The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
Lava Moves on Pompeii.


showing the great amount Of sulphur
In the ashes. .a VI I, 5..
Lava Moves on Pompeii.
The volcano is resuming activity
especially at Cercola. The stream Of
lava which started anew in the direc-
ton of Tore Annunziata reached the
cemetery Of that town, and then turned
in the direction of Pompeii.
The troops are conveying provisions,
surgical accessories and other relief ma
terial to the vicinity of Ottajano. A
violent storm Of sulphurous rain &C.
Cured today at San Giuseppe, Vesu-
viana and Saviano. +
Earth Trembles.
A great eruption of sand is OBJ.
served on the east side Of the main
crater. This is worse than ashes, as
it Is heavier. The election Of ashes
seems to have diminished.
Fresh shocks Of earthquake are being
felt, especially in the direction Of Otta
jano, Somma and Nola. Fortunately
the great amount of ashes on the
ground seems to have counteracted the
-telluric action Of the shocks.
Another part Of the main cone Of the
volcano has fallen in, causing great
/ discharge of redhot stones, flame and
smoke. t
%% Ash Flies to Sicily.
! Reports from Sicily state that ashes
from Mount Vesuvius are noticeable
there q r. Il Il. .,.:s 100 ~
Railway travel to and from Naples
JIG much hampered by the same condi
tions, and collision resulted in the
injury Of about twelve passengers
Telegra~hic communication with the
towns farthest in the danger zone also
is sinterrupter. -
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
Wan communes had been enormous. II
is feared that the weight Of ashes or
roofs will cause the collapse Of many
more buildings.
Loss Is Millions. ....5s
So widespread is the catastrophe
caused by the eruption of Mount
Vesuv1us that it is estimated that il
will take an organized body of 100,
900 men and the expenditure of many
millions of dollars to raze Ehouses made
unsafe for habitation by the accumula
ton Of ashes andscinders on the roofs
WV WI PoA i uuoS oL LUZ tuS
thousands who have been obliged tt
flee from their homes, clear the roof
Of buildings that may yet be saved
and extricate from the ruins Of falle1
structures and bury the dead.
The papers unite today. in, urging thu
government to send here General Bal
discern, who saved the situation afte7
the crushing defeat of the Italians IA
the hands Of the Abyssinians at Adowa
Abyssinia, in the spring of 1896, ani
instruct him to organize and; control thu
work Of relief. I = i !,
- Grief for the Dead. H.
The sting Of the frightfu Ill catastrophe
OF YESTERDAY, when 200 persons were
buried by the sudden. collapse Of thu
market building, is still felt IN Naples
|. Ihe final compilation Of losses indi
Gates that not 50 many. as. was feared
were killed, gEief is still manifest thru
out the city, despite the new alarm fel,
on account of the continued eruption;
Twelve persons met instant death il
the market building crash, their bodies
being horribly crushed by the debris
Two are dying today and more thai
twenty-five seriously injured are not ex
pected to survive. Not perso1
escaped without injury and in over
hundred Of homes injured are beinI
cared for today. "a