The Indianapolis journal., 1883-07-30
Scenes of Horrible Confusion and Fearful
Panic-The Air Filled with Cries of
Terror and Anguish.
A Disaster of Greater Magnitude
than That at Chios.
The French Troops Make a Sortie from
Hanoi and Kill One Thousand of the
Enemy-Other Gable News.
EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY.
Three Towns Destroyed. and Three Thoussr
Lives Lost.

Three Towns Destroyed. and Three Thousand
Lives Lost.
LONDON, July 29.-The town of Casamic-
ciola, near Naples, was almost entirely de-
stroyed by an earthquake last night, and the
neighboring towns of Foris and Lacceameno
more or less injured, have arrived in Naples
by steamers. The number of pie killed
is not yet known.
The Minister of Public Works of Italy,
has gone to Casamcciola to organize meas
ures for relief. The shocks began at $50
o'clock last night. AT that hour the majority
of the people OF the upper classes were at the
theater, Nearly all of the houses in the
town collapsed. 1t is estimated that 1000
persons were killed and 800 injured. Num-
bers of steamers have been brought into
service to carry the injured to Naples. The
impression produced by the disaster is in
describable, many of the victims belong
to good families. Steamers loaded with in
jured people are constantly arriving at
Naples from the scene of the calamity. The
hospitals are already filed with sufferers.
1t is impossible to give the number OF dead
at Casamicciola. In the latest accounts the
number is estimated at 5000. The Hotel
Pecciola Sentinella sank into the earth and
was buried with many inmates Some of
the Inhabitants of the town escaped to sea
at the first shock, and made their way to
Naples with news of the calamity
The center of the area of the shock was the
same as that of two years ago. but the radius
of the under-shock was felt at sea, and, accord
ing to some accounts, even at Naples. A
gentleman who was staying at
the Hotel Pecciola Sentinella,
and who escaped with his life
relates that he had only time to secure some
candles for use in the darkness of the ruins
before the collapse of the buildings A
person who lived near the now ruined bath
ing establishment says ne escaped from the
place amid falling walls and balconies, the
terrified people shouting "to the seal"
The ground opened in many places, while
in other places there was no movement. Wa
ter gushed out in springs, and several boilers
in the bathing house burst. The theater, a
wooden structure, was literally torn open
allowing the audience to escape.
At Lacco there are many dead and
wounded. At Fario the churches were
ruined, but no one killed. At Serrara
fifteen were killed. Troops recovered
the body of Fiorentine, project of Lassari
All steamers plying between Ischia and
the main land were Immediately chartered
by the government to bring the wounded
from the island.
The excitement in Italy may be imagined
from the fact that 1000 visitors
were in Ischia, including wealthy
Roman and Neapolitan families and several
deputies taking baths there. None
of the deputies, so far as
known, perished, and it is hoped all
escaped. An English chaplain lost one
child. A Mr.. Green and wife are among the
killed at the hotel Piccola.
SPEEDY ASSISTANCE.
Later kilograms state that all the hotels
at Casamicciola are wrecked. The
Minister of Public Works and the
prefect of Naples, with large
force of soldiers, hurried to the scene. The
soldiers will work to make the ruins secure,
and will engage in the search for
the wounded. Anumber of physicians have
gone to attend the injured, their aid being
urgently needed.
The stories told by survivors are hor-
rible. Many Romans having villas
at Ischia are known to have been
lost. The dead are fearfully mutilated;
in some cases the corpses are plainly dis