and lying on two tables.

"I am strong. I can wait seven or eight days without food, it is not for
me, it is for my mother."

He cried and prayed till the orders came and she was taken on board.

Cece, who was put in charge of the taking on board of the fugitives,
ordered that the wounded were to be taken first. He was somewhat
surprised that this order was attended to; it was so, however, the
wounded were taken in without confusion; but afterwards among the
unwounded there was confusion. There was a boy who tried to get on board
first, Cece pulled the boy's cap off and threw it away, intend