Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
DISASTER AT NAPLES.
MANY KILLED BY VOLCANOES
FURY.
Large Numbers Buried in Market
Place When Roof FaIIS-Chureh
Scene of Horrar-IIeartrendSn
Sights in Devastated District.

frlghuul disaster occurred i'm the
center of Naples. following the erup-
tions of Mount vesuvius. Two hun.
dred people. it is estimated, were buried
in the ruins of the market Monte oil
veto when the roof collapsed under the
weight of cinders from the volcano.
Just previous to the disaster relis-
ious professions had been passing
through the streets, the people giving
thanks to the Almighty for having
averted much greater disasters than
these hitherto recorded here. These
picturesque PROFESSIONS were headed by
numbers of boys walking two ana two
and carrying lighted candles. which
fiickered fain.i$ in the bright sunshine.
The marked disaster changed this bril-
liant sfena to one of gloom and the pro-
cesSiolz disbanded
Nnny Are Ssfroc;stcd.
The injured persons taken from the
ruins Of the Mount Oiiveto market have
better chances of recovery than the
victims OF the disaster at Ottajano. as
the latte', when they escaped death
from filling buildings, in many cases
We're suSocated by ashes
Al efforts ON the part of press rep
reSentatives and the authorities to as
certain the exact number who have fal-
len victims TO the eruptions of Vesuvius
have failed. The buried villages are
impossible Of access, and the people
who fed when their houses began To
fan have scattered throughout the
country districts. Seventy-nine bodies
have been taken out of one of the
churches at Ottaiano.
The scenes at OttajaEo when the first
victims We're unearthed were heart
rending The condition of the bodies
showed that the victims died while in
state of great terror, the faces being
conyulsed with fear. Many tales are
told of heroic rescues by the soldiers
sent to the assistance of the sufferers
at Ottaiano and elsewhere.
Net Result of Vesuvius' Fury.
Tore del Greco, miles from Naples, o.
600 population half buried in ashes
roofs of many houses fallen in: many
buildings collapsed; deserted.
Boscotrecase, u miles from Naples; 5000
inhabitants; destroyed by lava people
escaped.
Horre Annunziata. u miles from Naples,
$4,000 people; lava flow checked after
destruction of suburbs; only 1000 peo-
pie remain in town, others removed to
Naples.
Pompeii, 13 miles from Naples: cemetery
and few villagers homes destroyed;
lava flow checked famous ruins I'M
touched.
northeast slope of Vesuvius 10000 peo-
pie town covered with feet of ashes
and cinders; 10 houses, : churches cll-
lapsed; - persons killed. unknown
number injured: prison and barracks
destroyed; town deserted.
San Giuseppe, u miles from Naples, 5000
people; practically destroyed by ashes
church collapsed; 90 persons injured.
Portici, 1 miles from Naples. 5000 peo-
pie; partly destroyed; deserted.
Caserta, ) ngdts north of Naples $4,000
people; menaced by lava streams.
Nola, % miles from Naples, $4,000 peo-
pie being buried under showers of
ashes.
San Giorgio, 4 miles from Naples, half
buried under sand and ashes.
Naples, crowded with 10000 refugees /;
many are killed; city covered with sew
eral inches of ashes; people in panic.