Telegram-herald., 1889-09-08

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slrl1's histoF1 -sf we exespt tie /
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are rot i4n.ll4rss.1n tLe details 0f TIE !
Disaster. foE Is reason the fELE-
eaAA- hERAI9 94sents 4 brief outline /
u tle t.reuIal2ees.
Tas sts q Pompel fifteen
mles lrom A4es, oa the shore q
lae Bay OF Naples. Al the foot
ct Mt Nssusius tne source of TIE das-
4ter. ComgaE'algsly little IS known Of
tile earlier hlssoe u tie t0sn. After
tae Social War, soBle 80 years b. G,
wien It vas seizsd by the Romans, Il
Hefaae rapidly a0m4nlxed and became
ftvorte resort for Roman mobiles.
ereEo Aat a Via there, which he
esteemed very ilghly. The population
do4lkless increased considerably at
laat tme aad e Is estimated
that the placs came 70 contain
twenty " thirty thousand souls For
alauF years pre- fogs 20 the date OF the
asstraetaa q tbmpeii, which occurred
ca the s4la Of Aagusg, A. b., 70. Vesu-
y.gs seea.s q have been inactive.
~tfabo. who LIVED just before the time
al Christ says AMOUNT Vesavlus, ex-
e.nt tae snnut s covered with beau
tul meadows. The summit IS quite
. sse. bat sterile. IL has an appearance
lAe ashes, a4 the rugged, sooty
rocks appear as II they had been
F eonsua with sre. One might judge
from th. that IA mountain had been
tur1ed. and poe ssed fiery abysses, and
F l4l become atngu.shed when the
f material was consumed. And from
+ tAs cause . fertility may arise, as N
tne case OF Cat.nia the ashes from Etna
7 renders il so productive of vine"
In A. p So tRre was terrific earth
I quake, wh.chtaded 10 confirm Strabo' 5
theory Of the Tolcanic nature of the
I m0anta q, and Ehich did serious dam
/ age ia pompal and It's neighbor
cay Herculanesm. Other earthquakes
followed az intervals until the great
eruption of 79Occurrcd. The young
er Pliay, whose uncle, then IN com
mand OF a lcetstationed at Mlsenum,
persisted hy sufocation by venturing
too near the scne, has left two letters
describing the Eruption. DR.. Archibald
Ge.kle summarizes Phny's description
thus. Abundant and increasing
earthquakes, followed by an extraor
binary comnOnon that accompanied
the outburst of the volcano
when chariots would not remain stl
even on level ground, when houses
were shaken so as TO threaten destruc
ton to their inhabitants, and when th'
unsteadiness OF the ground gave rise 4
great disturbance or the sea, which Il
/ / its agitation retreated from the shores
and left numerous marine animals I'm
covered ;theweu knoWnpine-tree-shape
cloud OF steam, dust and stones tower
ing above Vesuvius and spreading on
far and wide over the surrounding
country; the constant flashes of light
ning marking the highly electrical con
dition of the column of rupte
material; the showers of ligh
cinders and ashes that fel
r at distance from the mountain an
the hot rain Of pumice and pieces G
black or glowing lava around the cen
G ter Of the eruption; the total darknes
IS Tor three days produced by the diff
a son of the finer volcanic dust throug
# the atmosphere; the fiery glare tina
u overspread TIE cloud-canopy as eac
explosion uncovered the glowing SUI
e face Of the Volcano; and the wide CO.
s. ering of ashes which, like mantle
e snow, was found TO have spread ove
e the surrounding country when Il
Is darkness had cleared away and II
catastrophe came to an end"
fofnpei, Win Its forum, Its temple
, rs baths, It's theaters, its amphitheat'
i and other public buildings, was buriC
with ashes and cinders to depth
= from eighteen 70 twenty feet, and VI
90 completely hidden that It's very 3
vas lost and i was almost seventee
# hundred years after the catastropl
)t when i was discovered, and then
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