Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-09
in A PANIC
AT NAPLES.
Earthquakes Shake City of the
Beautiful Bay VesuvIus
DESTROYS Town.

80 $500
ten lava are pouring from Nesuvius out
Of many new openings. and the village
of Boscotrecase, on It's southern decliNl-
tv. has been transformed into a gray
ruin by the ashes from the crater Of
the volcano. Torrents of liquid fire, re-
sembling in the distance serpents with
glitterlng yellow and black scales, are
coursing in all directions, amid rum
blings, d~etonations and earth trem-
blings. while a cloud of %sulphurous
smoke that hovers over all makes
breathing difficult.
King Victor Emmanuel, who was
born in Naples. spent his youth there.
and as crown prince of Italy bore the
title of prince of Naples, has express
ed his intention of visiting the afflicted
districts.
The hope that Mount Vesuvius was
becoming calm has been d~issipated, as
the volcano has became more active
than ever.
The panic has spread TO Naples. Two
strong earthquake shocks, which shat
tered window panes and cracked the
walls of buildings, were experienced
last night. The entire population rush
ed to the streets in terror, many per-
sons crying: 'The Madonna has for
saken us, The end of the world has
come"
No trace remains of BOscotrecase,
where up TO forty-elght hours ago TO-
600 persons lived, and Tore An
nunziata, 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
10000 inhabitants. The people were
brought to Naples by trains, street
cars, military carts and steamships.
Like transportation facilities have been
SEM to Tore del Greco to take away
the people.
AS vet it is impossible to count the
craters that have opened and from
which streams of lava have flooded the
beautiful, 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 he
flashes of lightning are binding. while
the detonations from the volcano re-
semble il sound a terrible explosion.
With the danger and horror of the
situation aside. Nesuvius presents Il
of the most splendid sights imaginable.
The streams of lava snap like pipe
stems the trunks of great trees n
blight the peach blossoms before the
trees have been reached. Many homes
OF peasants have been RACED.
Everywhere in the neighborhood of
ed. Artillery carts have been sent to
the assistance of the fleeing peasants,
and the Duke of Aosta. Cardinal Jo-
seph Frisco and all the authorities went
10 the threatened region in order to
succor or comfort the people. BoSco
Reale. the village which is in the great
est danger of destruction, is the birth
place of the cardinal,
The Duke of Aosta gave orders to
the engineers and soldiers to erect par
apets and dig trenches in order to
change the course of the lava streams
and DOL part in the work. Cardinal
Frisco distributed food and money to
the peasants and even gave away the
rings he wore ON his fingers. The
statue of st. Anne. which was taken to
the mountainSide to confront the lava.
is frequently moved backward as the
tide advances.
The observatory has been destroyed.
and Signor Matteucci. the director. and
the employees had narrow escapes.
They passed the night in the darkness
save for the frequent flashes OF l:Sat-
ming, as the gas works and e~.ectric
lighting plant also were destroyed. The
restaurant of the Funicular railroad,
too. has been obliteratcd.
Prisoners in iails ~ the mountain
side went mad with terror and mu-
tinted and We're only partially quoted
by being brought here. But their fears
have been communicated to the pris-
oners here, who may rebel at ai.y mo
ment. The situation is critical.
Breathing is momentarily becoming
more difficult because of the poisonous
fumes and smoke, while the hot ashes
which are still falling tend to make
life q burden.