spastara

Updated: May 8, 2025

Having taken refuge in a vaulted sacristy, they were entombed in it alive by the masses of rubbish, and lingered for four days, during which their cries for help could be heard, till death put an end to their sufferings. Of still more thrilling interest was the case of the Marchioness Spastara.

Charles Morris - The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire