Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-10
AMAGs BY clNDERS AND ASHES
San Giuseppe, City Of6,oO0 Inhabitants,
Practically Destroyed.
ANY VILLAGES TOTALLY DESERTED
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Refugees in
Naples and Adjoining Districts.
KING AND QUEEN VISIT THE SCENE
At Midnight the situation Had Im-
proved slightly. and a Heavy
Rain Was Cooling
the Lava.

the. Lava.
/ NAPLES, April 9.-Reports OF fatalities
! consequent upon the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius are coming I'm. According to m
/ formation received late tonight more than
1 500 perished in the disaster OF San Giuseppe,
while in the ruins OF a church which col
lapsed owing to the weight OF ashes on
/ the roof. 900 dead arc buried and It is as
serted that at Sorrento thirty-seven per-
sons were killed by falling houses
a railway train from san Giuseppe Tor
Naples was derailed owing to showers OF
stones from the crater.
Cavalry. proceeding To the succor OF the
! inhabitants Of the devastated section, have
been unable TO make progress, the rain fall
| ing on the ashes foot deep. having made
It impossible for the horses to travel.
The sea is greatly agitated. The sky has
cleared, but heavy clouds hang over the
east threatening further downpour.
Lava Streams Stationary.
The streams of lava are almost station
ary Troops are erecting barriers in the
direction OF Pompet to prevent further
danger in that quafter.
Almost equally with the devastation
! wrought by the lava Is the damage done by
cinders and ashes which I'm incredible guam
This has caused the practical destruction Of
San Giuseppe, place Of 5000 inhabitants
All but 200 of the people had fed from San
Giuseppe and these 200 assembled in
church to attend mass. While the priest
was performing his sacred Office the roof
fell in and about sixty persons were badly
injured. These unfortunates were for hours
without surgical or medical assistance. The
only thing left standing in the church was
a statue of st. Anne. the preservation of
which the poor, homeless people accepted
as miracle and promise of deliverance
from their peril.
Ashes Four Feet Deep.
At Ottajano five churches and ten houses
fell under the weight of ashes and cinders
which lie four feet deep on the ground. In
the fall of the buildings about twelve por-
! SOM We're killed and Tnauy were injured.
: TLc village Is omplcte,y dessrtaa-by 81
people After the evacuation of the place
the barracks and prisons fell in.
Reports from coast and inland towns
2 depict terrible devastation, San Giorgio
Cremona, Portici, Resina and Tore del
Greco have been almost completely aban-
f doned.
The inhabitants of Tore Annunziata are
prepared to leave at a moments warning.
= Somma Nesuviana IL another village
! The most of the buildings in the villages
r are of himsy construction and have fiat
$ roofs, and are but poorly calculated
v to bear the weight of ashes and cinders
that have fallen upon them. Inevitably
I 1t Will be found that a considerable number
] OF persons have perished by the falling
y Of their homes. Although the eruption OF
the volcano is less violent than II was
o twenty-four hours ago the ashes are still
j. falling i'm great quantities.
Refugees from the threatened or de-
stroyed villages are pouring into Naples
/ by the thousands. arriving in every de-
scription of conveyance and on foot. Tho
r roads are crowded with hundreds OF men
and women carrying crosses and crying
piteously.
Special railway trains. warships and
steamers are employed in conveying tho
s homeless people 10 Naples. Rome and
. Castellammare while large numbers OF
Il people are fleeing overland in the direction
e of Caserta. Not less than 1900 refugees
II have reached Castellammare, where the
t, steamer Princess MafaIda is anchored.
e This vessel left the island OF Capri with
n 1,OO0 passengers, including many foreigners
y on board, but II was unable 20 reach it's
destination, owing to the sitting clouds Of
sc ashes and the fumes OF gases from the
Ie volcano which enveioped IL mile from
d the coast King Victor Emmanuel and
Is Queen Helena have further endeared
themselves TO the people by their activity
E. in behalf Of sufferers by the eruption, and
,r the government is exertfng itself for the
L relief Of the destitute This work how
10 ever. is obstructed by the congestion Of
N all means OF transportation. which are
ic monopolized in the carrying OF people out
Of the zone Of danger.
King Visits stricken District.
The king aud queen and their suites ar
rived at Naples this morning from Rome
% When the royal train reached the station
the eruption Of the volcano was almost al
its worst but both insisted upon leaving
Immediately for Tore Annunziata. tn,
king declaring; III Tore Annunziata Il
u in danger il is my duty TO bF there"
" Travelling in automobiles and accom-
! panied by the duke and duchess of Aosta
: and the princess of schleswig- EIolstein
nc they set out for the AFFLICTED districts.
IL Touching scenes greeted them along thu
way. BY the kings order there was NJ
al attempt TO keep the people away from
ne him. The soveregns visited Santa An
TO tastasia. Cercola and somma vesuviana
Du where they were greeted with great en-
thusiasm.
~ At a certain point the royal party wAr'
'e struck by a small cyclone Of ashes an'
'', 40 ahead at full speed and crossed the patti
III III OF the cyclone in safety. II was foun'
~, necessary to continue the journey oi
" foot.
a' The conditions at Tore Annunziata an
p Pompeil improved today. owing TO tn
"a change in the direction taken by the flow
nm ing lava.
Early in the day apprehension was fel
pm for the inhabitants OF the country In tn
nm vicinity Of Caserta. place OF about IS %
Inhabitants in whose direction the Law
pm was then flowing.
q, The town Of Nola. an old place OF 15oC
inhabitants. twenty-five miles from Ma
Sc pies. has suffered severely by the fall O
~, ashes coming from the crater. which wer
carried by the wind as far as the Adriati
ON sea.
~ About 10000 refugees from the distriC
OF somma vesuviana have sought shelts