The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-13
King Of ltalyWatChne'js:;' I Re-. e
mOvaI OF Bodies From
the Ruins.
NEWS FROM VOLCANO@
is MORE ASSURING
Princess of schleswig-H olstein
Forced to Walk Twelve Miles
Through Three Feet Of
Ashes-Editor Of NJ
Century De-
scribes Scene. 5$
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.) l3g
NAPLES, April 12.-Whlle the news !
from Mount veslvilis to- day Is reassur-
Ing the conditions here III Ma pies are \
such as make it difficult to realize that M
conditions are actually better. The wind
Is blowing from the volcano toward Ma
Piles, carrying the ashes In this direction
Towards evening the fall of ashes and
cnders here was worse than at any time i
since the eruption began. EsGs,
Tho scenic effects vary from hotlrMtO 4
hour. Now in the north the sky is schoc-Fs
ola atc- -colorcd. lowering and heavy, under q
which men and women, with their hair
and clothing covered with ashes, move !;
about like gray ghosts. Fort San Mar
tlno, as it towers above the town, can Il
only just be seen, while Dastel Dell Oyo q
Is boldly marked in8llght seeming like Il
silver galnst the brown sky. 53S
Terrible Scene.
TO the south, beyond tho smoke zone
lies smiling, sunny Posilipo and its nen-s5
insllln, while far aWay glistcns8the sea-
a deep blue, OH Which the islands seem
to float In the glow Of the setting SUM-
Adding to tho strange picture. one#ofa
3t the French men-of- war, which arrived d
in the Bay Of Naples to-day, is so pluced9
as to be half In the glow and half OBJ
At the observatory OF Mount Vesuvus,
where Director Matteucci Is continuing
his work in behalf of science %and hu-5
flnanity, the scene Is one Of great i'm
6prrssipcness. no reach the observatory
one must walk for miles over hardened
&b.t hot lava covered with sand. until
he comes to Il point whence nothing can
be seen but vast great reaches, sone-s
times flat and sometimes gathered into
OF human faces. Above, the heavens are
gray, like earth beneath and seemSjusti
as hard and imnovable. In all this lone
waste there&is no sglIs 3 ~ ifes
$taton,9andS mo- sound is III card ccp the
Slowsn,utterfngsS OF tile Volcano Cne{ seems
almost impeled to scream aloud to break
$thc horrible stiffness Of ii land seemingly
tforgoten both BY God and man.
Visit Of King.
Every day that passes gives new evil
dence or the magnitude of tho
cntastrophe. To-day's visit Of King Victor
Emmanuel to Ottajano revealed new
tragedies. At a certain point His Ma
iesty was Obliged to abandon his motor
car and went forward on horseback amids
constant danger, his horse laundering
through four feet or ashes, stumbling
INTO holes, blinded by the fall Of large
5clndors and the target for balllng3
5basaltic masses.
In the presence of the King, one huns
.dred and twenty-ninc more bodies We're
cXtrcated from the ruins, the white
ashes and red sand falling rs though they
wero determined not to rellnquish their
Victims The dead at Ottujano are said 4
to number 55O.G @ VI n 5iIs
The King was deathly pale. To priest
who came to him. he said: "How did you8
escape?"
Il put myself in safety" replied the D
priest. s8
Whnt DO you ask the nrIs., Kns
reply, II hSd left for Nola. !" e 4 H
The King flushed with anger. NJ
'What?'' he cried. You. minister of
God were not here to share tho danger
OF your people and administer the last
sacramcnts? You did very wrong"
Queen in Hospitals.
Queen Helena was with the King when
he started for Ottajano. but she was
obliged to turn back, rs the task was
one not suitable for q woman. She spent
the most of the day in visiting the ln-
iured In Naples hospitals and Inspect
Ing the housing provided for refugees @
Tho Princess OF Schleswig- -Hostein SGT
out in her automobile this morning 70 4
visit tho hospitals in tho desoated towns, "
but after u time the motor car became
disabled. and She was forced to return
on foot distance Of twelve miles. walk
ing tho distance through three feet Of
ashes. The Princess endurance sur-H
prsed tho Neapoltans. SOME Of whom
declared that she must have been aided
BY tho saints. for never before hat u
woman accomplished such a task,
There have boon largo number OF
robberIcs OF deserted houses, in snitc OF
the efforts of the authorities TO protect 4
property
In the excited condition OF the popu-
lace there is some dniculty in preserving
order. The closing OF n church ut Tore
Annunzuta which Was considered to be
ursnfe. prccipitatel small riot.
Destruction of Houses, s
Tho latest reports show that oi3 lioussa
have been damaged u. Portiru, at San
Giovanni and Teducc!o; 43e at Rcsna
and 1000 AT Tore del Greco, y Is Inns
POSSIBLE To determine the cXart number;
OF buildings demolished Al Tore Ans
fli.nziuta II Is estimated that about 500 \
houses in all have been partly or entlrcly
destroyed. In the villages on the OttAano (
side OF tho nountnin all The houses are
damaged. AT ,Nola desolation relgHs,
The place having been almost entirely
abandoned,
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