Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-04-13
HOUSES COLLAPSE
BURYINC OCCUPANTS
Situation at Naples, However,
Reported Ameliorated.
VICTOR EMANUEL Is IN NAPLES
People Having Recovered from Wed
nesday's Panic, Are Less SuIIen and
Down-hearted-city Slowly Resun1.
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Down-hearted-city Slowly Resunn.
Ing Normal Life.
Naples, April 1910 a. m.-From all
quarters come reports that the stu
alton has ameliorated, but ashes from
Mount Vesuvius are falling every
where, houses are collapsing and bury
ing their occupants and roads near the
volcano are no sooner opened than
they are closed again by falling Gin
ders. The inhabitants of this city
are enduring the yellow-gray atmoss.
phere of Wednesday, which is even
more oppressive than before. The
popular custume of those who can at
ford it, consists of automobile coat,
cap and goggles, which enables the
wearer to maintain a semblance of
cleanliness, but the people generally
have to be contented with paper
masks and raised umbrellas The driv-
ers of trolley cars are wearing masks
of some transparent material under
the visors of their caps
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the city Is slowly resuming its normal
life.
The people, having recovered from
the panic of yesterday, are less sui
len and down-hearted. The presence
of King Victor Emmanuel In Naples,
which always produces a good effect
has acted as tonic on the Neapoli
atans, who have superstitious vener-
alton Of the king.
From early in the day crowds gath
cred before the palace where men were
heard to exclaim:
HE came, but the pope stays at
home. Long live the king"
The feeling, however, does not in
terfere with the Neapolitans' venera-
ton for their saints. A woman in
the crowd before the hotel was heard
to confide in friend as follows:
MY daughter, who lives at. Tore del
Greco, is a refugee. She has been
received into the royal palace, lives
like princess and has been spoken
to by the queen. May the saints pro
| tect her majesty
The king left Naples early this morn.
ing for San Giuseppe, Ottajano and
] Terzigno, in order to ascertain per-
sonally the exact situation at these
towns. He hoped to be able to con
tinue his journey to Sarano and Cas-
tellammare. The king inspected all
the camp hospitals" in which the
troops are caring for suffering refugees
speaking to the injured, comforting
them in their misfortunes and asking
them what he could do to relieve their
distress, and gave orders that their
desires be fulfilled
This gave rise to many heart-rend
ing scenes. AS the king bent over q
! poor man, with toil-hardened hands,
the sufferer replying to his majesty's
question regarding his immediate ne
cessities, said with tears In his eyes:
Send me my son, who is serving as
soldier"
The king, who was visibly affected
clasped the mans hand and exclaimed:
my poor fellow. | can do much
but to grant your request would mean
breaking the laws, which I must be
the first to respect l would give
anything have were It possible by SC
doing to send your son to you, but
cannot do so.'
There were tears in the kings eyes
as he turned away from the sorrowing
fathers bedside.
The queen, while the king was away.
visited the sharitable institutions here
and inspected the places where the
refugees are housed. In spite of the
fact that many government officials
have arrived here to reinforce the 10
cal government officials, and the
congestion of the telegraph bureaus is
indescribable. A telegram sent from
Paris at 6 o'clock p. m. yesterday was
not delivered until o'clock this morn
ing.
| The most consoling news this morn
ing is that the lava is cooling on al
sides. Some extraordinary escapes
from death have been recorded. A
man and his four children were res
cued after having been lost in the ash
covered wilderness for sc hours, They
were terribly exhausted, and were
more like five skeletons than humans
Firemen have been sent from Paler
mo, Sicily, and other places to the
|. villages in this vicinity. which have
suffered the most from the fall .oi
ashes, to assist in removing the ashes
!, from the roofs and relieve the ex
hausted soldiers. sAt
Camp kitchens have been establish
ed at number or places, and free
meals are being distributed wherever
possible to those in need of them.
The American steam yacht Nahma
with Mrs. Robert Goelet and a party
/ of friends on board has arrived al
Palermo, Sicily They witnessed the
keruption of Mount Vesuvius from Anal
fl, on the bay of Salerno, not far from
Naples, and gave vivid description
OF the scene.
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