The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-06-08
xAe Eruption Of Mount vesuvius
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NAPLES, May 10. 1885 The lava has
now advanced ten miles from It's source.
and is doing terrible damage. have be-
fore me the report Of Cozzluo as 10 tie
latest changes which have taken place
about the conc. just al the base If il a
lake Of fire has bren formed. which Look,
like red slA in an uudulat0ry sta'c. -.
In the very center Of this.has opened an
othe crater, which is throw ing out red ito,
stones
On the morning Of tic 1lh, tie crater,
1t the very summit, fred as il were tno
heavy cannonades, and after sending iorth
lightning. flames anFs,ones. broke up al.
together. In the middle of tie cone ten
crAters have been formed. end from thcs..
the lava pours fotth. like river, nj runs
on the side Of lie Cayello is FAR rs h.
Minerva. Here four other cIaters have
been formed, which throw up b.tumcn in
the manaer of pyramids, resembling 81.
ganiic exhibi Ions Of Ere works. HE
whole OF the summit of the cr3'erls l!3ere-
fore like sponge, ar mus nesitsIlf TALL
l.. The thin crust trcmblcs uuder vour
feet. You may Sc the stone dance rIN.
the tremhlous movement, the patt iniu,c
diately round the eraer looks ike the
sides Of hessed c ppcr boiler sle8
i a true statement Of shat Is s9io, On IL
the summit.
There are reports 81 auopening toward,
Pompeii, whicli Is Mt ugIIk ly. an! ~
rno her towarIA Re.iua bul hase no
been up for some days, as tie danger j.,
now very great. Before ! writ aema |
.hall make the attempt L.; IgN I
went to the scene o. most s,itr.n. s4sel,st,
after Hi interval Of !wo DAYS. IAe Whole
length Of tbs ufustaliy quiet road aas
like fair aud such Was the ,llroep d
carriages which were moving en- II Three
lines, that 1t Mas with difficulty We ever
arrived al our destination A. We 49,.
preached the menaced nei.hboih 50d. Tie
inhabitants wtre removing their goods
and on the bridge n the middle Of the
township of Cercolo (hrough which 10
the winter time thunders down from the
summit, of Vesusius ore Of those noun.
tain rivers so well known in I,al, ], stood
a company Of saprcrs.
Creepin- under this sold. h4nlsomc
bridge into the bed OF tie river. We went
up IN face Of the lava, which WIS now
coming rapidly down. Here again were
ssppers. raising mounds on cithe, side. 10
kesp the lava In a straight course. The
smoke wAseh rose over tile heads Of the
multitudes told Us we were close on tie
spot, and climbing up The bank and walk
Eng aloug the top. we looked down IN HE
n,ghty mas. Of Ere. How changed Tie
neighborhood in two days Where
walked on Sunday night was now sea Of
Are. The side roal By which | had
Pollena and Massa di Somme WAS now
full OF blackened coke. The houses Oh
the borders OF the village had fallen il
one, thirty poor people lived smal
chapel was swallowed up, getttlf mans
villa, and a sad extent Of vineyard and gar
den gro nd.
On the other side Of the great Iva bed
another stream was branching oil TO San
Sebss,iano We had hoped TO have oss
ed II, anI assembled to The Cascade again
but It was no longer possible for, A. one
says, speaking Of narshy country in the
winter, the lava was out. The fire here
had begun to enter the lugia ground Of
the little town, but il was dive.sra iron
its course by wall, On the opposite
side Of The stream We're tho king and all
the royal family The banks on either
side were thronged with curious and an1
.ious muiliiuacs, whose faces were lighted
up with the more respondent flame Of the
rapidly descending lava. Since the morn
,isS it had moved mile. Il was like a
svast river Of glowing coke.
As it moved on, the tens Of thousands
of Jumps rolled and luln- le+i rrIr over Che
cracking aud grinding and grazing
and when. from the very face oil it, II large
lump fell of, tie appearances was that Of
An iron furnace, when the iron is being
drawn. To make the resemblance N re
complete. at such times men d,rtei for
wara with long ro'es, taken from The
neightofing y.neyarls and pulled out
great massss Of lava, What struck ne at
first, md sill strikes me is the most ma
lestic feature III the whole soeEs, is he
SLOW, silent. Irresistible motion Of that