Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-27
THE GREAT voEoANo.
ANOTHER sApr,sm OF r,Re.

LONDON, April 26-Rumors Of a terrible dis !
aster near Mount Vesuyus are current in this city
The reports are that OH number or persons whose |
curiosity led them too near the volcano sixty were
killed and wounded by shower of lava.
THE NUMBER BURNED NOW PLACED AT TWO HUN |
DRED.
ROME April 26.-At the sitting Of the Chamber
Of Deputies this evening, Minister Iauza read |
despatch dated Naples this afternoon. saying the
eruption OF Vesuvius is increasing and becoming
more serious. Two hundred parsons have been
burned by the lava. Flames burst from the earth
under the feet Of the inhabitants. Tore del
Greco Is IN danger of destruction. The people are
flying from the town. Temporary provision is
made for them by the authorities.
THE PEOPLE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIvEs-rHou-
SANDS ENcAMPEp IN THE FIELDS.
NAPLES. April 25-Evenng fresh crater
opened III Vesuvious to-day. The ashes and lava
threaten the villages the mountain side, and
tue Inhabitants are removing their household
goods Thousands are encamped in the fields
lhe Ministers have been summoned from Rome,
nnd are coming to make provisions for the house,
less people. The bay IS covered with boats filled
with spectators. The scene is grand and terrible
beyond description. Ihe flames at times shoot up
to great height, and masses of rock are elected
with earthquake shocks, which distinctly felt
! i'll this city
The first recorded eruption of Mount Vesuvius
occurred A d. 10. at which time Pompeii and
Herculaneum were destroyed The discharge
and ashes alone. and during the occasional erup-
lions that succeeded these were the only volcanic
products until lO66, when the first 6ow OF lava
occurred, Between the years 1906 and 1851
with the exception Of a slight one in 1890
eruption took place, Mount Etna being through
out this period unusually active, thus giving vent
to the vapors and lava that would otherwise have
found exit through the crater of vesuvus. The
eruption OF 1851 was accompanied with
SETTLING WAVES OF LAVA,
which surged over the villages at the base Of the
, mountain,an at the same time torrents of boiling
water were sent forth. carrying death on every
. side. The next extensive eruption occurred il
, l7,9 IL is described as being one OF the grandes
and most awfully magnificent on record. Great
/ clouds Of dead white sulphurous smoke rose high
. IN air and hoated over the mountain like gloomy
pail, while at night vivid flashes of light sho
tie,cey up for thousands of feet above the noun
, tam. Illuminating the country by their horrit
. glare for miles around. In june 1894, an erup
! ton occurred that totally destroyed the town 0
Tore del Greco (the same that is now, after hav
. ing been rebuilt on its old site, threatened with
a similar i,tel. great torrents of lava rushin dow
!, the mountain side.
It COMPLETELY suBMERarNa THE HOUSES,
IT and dealing death to the fleeing inhabitants Fo
q more than quarter OF a century Vesuvius re
II manned qnlescent, bursting out again in ls2..
IS when an eruption occurred, the force OF whc
~ broke up the whole top of the mountain, wher
s an elliptcal chasm was formed three miles in ell
y cumference aad Supposed to be, at least) 200
TO feet in depth All was quiet again until Ma.
1850, when the hooods of lava
TOTALLY DESTROYED THE VILLAGE
of Cercoo. and eleven cones were produced fro
all of which the fiery food burst forth and rushe
, forward over the doomed town with resistless fur
} As in 1894. when Tore del Greco was destroye
the loss Of life was very large. An eruption o
l. CURED i'll June. 1885, another in August, 1869. al
~ one OF great violence in December. 1861.
i. Streams of lava poured forth, and on Il
~ morning of the 9th lava was flowing in
of CURRENT HALF A MILE BROAD.
eJ and % feet deep. by which and by the tren
in bngs of the ground, that caused them
an crack and fall, very nearly all of the hous
~. in Tore del Greco were destroyed. Sin
""e " 1862 the volcano
al HAS BEEN INACTIVE.
he and leluded by its deceitful calm the inhab
tants of Tore del Greco have returned
~. their o.d home only again to he driven for
-. by the rushing tide OF the fiery sea.