The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-08-24

prevent any ono coming from that city
without O permit from the authoritica
From Forio the KING proc TO Lacco
AMEND. the upper part of wh IN township "
almost entirely destroyed Here thrilling
incident occurred A tdr-hair, q strapping
Engli Imam, Mr,Lonis Nesbit was enthusi-
astfcalIy pointed out to the X ng by the
population as Their savior, he having by his
exertions rescued number OF lives The
King shook Mr.. Nesbit's hand, aud expressed
IN glowing terms his appreciation OF British
pluck and kindheartedness All the mis-
iers then shook hands with Mr.. ~ bit,
whilst the vene able Premier, Signor Depre-
tbs, actually kissed his foi ehead The people
around meanwhile cheered Justify for -Sor
Luigi"
ENGIIsHMEN
After the closest and most complete In
quiries am able o state, on the b CHEST Of
ic al authority, that there were only twelve
English In CasamIcciola at the tine of the
disaster. SIX Of these are among the killed
Mrs Durde and her sen Mr. and Miss
Robertson, Mr. Green, "a retired Indian
Judge), and Charles Bartf, aged 13, son OK
the English clergyman at Naples. Mr..
Green's body was only recovered yesterday:
He had evidently been overwhelmed and
sutfocated by the debris, a. the body showed
very few marks OF bruises, and had
sustained no serious injury. The others
who were In the town and who escaped
were: Col Mackenzie, who has received
some bad bruises; DR.. Stoddard, Mrs Green,
Mrs Bsrf, with her daughter and another
son. The Rev. Mr.. Barn had returned to
Naples for his Sundays servlca Many
ladies are still lying unburied among the
ruins, and although the copious application
OF lime has somewhat improved matters
the odor is terrible.
HOUSES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
1t is impossible to describe the difficulties
met with In carrying out the work of exca-
Walton The site Of the town Is billy, and
the houses have been thrown on one
another, and here and there are yawn'ng
cracks in the ground. The catas, ophe is
al solutely complete and IL seems impossi-
bic TO restore Casamicc ola There Is not q
single house standing there except little
church, which has been unroofed, near the
harbor, and three cottages in which it Is i'm
possible to obtain shelter. The whole pre-
sents an Understandable spectacle, the details
Of which are heartrendlng.
At Eacco AMEND the state OF affairs seems
to be, If anything, worse than at Casamicci-
olo Not single building can be traced
out of the mass of timber andS stones which
now marks where the pros perous village
once stood The inhab tants living In this
spot we're ,5o3 but OF all this numLer only
five are known to have escaped de. truction
The wreck Is complete Some of the houses
have disappeared bodily, falling pI esumablg
into the assures when the earth opened
At Fario the damage is not so extensive, but
IL is still very great
DESCRIPTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH.
The earthquake appears to have run across
the island from west TO east, and, beside the
towns have enumerated, all the adjacent
villages and hamletS have more or less
suffered. The first and most fatal shock
was accompanied by noise resembling
loud thunder. The succeeding shocks We're
less clearly marked, but they served to ex-
tend the devastation and complete the
fearful panic that set in throughout the
reater part of the island The previous
weather had been splend d, but violent
storm set in the day following the dit asters,
and this, accompanied by almost total dark
ness added greatly to the horror of the
scene, and rendered transit from the isl nd
to the main land very difficult 1t is pointed
out as significant that Vesnvius had been
unusually active Just before the shock.
THE FUTURE.
The SO called earthquake of 1881, in WHICH
over 500 people persisted and most of the
smaller buildings in Casamicciola were de-
stroyed, was in reality a sudden collapse OF
the soil The present catastrophe is also
as cribed to an earth remor, but Prof. Pal
mieri, the Director of the Vesuvian Observa-
tory denies that this has been the case, and
attributes the calamity, as he did the exact
ly similar one of 1881, to depression of the
fragile crust undermined by the springs
If this statement should be confirmed, khe
future OF Ischia is hopeless No one Nil
dare to build, and visitors will keep cleafof
spot where at any moment the firm land
may sink beneath their feet This is q dis
NAL fate