Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-31
BoATLoADS OF BODIES
Still Being Conveyed to Naples
From the Scene
OF DEATH, MISERY AND DISTRESS.
-Four thousand the Number Killed and One
Thousand People lnjured-A New
Theory as to the Cause Of
the Disaster.

NAPLES, July 30.-Prof. Palmieri, Direct
or of the Meteorological Observatory on
Mount Yesuvius, states that the disaster
on the Island Of ISchia, on Saturday night,
was not due 10 an earthquake, but to a
subsistence Of the ground. The scenes here
occasioned by the accident were heart
rending. The hospitals are crowded with
wounded survivors, and the dead houses
filed with dead bodies of the victims. The
bodies of several Naepolitan ladies have
been recovered from the ruins.
Ten houses remain standing at Casamic-
ciola Cries for help can be heard coming
EOm the ruins. SappsFs are hard at work
endesyoring to rescue persons still alive.
Boats from the island filed with dead
bodies are arriving here constantly.
Many women and Children
were among the victims of'the earthquake
at Ischia. Fifty wooden huts will be built
Immediately for the accommodation Of the
survivors. The municipal authorities OF
Naples are sending relief to the island and
doing all in their power to alleviate the
distress Of the people. Most Of the corpses
recovered were so discOlored by dirt that
even after they had been washed their
features we're unrecOgnizsble.
All members of the police force at Cas-.
samcciola were killed. A boat has arrived
OF Naples containing the bodies Of twenty
four infants. a few persons were taken
from the ruins alive, last evening. Eight
hundred more troops went to the scene of
the disaster last night.
1000 Killed and LOCO Wounded.
LONDON, July $O-3:3O P. MA dispatch
from Naples Just received says: 1t is now
stated that the number OF persons killed
by the earthquake on the Island OF Ischia,
on Saturday night, was 1000, and the num-
Der wounded 1000.
A Night of EerrOr.
LoNDoN, July 3O.-Ofthe foreigners stay
irg at CasamicCiola, only those were saved
who were at the theatre Saturday night.
The survivors state thar they were obliged
TO pass Saturday night in absolute dark
ness, without daring to move even to assist
those calling fer help beneath the ruins.
There is now little hope that they are still
alive. According to the. latest estimate,
three thousand persons perished on the
island. Three soldiers searching for the
victims were fatally injured to day. Sub
have been opened throughout
Italy for the relief of the district.
BurIesaue Horribly Realized.
NAPLES, July 3O.-The survivors Ssay
thirty. y.seyen persons were entombed in a
room in the hotel Piccola Sentinella.
Count Sergsrdi, after three hours Of ex-
hsusting labor, rescued eleven persons, but
failed to accomplish the principal object
Of his efIorts-the saving Of his sister. The
play at the theatre Saturday night was a
hurle-que which opened --i'L $1,000 -~r
resenting an earthquake.
Four Thousand Victims.
IpSpON, July 30-It is stated as certain
that four thousand persons perished on the
Island OF Ischia, Saturday night. The
stencil from the dead bodies OF human
beings and animals, is almost un5ear able.
Several men and women were rescued from
the ruins Monday morning, and many
more might have been saved II q larger
force of rescuers had been available earlier.
MANY persons who were heard grOauing
during the night, were dead before they
could be reached and carried to places of
safety.
The King and Queen of Italy subscribed
one hundred thousand lier and the Pope
tw enty.tive thousand lier for the relief OF
the sufferers.
NAILEs, July .-Midnight--Tw thou
sand soldiers are digging in the ruins, and
saved one thousand uves up To midday,
SUNDAY ami exhumeu twenty.four persons
alINe Monday.