Persisted in Cries Till Girl Was Discovered
NAPLES, Jan 4.--The queen is taking particular interest in a six-year-old girl who was rescued from the ruins of Messina under remarkable circumstances. While some Italian soldiers were climbing over wreckage they heard weak cries of 'Maria," 'Maria." After much work they reached a room where they found a parrot continuing to utter cries of "Maria." The seamen turned to leave, but as the parrot persisted in its cries they broke into an adjoining room and found a girl lying senseless. She and the parrot were taken on board the battleship Regina Elena. The queen nursed the girl with her own hands.
~The Day, New London, Conn, Monday Afternoon, January 4, 1909
Preliminary Report on the Messina Earthquake of December 28, 1908; by Frank A. PerrEt, K.I.C., former Honorary Assistant at Royal Vesuvian Observatory.
American Journal of Science Vol 177
And some advice for the cats:
"It has all my senses in it and it is in my line." ~ Nico
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