The San Francisco call., 1906-04-09
No Trace Remains
of Quaint BoSco
Tre-CaSe.
Other POpulOus Towns
Cannot Escape De-
StruCtion.
Deadly Fumes Render Breath
ing Difficult in City
of Naples.

NAPLES. April S-The hope that Mount
Kesuvius was becoming calm was dissi-
psted today when the volcano became
more active than ever.
The panic has spread to Naples. Two
strong earthquake shocks which shatter-
ed windows and cracked the walls of
buildings were experienced today. The
entire population rushed 70 the streets
in terror. many persons crying: The Ma
donna has forsaken US; the end of the
world has ccme"
30 trace remains of Bosco Tre-Case. a
commune on the southern declivity of
the mountain. where up TO forty-eight
hours ago 10000 persons lived and Tore
Annunziata on the shores Of the Gulf of
Naples, one mile TO the southwark, is
almost surrounded by the invading lava
and has been evacuated by its $4,000 in
habitants. The people were brought TO
Naples by trains, street cars, military
carts and steamships. Similar means Of
transportation are being employed TO
bring away the people from Tore del
Greci. The police and carbineers are
guarding the abandoned houses and sew
eral members Of the Government also are
there.
SAN sEBASTLANo DOOMED.
A telegram received from the Mayor
Of San Sebastiano. a village near the OBJ
servatory on the northwest declivity of
-Vesuvius, says that lava is approaching
rapidly and that the people are terror
stricken. They have been for some nights
without sleep. he says. and are destitute
and beg that assistance be given them.
The work Of succor is hampered, owing
70 delays to the railway service. which is
interrupted by red hot stones. thrown to
a height Of 1000 feet. falling upon the
tracks.
As vet II is impossible to count the
craters that have opened and from which
streams Of lava have flooded the beauti-
ful. prosperous and happy land lying on
the southeast shores Of the Gulf OF
Naples.
The atmosphere is heavily charged with
electricity. and now and then the flashes
OF lightning are binding, while the det-
onafions from the volcano resemble those
Of terrible explosions.
The churches of the city were open all
Saturday night and were crowded with
panic-stricken people. Members Of the
clergy are doing their utmost to calm
their fears, but their arguments go almost
for naught when renewed earthquake
shocks are experienced.
AWE-INsPIRING SPECTACLE.
With the danger and horror Of the sit
uation aside, vesuvius presents one of the
most splendid sights imaginable. The
mountain Of fire. whose speech is by det-
onation and whose acts are destruction,
seems ike an enraged giant determined TO
make the pigmies Of earth feel the might
Of his wrath. Here and there on the
mountainside stand the blasted trunks of
nine trees, their bare branches out
stretched as though IN protest against the
devastation the volcano has wrought
The Duchess Of Aosta, who always is TO
he found where misery exists. is not spar
ing herself in her efforts to alleviate dis
tress. The people call her an angel of
mercy. Today she took several children
from their weary mothers and in her car
,iage conveyed them to the royal palace.
,rbere they will remain until the situation
brightens.
The observatory was destroyed, but Sig
NOR fatteucci, the director, and the en-
Moves had narrow escapes. They passed
last night in the darkness. save for the
freouent flashes Of lightning, as the gas
works and electric lighting plant also
we're destroyed. The restaurant of the
tTunicular Railroad. too. has been obliter-
ated.
PRISON INMATES sTUTINY.
prisoners in jails on the mountain side
went mad with terror and mutinied and
were only partially quieted by being
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