Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-10
At 1905 o'clock The Bodies Of IS
Dead Persons Had Been Recovered
and MS Injured People We're
/Boing Cared for al
The Hospitals.
NO WARNING OF THE ACCIDENT
The Weight of Cinders From
Mt. NesuVlus Caused the
Catastrophe.
MANY CHILDREN AMONG THE VICTIMS
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Associated Pres, Dispatches by Special wiroa
Naples Italy April iO.-A frightiul
disaster has occurred in the centre of this
city, following the eruptions of Mt Ncm-
wins. Two hundred people, it is estimated,
were buried In the ruins OF the Market
Monte Ohveto this morning, when tho
roof collapsed undor the weight of cinders
from the volcano. The cNuct number
of people within tho building at the time
of thc catastrophe is not known.
The disaster 400 the market place WAS
appalling The courtyard covers 600
feet square and was rooted Tho space
within WIS unusually crowded with buyers
and their children. the accident happening
at the hour of the day when trndo is most
brisk Rival displays of flowers, fruits
and vegetables cotcndod for buyers. and
market women screamed their wares and
iokod with their customers. Children
played about the sinnds adding gaioiy
To tho SCENE the like of which IS not To
hc witnessed outside Naples. Suddenly,
with scarcely tromor of warming there
WAS terrifying crash and the brilliant
sight disappeared IN "a cloud of dust, while
shrIoks of agony rent the mir.
The work of rescue progressed during
the morning hours, and seven bodies had
been removed and 20 injured persons
oXtricatod from the ruins before Q o'clock.
l6 KILLED, IFS INJURED.
! 1905 q. MP TO the present timo,
| tho bodies of rs dead persons have been
! taken from the ruins of the Market Monte
Oliveto and us injured people are being
cared for at the hospitals.
RIOT IN NAPLES.
iOlOa. m.-rhe injured persons taken
from the ruins OF the Market Monte
Oliveto have better chances Of recovery
than the victims of tho disaster at Ottn-
iano. as tho latter, when they escaped
death from falling buildings, were in many
cases sufocated by ashes.
The Indignation Of the people here as a
result of the market ,disaster increases as
each additional body is taken out, and a
disturbance approaching a riot IN im-
portance has already occurred. Tho
people loudly insist that the authorities
we're aware that tho roof OF the market
was unsafe and that they wore 30 excos-
sively economical that they would not
appropriate the funds necessary to repair
the building.
Tho Identification Of tho bodies Of a
number of those killed by the collapse
of the market roof has been found To be
i impossible owing to their being abso-
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4 reduced 10 pulp while others were horribly
. mutilated giving rise 90 scenes which are
4 better undescrihod. Among the dead are
4 many children, who had been sent by
4 their parents 20 do the morning s market
4 ing. and tho grief Of the parents when the
4 bodies Of their children were found was
heorirendng.
q The market is a mass Of ruins, sur
rounded by enormous crowds of people
who are Kept in order by cordons o
police and carbineers, The work o
y seaching the ruins continues in tho mos
energetic manner doctors, iremen, mu
nicipal guards police and arsenal en-
ployos taking part in IL under the direction
of the Duke Of Aosta, project OF Naples
whose wife is assisting in the care OF th
injured. All the city authorities are ais
on the spot and everything possible
& being done 10 assist the families of IN
y victims After visiting the ruins Of th
market the Duke and Duchess OF Aost
proceeded 10 the Pelligrini Hospital, .
which institution many OF the lnlure
persons were taken.
The inhabitants of many houses nea
the collapsed market have been ordee
hv the police, as a matter of precautlor
ID to evacuate their residences, owing to lea
n that the roofs might fall in.