The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-11
ROOF FAIzS;
 P AYE SLAIN Mount .lveto Market of Naples Collapses. vESUvIUS IS STILL ACTIVE Scenes of Desolation in the Sur
 rounding Country. Flow of Lava Recommences, and the Fall of Volcanic Ejecta Has Been Enormous.-Director Mattucel
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vESUvIUS IS STILL ACTIVE

Rome, April 1o--A despatch from Naples to The Tribune reports that 500 persons have perished in the dis trict between Ottajano and San Gull scope.
 Naples, April 10,-The volcano is re- suming activity, especially at Cera- cola. The stream of lava which start ed anew in the direction of Torre An nunziata reached the cemetery of that town and then turned toward Pom peii. Tho troops are conveying pro- visions, surgical accessories and other relief material to the vicinity of Otta- jano. A violent storm of sulphurous rain occurred today at San Giuseppe, Vesuviana and Saviono.
 Weakened by the weight of sand and cinders from Mount Vesuvius. the Mount Oliveto Market in Naples. which covered a plot of ground six hundred feet square, fell today upon 200 or more persons of whom twelve were killed and 126 injured, two mortally.
 The scenes in the vicinity of the ruins were agonizing, relatives of the victims clamoring to be allowed to go firm intervention of the police and car- bineers was 1t possible to keep the crowd from overwhelming rescures.
 While early in the day the volcanic activity of Mount Vesuvius appeared to have diminished. as night approached the prospect of immediate relief faded and the fate of the villages and towns grouped around the volcano seemed hopeless. Even with the sun shining the ligbt was a dim yellow, in the midst of which the few people who o;,a iv ho atr,c fbetr clothing. hair and boards covered with ashes, moved about in the desolation like gray ghosts.
 The case of Torre Del Greco lis typi- cal. For thirty hours the city has been practically deserted but In a semi darkness illuminated from time to time by vivid flashes of lightning. few of the inhabitants go about hungry and with throats parched with smoke and dust. seemingly unable to tear them- selves away from the ruins of what so recently were their homes. Communication Cut on. Communication by rail or tramway with Torre del Greco and Tore An nunziata Is impossible owing to the cinder, sand and ash deposits. Rail- way travel to and from Naples is much hampered by the same conditions and a collision today resulted in the injury of about twelve passengers. Tele- graphic communication with towns farthest in the danger zone also is in- terrupted.
 The flow of lava from the volcano which had almost ceased during the night, recommended early today and the fall of volcanic ejecta in the Vesu- vian communes had been enormous. It is feared that the weight of ashes on roofs will cause the collapse of many more buildings.
 Director Matteucci who continues at his post in the observatory, telegraph ed tonight that the volcano was gener- all calm last night with occasional sharp explosions, these becoming more violent towards morning. Director Matteucci says his seismetic instru- ments indicate great subterannean agi- tation.
 King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena have forwarded to Premier Sonnino $2o.000 to be applied towards the relief of the sufferers. Mayor Removed from once. The prefect has removed the mayor of San Giuseppe because in the face of danger he left his village without informing his superiors
 Cardinal Frisco, Archbishop of Ma ples, visited the people wounded by the fall of Mount Oliveto market and brought to them the benediction of the Pope.
 The Duchess of Aosta spent the day at the hospital comforting the bereavej and assisting the injured. As the Duchess bent over the cot of a child who was bruised and battered she felt kiss imprinted on her hand. Look ing down the Duchess saw a woman kneeling at her feet. who said: "Your excellency, she (pointirg to the suffer- ing child) Is all I have May God re- ward you."
 carriages as camp hospitals. The Red Cross Society has established a hos pital in the vicinity of San Giuseppe.
 The number of dead taken from the church at San Giuseppe which collapsed yesterday is twcnty-six. There were seventy-nine injured.