Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 28 ga Disamba, 1908, Calabria tare da Sicily sun lalace da wani
girgizar kasa sannan kuma tsunami da girgizar kasa ta haifar, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 80,000. A cikin sa'o'i na bala'in, jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya da na Rasha sun isa gabar teku don taimaka wa waɗanda suka tsira, amma ya ɗauki "Regia Marina" kwana biyu don aika da ba da agaji daga Naples. Amsawa mara kyau da rashin inganci na hukumomin Italiya ga bala'in da jami'an da ke rikici suka yi wanda ba sa son yin aiki tare da juna ya ba da gudummawa ga yawan mutuwar da aka yi yayin da ya ɗauki makonni don taimakon ya isa wasu ƙauyuka kuma ya haifar da fushi sosai a Calabria. Don daidaita zargi da aka yi cewa gwamnatin da ke arewacin Roma ba ta damu da mutanen Calabria ba, Sarki Victor Emmanuel III da kansa ya ɗauki aikin agaji kuma ya zagaya ƙauyukan Calabria da aka lalata, wanda ya sami Gidan Savoy a cikin yankin. Mafi mahimmanci, bayan da sarki ya dauki nauyin ayyukan agaji, rikice-rikice tsakanin jami'ai sun daina kuma an ba da taimakon agaji tare da ingantaccen aiki, wanda ya sami Victor Emmanuel godiya ga Calabrians.