New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-31
THE SEARCH AMID THE RUINS.

BODlES CNRECouNihApi@
NApIEs--sCENEs AND INCIDENTS.
I,lv aO-Mapy women aud children are
.,aono the victims of the earthquake on the lsiano
ssI.obia on Saturday evening. 1t is stated this
.g,er,oon that the number of persons killed was
o 600 and that the number of wounded was l,ooo'
F;ftv wooden huts will be built immediately 1or the
accommodation of the survivors Inc muhlcip"i
authorities of Naples are sending reef TO the 'Sao
and are doing all in their power to alleviate the ois
tress of the people. Most OF the corpses WINCH
bave been recoyereds are discoored by dirt that
even after they have been washed the features o'
the victims are unrecognizable. All the members VI
the police force at Casamicciola were kiiieu'
boa. has arrived at Naples containing the ooues VI
twehty-four infants. few persons were 'aAon
from the ruins alive last evening Eight hundred
more troops went to the scene OF the disaster as'
night.
HEART-RENDING SCENES IN NAPLES.
Tho scenes here occasioned by the accident are
basrt trendlng The hospitals crowded with
wounded survivors and the dead-houses are hiieu
vith bodies of the victims. The bodies OF severai
Naanol,tan ladies have been recovered from the
,;,a Five bouses remain standing at Casamicciola.
rr,ss for help can be heard coinng from the ruins
sanners are hard at work endeayorng to rescue the
persons rho are still alive. Boats from the iSand
flIed with dead bodies are arriving here con-
stantly.
Professor Palmieri, Director OF the Meteoroioglcai
Observatory on Mount Vesuvius states that the
disaster was not due 10 an earthquake ooV W '"o
subsidence of the ground.
ONLY THOSE AT THE THEATRE SAVED.
LONDON. July 3O.-Of the foreigners staying at
Casamicciola only those were saved VINO were al
the theatre Saturday night Survivors state that
they were obliged to pass Saturday night IN aoso-
In, darkness without daring to move even to assist
tr sc calling for help beneath the ruins. lhere Is
psw little hope that the latter are still alive Ac-
cording to the latest estimate 5000 persons
perlshed on the island Three soldiers searching
for victims were fatally injured to-day Subscrip-
tions have been opened throughout Italy for the
relief of the distressed persons.
AN EARTHQUAKE REPRESENTED IN THE THEATRE
Survivors say that thnty-seven persons were en-
tombed in a room in the Hotel Piccola Sentinella
(ount sergardi after three hours exhausting labor
rescued eleven persons but failed to accomplish the
rrinciua object of his efforts the saving OF his Sis
Ter The play at the theatre on Saturday night was
aburesque, which opened with a scene represent
ing an earthquake
THE LIVES LOST PLACED AT 1000.
LONDON, July Silt is now stated as certain
that 600 persons perished the island of lschia
on Saturday night. The stencil ifrom dead bodies
of human beings and animals is almost unbearabe.
Several men and women were rescued from the
ruins on Monday morning Many more might have
been saved If larger force OF rescuers had been
available earlier. Many persons who were heard
grosning during the night were dead before they
could be reached and carried TO places OF safety.
ONE THOUSAND LIVES SAVED BY SOLDIERS
NAPLES, July 30-MidHigM thousand SOL
6iers digging in the ruins saved one thousand lives
+ up to midday on Sunday and exhumed twenty-four
pereons alive on Monday. go
Tie Roman newspapers appeared to-day with
mourning borders Many of the people injured III
lschia Will be crippes for life The dead at Faro
number 300; at LaccOameno 500 and at Fontana
Serrara 200. Twenty-iour children perished In the
Misercordia Asylum. The King and Queen OF Italy
have subscribed 100, 900 lire and the Pope Zo,OOO
lire for the relief of the sufferers.