Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-11
REPORTS Of More Ashes, Flight Of
People, Collapse Of House, Hun.
DER and Discouragement.
o17AJANo'I IN COMPLETE RUINS
Situation Generally Is Regarded
As Less Alarming Than
Yesterday Evening.
Property loss Reaches Many Millions
While II Is Impossible to Esti-
mate the Number Of Dead.

Naples, April II. $40 a. m.-The
uorning opened with the atmosphere
onnressive and yellow with ashes from
yeslivius, causing a feeling OF appre-
,enslon regarding what the future
NAV hold in store for this city and its
viclnity. The volcano was completely
hidden in dense mass of cinder-laden
smoke the only other signs OF activity
being frequent and very severe de-
,onatlons and deep rumbIings.
From all quarters come reports OF
,he accumulation of ashes the flight
nj the terror stricken inhabitants OF
towns and villages. the collapse OF
buildings, the lnsuniciency of the re-
lief measures, hunger and discourage
ment. II is no longer possible to reach
the points which have suffered most
severely. Even the soldiers detailed to
guard the ruins at OttaJano have been
recalled. and the town has been left
10 lts fate. The military forces have
earned the gratitude and admiration
Of the people by their devotion to duty.
Not only are they credited with many
acts Of heroism, but they have dis
played untiring perseverance I'm
searching for. the living and the dead
among lettering walls. assisting fugi-
tlyes TO reach places Of safety. giving
aid 10 wounded and In burying the
dead, and all this while partly suifo-
Gated by the ash and other cindor-
laden wind blowing from the volcano.
No danger has been too great for the
troops to encounter, and no fatigue too
severe for them. In this work the sol
diers md others have been shown a
worthy example by the Duke and
Duchess OF Aosta who are praised on
all sides.
The duke is pronounced to be a
worthy descendant OF the late King
Humbert, who IN 1884 went TO the as
sistance of the sufferers from the
cholera epidemic, visiting the patients
in hospitals and In some cases remain
Ing by the bedside of the dying until
the end.
The situation generally is considered
less alarming than yesterday evening.
The quantity OF ashes being emitted Is
not so great and the rumblings are less
frequent, though ashes and cinders are
still falling over this city, There are
about four inches of ashes in the
streets,
According TO the Mattino, 50 houses.
three churches and the municipal build
ings AT Somma have collapsed. the sand
ahJ cinders are six feet deep there. ana
all the inhabitants have sought safety
In flight Houses at Ottajano are still
collapsing and most OF the buildings in
The towns and villages IN that neighbor.
hood are tottering or In ruins.
h. sAr.I.. 1t t.h 90
Naples, thinking, the roof was about to
fall in this morning. fed In panic from
the building and communicated their
fears TO so many people outside that the
police were compelled to interfere and
restore order. Many persons were In
'ired during the panic.
Wherever It has been possible TO do
50, the street car service has been re.
sumed, The wheels in their friction
with the tracks generate flames, show
Ing the great amount Of sulphur In the
ashes
Tore del Greco. Sarno and San
Gehnsro have been evacuated and
Portlco, Ciricello, Poggio and Morlno
are practically uninhabitable.
The situation at Tore Annunziata
mas somewhat improved as the cur
rent Of lava has ceased TO threaten It.
AT Tore del Greco the downfall of
ashes and sand continues. The inhab-
nants are awaiting ateamers to escape
rom the danger zone.
san Gennaro IL plunged In obscurlty.
me majority of the houses have fall
en- Fugtives arriving I'm Naples con-
trm the previous reports to the effect
mat houses at Ottajano continue TO
,all and the villages in the neighbour
hood are In ruins About Sanguiseppe,
me ashes and sand are over four feet
deep
Troops are encamped IN the public
squares here In readiness To move
quickly to the assistance of endangered
PAGES and patrols with military doc
tives
ERUPTIoNs INCREASED.
;. Naples, April 1.-THE eruptions from
Nesuvius increased during tho night
nnu coating of ashes and cinders to a
uep'h OF four inches covered the ground
hnu The roofs OF buildings today.
~ railroad service out OF the city IA
interrupted. The engineers have refused
take out their trains because of the
asrkness caused by the heavy fall of
RAZING BUILDINGS.
=, Naples, April li.--So widespread IL
we catastrophe caused by the eruption
Nesuvius that II Is estimated It r..
lures an organized body of 100000 men
unh me expenditure of many millions
" uollars to raze houses made unsafe
Ior habltation by the accumulation OF
zines and cinders on the roofs. erect
temporary huts OF refuge for the thou
nus VINO have been obliged to flee
uh their homes, clear the roofs of
nulqlhgs that may yet be saved. and
.strlcate from the ruins Of fallen struc-
lures and bury the dead.
a. me papers unite today In urging
s government to send here Gai.
ansaluissera, who saved the situation
ut me crushing defeat Of the Ital-
"s az the hands Of the Abyssinians
Adowa, Abyssninla. I'm tho spring
isso' and instruct him TO organize
WA control the work of relief.
PRISONERS IN A PANIC.
naples April 1.-THE panic
ntre Is Increasing. The prisoners In
w. city jail mutinied owing to fright
~ succeeded In breaking open some
he doors inside the building but
nr,e subdued by tho guards. The
"''hers' however. are In state OF