The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-13

naples April la graphs 0c
acription OF the conditions surrounding
Mount Easuyius ha. been written fol
the Assoc ated Press by R0beit TN
defwood johnson, associate editor oi
The Century Magazine Since the Chi
cag0 Gre he says he has seen nothing
SO terribly impressive. Twenty year
canno; repair the damage including
the destruction Of four whole villages
With a change Of wind or slightIS
greater proportion Of the seismic
force the same might extend other
segments of the circle of which yesu.
vias is the center. The party caught
train from Tore Annnnziata three
mics this side OF Ponpei ana twe
miles from the southern end of inc
wedge Of lava which destroyed Bosco
Trecase. We had a magnificent view
of the eruption, e ght miles away" he
whites. Rising "a AN angle of fifty de
2rees the vast mass Of tumulf round
ness was beautifully accentuated by
the fur moon shifting momentarily
into forms and drifting south in low
black clouds Of ashes anJ cinder
reaching to Capri At Tore del Greco
we ran under this terrifying pail, ap
parentiy a hundred feet above. The
solid ty of which was soon revealeS
by the moonlight The torches Of tht
railway guards added to the effect but
greatly relieved the sulphurous dark
NOS.
We reached Tore Anmnziata al
3 o'clock in the morning. There was
little suggestion of disaster as We
trudged through he lava 10 the sleep
ing town two miles away. The brill
liant moon gave us a superb view OF
The volcano a gray-browh mass r,s-
ing expanding and curling IN with
profile like monstrou3 cyclop an
face. but nothing in mythology gives
a sugg stiOn Of the fascination Of this
awful force, presenting the sublime
beauty above, but in its descent filled
with ~ mysterious malignancc OF
Gods underworlds
We reached the lava at a pic.
turesque planted cemetery on
the northern boundary of Tore An
NUM- alta. II wa az IL the daad had
cried out 10 arrest the
liver of flame which pililess-
iy engrfed the statute of St. Anne
with which the people of Bosco Reale
tried to ttay II al Caiana. The veil of
St. Agatha is said u have stayed
similar stream from Mount Elna.
we climbed On the lava. It was
cool above, but .till alive WITH fire
below At dawn we saw north what
was lft Of Bo ca Trccasc-a great
superb tone church and few houses
inland in a sea OF dull brown lava.
North and eat rose THOUSAND
patches 81 blue smoke. like swamp
miasma All wa dun and desolatc Stag
with nowhere the familiar serpentiue
forms OF the old lava streams. In ter
rible contrast with the volcanic evi-
denccs. were etrong cyresses and
blooming camcllias In n ghboring
cemetery.
After sunrise. the grcat beauty Of
The scene was revealed. The column
Dos seemed higher and more massive.
Iising 10 thee times the height OF
Vesuviu Each portion had cJncen-
ric molten and new aspects.
The south edges floating toward F.
he sea showed exquisite curved sur
aces. due 10 The upper moving Gu /
-ent II wa ke the decoration Of /
he side of a Greek sarcophagus. As a I
.o.low DUST hangs over Naples ana I
aides the volcano I codHt myself fo.-
unate 10 have seen an day from ihe
eeward side this spectacle Of chang 1.
ne. urdiminishing beauty
Il left Pompcii in a ca Npec Ing b.
% trike The edge OF the lava but what
vas my surprise 10 fad ~ new lava
ir san Giuseppe Four town' bere
we're destroyed in different ways-ey
an. cinde-s and ashes. which could /
TOT b. skirted for they lay every ID
where IN mass which had broken /
IeafIy every roof within tls area n /
hi.ty miles by ten. From the lava I
Fhich was moving several feet
We had no difficulty ia es-
'aping