The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18

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loss Of proneIty. One estimate is
thst $50, ,oO0,00 damage has been
done snd thst $4,000 persons have
bsen rendered homeless.
Everywhere in Naples ard Cas:el-
lammars and in the lesser towns
nearby out CT the danger zone, are
beggared refugees who only a fsw
days ago were prosperous and hap2y,
though living almost underneath tie
shadow ct the perpetual menace, the
volcano OF Mount VesuViuS. For
these people, whose homes and crops
have been destroyed, there is little
consolation in the statement CT seen
fists that ultinstely the valleys ano
h!lls;Gss will become Is fertile Is ever
they we're. Uotii communication can
be restored ard search MADE OF UEs
houses in the 1ffli3ted districts IL VIII
o3 Impossible to deterDins how many
peoule have psrishsd in the erupsloa.
i;nom estimated that s5 iessS
2. eco ses p,s have lost their lives as q
direct resalt Of the eruption. a.
rsadv SO bodies haVs been fcu1d an1
svs-7 hoor ADDS 10 the number. TIE
loss to property and devastation Is
croat snl trees OF fertile lands. essi
masso at fully $50 eco, hays been de
strcved. Tie unearthiag OF victims
w}:ose bodies have been covered oy
sshes snS cinteTs. OF who vsre fo21 d
ia the ru:ne5 buildings shows tHas
not It sham diea IN great agoag, 2s
serrc- ard pan are depic4eo On tat.r
iss.u,es uoa SCI - death. TIE s-.
s:tudss Of others, some OF whom we're
found knseli1g Ii prayer, sao!7 they
we're siile6 bg desdlY fumes coming
trcm Ghe volcano.
At Naples the theatres, cafss and
p,acss OF amusement throughout tie
CRY have been closed AND before Al!
TIE sacred images in the streets can
dies are kept burning, while smaller
images are being carried about, -
nsny cases beirg set down IN the
ooen air ani surrounded by candles
Troops are engaged IA clearing TIE
roofs OF buildings OF the accUoala-
ten Of sand ard Sshes, which eldaas-
e. the structures. Ths largs glass
covered galleries throughout the ciSy,
which are much f7lq1enteo, hsse
been ordered closed, issa tie |eigh;
ucon she roots cause Them to collapse.
In the road at Tore del Greco
th7sa persons were found Gssa 11oG
suf cation. The people who renaail
a3 Tore dell' AuGuIz alta a1e IN
danger Of per!sai1g from stssv 5loo
al the Stops having been Closed
Rstic3s for 200 persons lave 5eeD
SEPT there. T~o American girls,
who rad heeGlessly ventursc into tns
Vesuvius district, where tie abandon
nept Of the train by which they were
travelling caused them much di>c3n
fort ane 20 little pe.il, @ere brought
to Naples By the steamer ST. Bon.
So widespread is the catastrophe
that II is estimated it will require an
3s.ar;zed hoiy of 100000 msn ano
tie expenditure CT msay millions q
dollars 70 rae houses made unsafe
for baoitation by the accumulation OF
ashes snd cin3ers on the roofs, erect
ten porsry huts Of refuge for the
thousands VITO have bsen obliged tc
fee from their homes, clear the roofs
OF buildings that may YET be saved
and extricats from the ruins OF fallen
structures and bury tie dead. O3ta'
jano, where many lives were lost On
Mordsy, is now practically buried.
II IS low officially admitted that
O5rajano has been buried. Tus
casualties there and in the surround
i1g villages is nos known, but 800, il
is be isysd, would be low esti1a5e.
Egea Capri, snail island of the
c asst Of Canparis, l9 miles south o:
Nao aolss, 8 fayorioe resort for tourists
and artists, has ben covered Wian
ashes sad hzs been abandoned by its
foreign population, which inc!udeo
several Al nec:cacs. Tae naenitud:
CT tee disaster is almost iroesc-ibable
Mouns Vesuvius has spread d5sc.aSicr
ana terror over sn immense tract 0:
country.
The village OF San Gennaro has
been partially buried in sand sna
ashes and several houses have fa!len.
At that plsce taree persons were kill
ed and more than 20 injured.
Sone iSes OF the difficulties en-
countered by authorities in obtaining
accurate knowledge Of the situation
may oe gained from the TACT thar
Minister CT Finance Salan5rs and
Urder Secretary OF State Deaa7a
were olockaded at Tore cell AnEuc-
zlasa By ssh heaps and were congsE-
"a 20 20 to Cas5sllannare il an aut5-
mobile, reaching that place with
2rsss 6!fdcul5y. They hoped to ses
g. bee5 at Csste?lammare to take them
from there to Naples, buo even The
fishermen refused to run the risk of
crossing the bay ot Naples as they
soak, have to pzss Mount Fesu7ius,
wc:c.. is situaCsd about half way be,
.ween CaStellanmare AID Naples
The train which bsougnH Premier
Sjrrino to Naples from Rome was
considerably delayed BY ashes.
The distress anCrg the tecs CT
thousands OF fugitives Is sppaliiag,
rae government has forwarded sup
plies OF food and money, several OF
cSe I.alan cities have done the ssGe,
ald private citizsns are contributing
Mcney fer the aSsisIacce OF the SUI
rerers, bat more help is nseaad.
King Vlcccr E onaruel has plscsd
the royal pa:sce st CapDodinocti.
situated ar.ve Naples at tee disposal
Of the injured refugees and early in
5ne day announced his intention OF
returning to Naples from r me Il or-
der TO personally direc5 the relie1
work. Tae news caused much salts
,acaicn and wIen their majssoiea
-eachsd Naples they received a nost
entbusiastic greeting. Later the