Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon
A Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon at Palmi (Calabria), Italy - made homeless by the earthquake at Messina, Sicily. Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 which measured 7.5 on the richter scale, 100, 000-200, 000 lives were lost. In Messina, 91% of structures were destroyed and 70, 000 residents were killed
Picture No
10423537
Media ID
46513276
Size
5243px x 3340px
(7.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1908
