The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-17
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OPENING OF1A NEW CRATER.
4 Party Of Explorers Destroyed by
tae Fiery Lava.
TWO HUNDRED LIVES SACRIFICED.
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ne E0untaiR Venting Perth Huge Rocks
and Blood Red Flames. I,
STREAMS Of LAVA TEN FEET DEEP.
Rivers of Fire Rushing Down on
Ponopeii, Tore del Greco
and La Cercola. a va
GAM SEBASTIAN IN FLAMES.
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The Roads Crowded with Fugitives
from Burning Villages and
Deserted Hsmes III
THE KING, AT NAPLES.
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Terrible Scenes in the Hospitals Of
Naples ami Resina.
Rivers Of Fire Rushing Down on
Ponopeii, Tore del Greco
ana La Cercola. A@
5AN SEBASTIAN IN FLAMES.
The Roads Crowded with Tugitives
from Burning Villages and
Deserted Hsmes. ii
THE KING AT NAPLES.
Terrible Scenes in the Hospitals of
Naples ami Resina.
NAPLES, April 2s, 1872.

~IIs 49, NAPLES, April 49, 1871
'SIla mountain has oil fallen in and ever 80 MANY
people are kilIea,n was the somewhat vague form
IN which the first OF what viii be known the
great eruption OF Friday, 2Gth OF April 1872, was
conveyed To me. was sitting In q bower OF roses,
where study the art OF dOJce f1r nteYate under 1
every advantage; but my fair informant succeeded
In ronsng me to ACTON In O few minutes was on
my way to Resina. 1t was barely midday, and as l
looked up al tho deep blue sky, stretching far as
eye could In all It's clouiiess beauty, and tried
IN vain to shelter myself from the rays or the gar-
ing sun, could not believe that the mountain
whose Illuminated crest had done no more the night
previous than add TO the many charms Of the view
rom Santa Lucia, which. had seemed merely to be
carting forth that small tongue Of FIRE for the
amusement Of the gaping crowd could have really
turst forth In an the terror 81 Its fun power But
! had not got farther than the ,Strada al Chi0ja
whom peasants cart, flied with q confused mass
OF bedding aud wild looking faces, told me that
what had learned to regard beautiful spectacle
was indeed terrible monster OF destructiveness.
THE MOUNT FROM THE MoLo.
"A came down to the Molo, where the noun.
tain would fret cCnein view, the sea was calm,
and the nags: from the ships 1masthcads hung
almost motionlcss; but In another moment caught
eight OF what resembled On enormous mass of snow,
piled up in the sky by Titanic hands, on which the
full midday spent its fercest glare in vain and
which gweiled and sweled slowly, as II seething In
m unseen caldrOn, seeming to threaten every mo.
ment to fall and crush one, terribly was it's evt
dent soldty out OF keeping with its cloud-like
form. Suddenly, In the middle of this vast mass Of
snowflake vapor, great cavern opened, black I'M
penetrablc unfathonable, above and on each side,
every variety OF siiverand gray tnts; beyond, the
deep blue sky; below the vioiet-tinted hills Of sor-
M oil Ia .hal
pnIre sea. Such was thc-scene before which the
great tragedy was being played. Fascinated as I
wos by that mysterious pile OF cloud, against which
the all-powerfnl sunwas 80 terribly powerless, the
sounds and sights OF the road forciby engaged my
attention. Impressed as every one must have
eesn by the irony OF what enchanted one Stewards
ard what terrified one landwards, the first effect Of
tne MISCELLANEOUS crowd Of barouches, Broughams,
dog carts, chnises. wagonettes, carts, wagons,
trucks and vehicles OF every variety suddenly
pressed into almost forgotten use to recall the
return from the Derby. But the next minute
enough Of SAD faces had passed to remind me that
tais was no exodus OF peasure-seekers. am
afraid shall fail to give any idea Of tho varied and
yet intensely i..s. Il.
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF TIE scENR.
The first great fact that my mind grasped wns
mattresses. Red and green blue and white, yellow
and blue, pink and black, scarlet and blue,
brown and white, Of every shade and every kind Of
color were The mattresses, without which no one
seemed to have set out on their night. Those who
had no carts carried them on their donkeys,
or II they had no donkeys they carried them on
taelr heads. Here was CANDY col0red PEASANTS
cart, put to the blush by pile OF red and yellow
mattresses among which children Of al sizes were
tucked away; here carozella, literally stuffed
with human creatures, thrown together anyhow IN
one another's laps with the hood up and the mat
trcsses tied on 1t. have long ago given up trying
80 calculate what Naples donkey can carry or how
much It take9 to kill Naples pony. Yesterday
ponies and donkeys outdld all previous labors.
really am AFRAID to say what saw some OF them
carving; no one would believe me. never shall
forget the sublime apotbeoss Of selnshness pre-
scented by one cart piled twelve feet high with oil
kinds OF furniture nnd on the top one man loiing,
utterly unmoved, In a black pot hat, and a large
white pocket handkerchief under It, TO keep Or the
saa, smoking. At any other time should have
thought hts two horses had more than enough
~ carry; now I felt positively savage
win him because he did not orer to
give lit to that poor, scared.looking
biue-eyed girl stunning along at her father's side,
or 70 that noble open-tsccd boy leading his old
grandfather this time without the mattress, for
one small bundle was ali they had the strength to
carry between tnem). The sight Of poor foriorn-
booking blind man. HE worn faco piteously lifted MP
toward the mountain a. II asking what oil this str
and hubbnb meant had scarcely time TO MAKE me
sad before all my sense OF humor was reused by
fnil face view Of soIem,,-looking man servant, In
gorgeous livery, Sitting ia the rumble Of grand
carriage holding delicate little lace parasol over
his head, isappose TO keep the sun OF his cockade.
The carriage was crammed with children's faces,
bat feel sure the mattresses were somewhere ur-
der the seat Iceuld dwell on that strange rapidly
moving procession forever. should never do JUS
sice to Ito the women, some insanely ciingiDg
70 dirty bundle containing what was not worth
the carrying away; others supporting with both
hands one OF thoge CANDY lacc-founced madonnas
90 common about Naples; oil who hsd them, true
enough TO natnre---thank heaven for it-huQQipr
paasonately to their breasts the ast.born babe as
II that was all the treasure they cared to bring
away.
THE PLIaBr or THE prerrrvgs.
Aft got nearer to the boundaries Of Portici and
Retdna numbers Of deserted shops showed that IL
was not nom Tore del Greco only the fugitives had
come. At Irst thought that Inflated town was the
principal point Of danger, butl was coon to see
with my own eyes o proof OF the terrible
amount Of volcanic force which lies hid
den underneath ones fect on. AL sides Of