Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-29
TIE ERUPTIoN OF vEsUvlUs.
Correspondence Of the London Tinesl
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NAPLES, December 10, 1851 returned too
late from Tore del Greco to give you u detailed descrip-
ti0n Of the eruption of Nesuvius by yesterdays post, so,
leaving for the present all the petty jeaiousies Of the Aca-
p0ltans, let me give YOU fully the report OF what / head
and saw on the spot From Naples lttl5 Is seen except
ing those grand columns Of smoke which rise ggantfcaly
INTO the All, and which, according 10 as clio e a measure
menf as could be made, were caieulated-that from the
lower mouths at 10000 feet. and that from the upper era
ter at 3 90 feet in hight Our streets are free from the
dust Of the mountain, and though for some time after the
sun rose it Appeared to be in a state Of eclipse, yet to wit
ness all the wonders Of the spectacle it is necessary to
leave tire capital and visit the site OF the disaster.
From the confines Of the city TO Tore del Greco, one
passes between two lines Of a curious population VINO
have turned out to see the crowds who hoesedown to
see Tore del Greco. The wind blows of the ountatn
due north aud south, SO that, until you get gsst under the
column, ven are not exposed 70 the shower Of dust which
falls thickly and constantly, almost binding one, and GER
tainiy not conducting to easy respiration On aciving ~
The devoted Httle town, which numbers b -the-by 2,uO0
souls, I found the place, except at the station, almost de
serted. Every house was abandoned and as proving
how rapid WA the flight. melons and other articles still
hung suspended outside the Windows AZ the station
there was a vas crowd Of persons, some OF the last lin
gering inhabitants, with beds and other articles Of furni-
tuTe, anxious 10 be of Others, consisting OF the bcrhas-
lieri and Nationals, who remained 20 guard the place, Tor
misfortune is no protection against the hOrdes Of thieves
who inst at present drive a thriving trade IN the negh-
borh0od-
The first thing which strikes the eye is the blaekened
appearance Of every object, the fine dust, which had
fallen in heavy showers, lying feur and a hall inches IN
depth in the streets and on the tops of the houses.
| Some Of those were craaked horizontally across the fiat
roof, and others perpendicular y but 1t is not until You
tnra of to the left, q little beyond the station, that the
full point, ascending the mountain a number Of houses
are passed which have been most materially injured,
| from 400 to 500 IN ALL and rendered to a certain extent
unsafe. At one house Ia particular q handsome bulia
ING, too, the proprietor, who had returned for some ar
tieles which he had left behind, was breaSins tue WIN
doyys TO get In, entrance by the doorway being nnPosHi
BILE. shall here insert the report which was sent TO me
yesterday morning by Giovanni Cozzo mo, the principa
guide Of the mountain as il VIII explain precisely th'
| site where the months which arc now vomiting forth nre
smoke, and Lava, have been formed
On tine sth instant AZ about a quarter past II, A. ~,
great trembling OF the ground was felt at Tore del Greco
which continued a. intervals Of from five to ten minutes
] The population were ia great alarm, expecting an earth
quake. At Resi- this tremulous motion WAS felt, th0ug
not 50 strongly, about midday. Toward 3 o'clock in III
| afternoon a large opening was made ia the ground ab0v
/ Terre del Greco, and a halt a mile lower than the crate
Of l1li. and the first cone was formed underneath th
house OF Francesca Cruel This house was thrown int
the air, as were four Others, in a MesseTia close By. Til
, Eva had arrived, on the morning Of tho 9th, at about
auafter OF an hours walk above the monastery Of I'll
Cappucini, which has been destroyed, and is half d mi
4 in breadth. All the hegs.s in Tore have assures in theI
: and The population have fed 10 kaples, At the time d
. new cones were formed the top Of the mountain was ira
/, quill. but about ? O'Clock in the morning the grand craft
= It iae summit burst out with a tremendous noise, throV
: ing stones and ashes to a great hight Every effort Of IL
kind IL accompanied by a sound O. Of thunder,
4 One of the guides, called Gennarino Sannino, while
tempting To get a piece Of redhot lava, in which 10 put
coin, was killed on the spot by a Stone which fell upon J
4 bead
,e The report is meager, erroneous in some instances, al