Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-08
THE HARVEST OF DEATH
FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE
PERISH BY AN EARTH
QUAKE.

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| QUAKE.
Terrible Calamity at an Italian
| Resort.
NAPLES, July 30-Professor Pal
mieri, Director of the Meieorologic
Observatory on Mount Vesuvius,
states that the disaster on the Island
of Ischia, on Saturday night, was not
due to an earthquake, but to a subsi-
dence of the ground. The scenes here
occasioned by the accident were heart
rending. The hospitals are crowdel
with wounded survivors, and the dead
houses are filled with the dead bodies
of the victims. The bodies of several
Neapolitan ladies have been recovered
from the ruins. Ten houses remain
standing at Casamicciola. Cries for
help can be heard coming rom the
ruins. Sappers are hard at work en-
deavoring TO rescue persons still alive.
Boats from the island filled with dead
bodies are arriving here constantly.
Many women and children were
among the victims. Fifty wooden huts
will be built Immediately for the ac-
commodation of the survivors. The
municipal authorities at Naples are
sending relief to the island and doing
all in their power to alleviate the dis
tress of the people. Most of the corp
ses recovered were SO discolored by
dirt that even after they had been
washed they were unrecognizable.
All the members of the police force
at Casamicciola were killed. A boat
has arrived at Naples containing the
bodies of twenty-four infants. A few
persons were taken from the ruins aliYe
last evening. Eight hundred more
troops went to the scene of the disaster
last night 1t is now stated that the
number of persons killed was 1000 and
the number of wounded 1000.
THIRTY PEOPLE ENToMBED.
Survivors say thirty-seyen persons
were entombed in a room in Hotel
Piccalo Sentinella. Count Sergardi,
after three hours exhausting labor,
rescued eleven persons, but failed to
accomplish the principal object of his
efforts, the saving of his sister. The
play at the theatre on Saturday night
was burlesque, which opened with
scenes representing an earthquake.
FOUR THOUSAND PERISH.
1t is stated as certain that four thou
sand persons perished on the Island of
Ischia on Saturday night. The stencil
from the dead bodies of human beings and
animals is almost unbearable. 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
groaning during the night were dead
before they could be reached, and car
ried to places OF safety.
The Roman newspapers appeared to-
day with mourning borders. Many of
the people injured in Ischin will be
cripples for life.
The dead Forio number three hu :
dred, at Laccoamino five hundred, at
.Fontanaserrora two hundred. Twen-
ty-four children perished In Mesericor-
dia asylum.
| AID FOR THE SUFFERERS.
The King and Queen of Italy sub.
scribed 100, 900 lire, and the Pope 25, 00O
lirefor the relief of sufferers.
ONE THOUSAND LIVES SAVED.
Two thousand soldiers digging in
the ruins saved 900 liyes up to mid
day Sunday, and exhumed twcnty-four
persons alive on Monday.
SCENE OF THE CATASTROPHE.
The inhabitants of Casamicciola are
principally peasants, who cultivate the
grape. The town has nearly five thou
sand inhabitants, and is also much
patronized by tourists and invalids,
who 90 there to Ike the waters. It's
baths are largely frequented by suf-
ferers with lung disorders and skin dis
eases, and there is always throng of
visitors at the hotels Bellevue and La
Gran Sentinela. In the days of the
Roman Empire the baths were in high
repule, anu tncH laho nus uercehueu
to modern times. In the summer time
invalids from all countries take the
boats from Naples, which run several
times day, and land at little bar-
bor distant about mile from the town
and thence proceed on donkey back to
Casamcciola.
A FAVORITE RESORT.
The town is the smallest one on the
island of Ischia, but it is the favorite
resort. Fiore, the largest town, has q
population OF 5000. Then comes
lschia with G,l00 and Casamicciola
with between four and five thousand.
The view from the mountain is
especially fine The scenery is pictur-