Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-16
|. FEBRUARY is, 1867.
RcmnrI1nbIe Hurricane at Naples.


The Naples correspondent of the london
Tt1tes, writing on the 18th ultimo, gives the
following details of the great hurricane
that occurred there on the 18th and 10Th:
"Ohe of the grandest and most afllictinS
speetacles / have ever seen witnessed yes
terday. A storm-nay, a hurricane-raged
from the southeast such rs no one 'remem-
bers to have seen in Naples. Few persons
in Naples slept on the night of the Ath
and 18th, for windows were slamming and
smashing in all directions; the sea, increas-
ing in power, came on like a 'tpo dt mare,
to use an expressive Neapolltan phrase; !;
while the wind hurled itself against our
houses like some heavy material body.
After sleepless night, on looking out yes
terday morning over Vesuvius the whole
atmosphere seemed TO be lit mp by lurid
| light (the effect was remarkable, and struck
| every onel; whilethe sea, which was colored
by its reflection, threatened to sweep from
within the breakwater of Santa Lucia few
boats and coasters which lay there In their
usual Imaginary security. Towards mid
| day, on hearing that the storm had COM
| mitted great raVages, went down to the
] port and witnessed scene 1t Is not easy to
forget. The appearance Of the streets re-
minded one of the old revolutionary times.
| There were barricades of boats To prevent
the approach of the people TO the Immaco-
latella for half Naples was there; and at
the end of every street and lane was drawn
across body of armed men, either National
| Guards or carbiniers, or guards OF public
security. The Prefect, the QuBstOr, and
all the military authorities were there,
looking helplessly enough on the ravages
| of the storm, but making every effort to
maintain order and togiard the property
| of the shipWrecked ." ''-.' ..
ain every direction the ground was
strewed with oranges, caruba, or sumach,
or whatever the cargoes of the il-iated
vessels might have been; and the entrance
| to the Immacolatella was crowded with the
crews and packages they had saved. From
the terrace Of the Immacolatella one OBJ
tained a complete view of the disaster,
though it was impossible by the eye to cal
culate its full extent. From this point to
the quaint church where Masaniello was
murdered the sea was covered with wreck,
masts and timbers, and portions of the car
goes. Several large brigantines were lying
high and dry not far from the fish market,
| their sides and bottoms broken in. Alarge
Greek vessel, laden with grain, was aban-
doned and hurrying towards the break
water. The captain and his wife had been
| drowned in their attempt to escape, and
| four of the crew had been rescued and
brought tolife. Another 'Greekvessel, also
laden with grain, rolled not far from her;
two Dutch vessels, laden with sugar, were
in imminent danger of destructioni close
at hand were several vessels which had
gone down, and another, brigantine, was
sinking, as the sea was already washing
4 over her decks; of smaller craft say moth
ing, but the surface of the sea, as far as |
could look, was strewed' with fragments OF
/ shipwrecked vessels. .".... -
| at is, of course, impossible to ascertain
! the amount of damage inflicted by the
storm, but it is roughly estimated at from
i 100000 to 100000 of lire. AS write the
| wind has shifted to the west and is blow
ing series Of gales accompanied by hail.
| Vesuvius is capped with snow, as are all
the mountains round the bay"