Black and white photographic postcard showing the city of Messina, Sicily, on fire after the catastrophic earthquake of December 28, 1908. Viewed from across the Strait of Messina, smoke rises from the destroyed city along the shoreline. Caption: "Messina in fiamme" (Messina in flames). Publisher: VAT, catalog number 5615. Postally used with Italian 10 centesimi stamp.