The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-19

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WARNINGS FROM VESUVIUS.
The Naples correspondent of the Lon.
don Times writes to that Journal on
Dec. 10:
We have had no other alarm from the
earthquake since Monday, and the public
feeling is subsiding into it's usual tranquil
state Of security. For one or two days
every one, ] believe, was anxious and ap-
prehen,ive, for it is no trife to be rocked
in your bed, to see your walls rocking
backward and forward, and to hear the
timbers creaking. Such sights would be
alarming anywhere, more especially in
Naples, which has suffered from o series
OF disasters, and which has not yet for.
gotten the awful earthquake Of 1857.
On Monday night and Tuesday morning
they threw themselves on it in military
style, completely dressed and ready for
start. Many formed parties, as if seek.
ing security in society. but more were in
the streets, in cafes, or in carriages Of
any kind they could lay hands on. Thoes
who were less fortunate had to pass the
night on the pave exposed to rain, and
what for this country was bitter cold.
There was full expectation that the
earthquake would repeat its visit at the
end of twenty-four honrs after the first
shock-it not unfrequently does-so that
from midnight until 1924 on Tuesday
morning apprehension became increasing.
ly and painfully strong.
Conversation was on the wane, snatch
es of Litany were chantcd here and there
almost soto voice. As 3 o'clock ap.
preached there was dead silence, as if
the enemy were upon them: and thus it
was at 3:l5 when apprehension was in.
tense but the minute.hand marked 1924,
and the sense Of relief was great, for
nothing happened to create alarm, though
this did not suffice to satisfy those who
fancied that the dreaded visitor might
have delayed his coming, or that clocks
might be wrong. A few minutes more
restored tranquility to the most timid,
and by dawn Of day all went home chill.
ed to the marrow. many, it is probable,
having found the death from which they
fed. During the day preceding this
anxious night preparations were made by
persons which remind US of the hurried
flight from Pompeii, indications Of which
have often been brought to light during
the excavations. Boxes were purchased
and jewels packed, and in some cases it
is said, even articles of dress. All that
was most precious was in readiness to
be carried off, and, says Journalist, one
lady sent off her 'adorato papagallo'
(adored parrot, to be restored if demand
ed, or bequethed to the friend if she
herself were buried under the ruins of
Naples. 1t is unnecessary to say that
this general apprehension was OF most
exaggerated and unnecessary character.
Still no one can answer for his house
when it's foundations are heaving up and
down, and we cannot forget the horrors
of 1857, when 10000 persons were DIES.
troyed by earthquake in the neighboring
provinces. and our bells rang, as it
were, funeral peals over them. Later re-
ports now tell us that the shock was felt
as far as Bari, and in every place it ex-
cited great alarm. In Salerno the PEG.
pie were in state of fanatical madness.
All rusned to the cathedral, insisting on
bringing out the statue of the patron
saint, Saint Matthew, and the bells
being rung-a not uncommon practice in
a tempest. The clergy, however, in
obedience to the civil authorities, would
not permit it, but the public feeling was
too strong to be resisted, so that the
statue was carried off on the shoulders of
men. Wax tapers were seized, and, fol-
lowed by many thousand persons, St.
Matthew was borne in procession through
the streets. There was considerable fe:,r
that dangerous collision might have oc.
cured, for by order of the Project, de.
tachment Of soldiers was sent out and
placed at the disposal of the Quaestor.
After a long time, however, the people
were persuaded that the saint had little
connection with the earthquake, and as
it did not repeat its visit, St. Matthew
was taken back to the cathedral, and all
returned to their homes.
No serious disaster has occurred any.
where except in st. Marco, in Lamis, in
the Capitanata, commune of about 49,
900 persons. There several houses were
thrown down, and three persons buried,
Many foreign visitors left Naples on Mon
day, and it is feared that for the moment
the trade of the season will be injured