I was walking about, perfectly serene and happy, having been without food for three days, and I read in my newspaper how the rescue ships had reached messina, and found the population ravenous, in the agonies of starvation, some of the people having been without food for seventy-two hours!
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
The first time I fasted happened to be at the time of the messina earthquake.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
In the Lipari Islands we saw lights ashore, and down the Straits of messina; and Stromboli we discovered easily enough by the glow of hot red up in the sky, and a sloping line of red that went glittering downwards.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch