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A HORRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.


City Entirely Destroyed-3, 600
People Knowpto Have Perished.
Naples, Special Cable, July 29.-The town
OF Casamicciola, ON the island of Ischis,
near Naples, was almost entirely destroyed
by an earthquake last night. The neigh
boring towns of Forio and Lacciameno were
greatly damaged. The shocks began at $50
o'clock last nj ght. At that hour majority
of the people of the upper classes were at
the tbeater Nearly all Of the houses in the
town collapsed. It is estimated that 800 per-
sons were injured. 1t ii impossible, as yet,
to give the exact number of the dead
at Casamicciola. In the latest
The Hotel Piccola Sentinella sank in the
earth and many of its inmates were buried
Some of the Inhabitants of the town es-
capped to the sea at the first shock. They
made their way to Naples with the news Of
the calamity. The center OF the area of the
shock was the same, as that Of two years
ago, but the radius was WIDER; The shock
was felt at sea, and according to some &C.
| counts even at Naples
in other places there was no moiSemen,;
wafer gushed opt of springs, and several
boilers N the bathing houses burst. The
j theater, which was wooden structure, was
literally torn open, allowing the audience
| to escape. Steamers loaded with injured
people are constantly arriving here from
| the scene of the calamity. Eight ships are
already filled with sufferers. The minister
of public works has sone TO oasamlccola to
organize measures ot relief.
The stories told by the survivors are hor-
rible. Many Romans having villas at Is
| CHA are known to have been 10 t. The
dead are fearfully mutilated. In some
cases the corpses are plainly discernible
| through the ruins, but they cannot be ex-
| tricated. 1t i, sur.nised that some persons
are still alive In the celIafs. :,
A cpfrespondent .telegraphs the goth
that, Judging from reports already at hand,
CHOSE earthquake in 1881.
The bishop of Casamicciola, Don Filipani
of Rome, and the project of Caglalia, are
reported, to be among the dead. There
! we're very few English visitors on the island
at the time of the disaster. None of the
| special dispatches mention American names
among the killed or wounded.
The Naples correspondent of the Cersal.
iere telegraphs as follows: II have just re-
and Forio have been destroyed. They
were three of the tncst Aourishing commu,
mites on the. island, which was half over
thrown. The road between the towns
! of Ischia and Casamicciola is impossible
The perfect of Naples telegraphs that the
] town of Casamicciola has ceased to exist
] Tho train from this city to Naples to-day
l was crowded with passengers going to in.
| quire as to the fate Of their friends. None
Of the special dispatches mentioned Amer
can names among The killed or injured.
Ischla is volcanic island situated at the
north entrance OF the Bay of Naples. The
circumference is about nineteen miles, and
the superficial area about twenty six 50 uare
miles. Monte Epomeo, or San NiclO, tn,
ancient Epo1ueus, or Epopeus is the high.
est point, rising 1900 jeet above the ses
level. The principal summit is surround
ed bv twelve inferior volc anic cones, from
one OF which the last Eruption took p'ac,
in 1902.
Casamicciola is located at the foot O.
Mount Eponilo, near Naples, and had q
| reputation of about 5000. It was famed
throughout Italy for IFS thermal springs
and baths. Forio is a seaport town on til.
western coat of lschia, with a population
of about &, 900 and has mineral baths which
| are much resorted 10.
The e fthQhake at Casanniccola in 1881
was upon Friday, March 4, of that year
There were two Shocks the first occurring a
1870 p. M. and the second an hour later
The whole upper part of the town was de
stroyed, and two thermal establishment
destroyed. The secon |, which was the ia
tai shock, and was accompanied by nois,
like suhterranean thunder. Then came thu
crash of tallin, houses, accompanied by tn.
shrieks OF the victims. The soldiers from
Naples city rescued many from the ruins
| The Population fed to. the surroundin,
country and along the sea coast. The los
| of lie was about 200.
Horrible Raiload Accident in New
| York.
| A terrible accident on the Rome, Water
town & Ogdensburg railroad occurred a
| Carlyon station, N. Y. al $50 o'clock or
| the 9th inst, by which nineteen were killed
and thirty wounded. The train, doubt
! header, was an excursion train No. So ant
bound for Clayton with Thousand island
tourists, mostly from Michigan. 1t was be.
hind time, and at the time of the collision
was running at the rate OF forty miles al
hour. The wind was blowing gale, ant
had blown a freight car off side track
partly on to the main track. When the ex
| cursion train came laundering along,
| collision came, throwing one of the en-
gines on its end and the other into the ditch.
| The baggage car aud two sleepers wer<
| completely demolished. Cars were piled
| upon one another until it was one vas
heap of ruins. At the time heavy thun-
| der shower was passing over, and the night
was dark. The cries and shrieks of TIE dy-
| ing and wounded were terrible. The crash
was heard three miles away. The countr ~
| is but thinly settled, and it was some time
before assistance could be obtained The
coroner, DR.. Cochrane of Albion, was sent
| tor, and the work of recovering the bodice
| commenced.
Following are the names of the persons
killed, who have been identified:
Thomas Hayne, Chicago; Louis Trout,
Carl, Lansing, Mich; Prof. G.. W. Stone
Battle Creek, Mich; Lutte J. RANGES, Oswe
20, N. Y; Willie Lafevre, Bay City Mich;
Ashley Tyler, N. Y; Thomas Stalls, Water.
| town, N. Y; O. B. Troop and gran 1daughter
Mary Troop, Schoharie, N. Y; c. Schenk
Cleveland, Ohio; Thomas Dixon; 249 Pearl
Street, Cleveland, Ohio. A lady with ring
marked ."Cornela to Louis" and thought
to be Mrs. Booth, of Bay City, Mich; Mrs
Saline, Mich; Henry Mccormick, Benton,
Mich; An unknown body thought to be
Mr.. Booth, of Bay City.
The fireman was instantly killed, and
Engineer James Mccarthy, of the second
engine was terribly scalded.
The following are injured: Minerva Nun
day, Bay City, terribly bruised, thought she
will never recover. Mrs. w. +. Hall and
daughter, Leslie, Mich. Mrs. Hall, injured
about the head, daughter, spinal injury
Both will recover. Mrs. B. Salisbury, Bat
tie Creek, Mich, hip dislocated, double
fracture of the RIG hit side, neck and head
badly bruisel. Thought she will recover
Rev. E. s Gould, Carthage NO., severe
cash in back of head;wiIl recover. Mrs. J.
F. Ireland, Granite Falls. MIMI, bruised
about the head.
Mrs. Moses Sweeter, Parkersburg, Va,
spine bruised and head cut, will recove
Mrs. T. G. Field, Parkersburg, Va, eye
confused, ankle sprained and injured about
the hip; will recover; Mrs. A. L. Briggs,
Saline MICA, cut about the head; will re-:
cover, She is at Lyhdonville. Mrs. Nc
Masters, of Ireland, wrist fractured and ear
cut of; Mrs. Alice ;ennison: Philadelphia,
broken aukie; Mrs Prof. G. w. Stone, Bat
tie Creek. Mich, fracture of arm and 9th
erwise bruised: Alex. Tower, Lansing,
Mich., injured in head: will recover. He
Is brother of F1rs. Elizabeth Jane Carl.
Total killed, twenty-five. The list of the
wounded will reacn thirty-6ve persons.
Reports from twenty-three of the wounded
do lot indicate that over three will die.
The dead were placed in caskets and boxes
and shipped to their homes. Conflicting
testimony of witnesses is SO great that the
jury have been unable to agree upon q YER
dict yet, and adjourned until Wednesday.
One or the Big Rascals Con victetl.
In the trial of NJ. T. Polk, late treasurer
of Tennessee, at Nashville the jury, having
been out forty-elght hours, brought
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