The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-11
CITY Of NAPLES
IN GREAT PERIL
Market Place in Center of City
Is Crushed While Crowded
With People.
SCORES OF DEAD ARE
REMOVED FROM RUINS
Terrible Rain Of Ashes From
Flaming Crater Continues
Steadily.

NAPLES. April 1O.-The weather sud
denly changed this afternoon. the wind
blew STRONGLY towards Naples and tho
ashes from Mount VesuyiCs began fall
Ing fast over the city. which consequent
ly soon resumed It's gray appearance.
The high winu also made breathing diff
acult.
Lesson to City.
The disaster at the market this morn
ing was Il great lesson TO the whole city,
causing the inhabitants TO scramble upon
the roofs OF their horecs and hastily re-
move tho accumulation OF ashes resulting
from the volcanic outbreak This roof
clearing made walking and driving in the
streets dangerous and diSasreeablc.
Cardinal Prcsco, Archbishop OF Naples.
and tho Mayor OF this city during the
afternoon visited the injured persons In
the hospitals.
Completely Destroyed.
Many OF the persons Injured at Otte-
Jano, which was completely destroyed,
have been plnced In railroad cars, bur
owing 10 the lack Of locomotives thsy
can not be brought mere and measures
are being taken to convey the sufferers
To Somma, where the railroad is operat-
inS.
arc leaving for Castellamaro. where the
are arriving amid a continual fan OF
sand and ashes.
Appeals for Aid.
The municipality OF Tore del Graeco
has sent an urgent request for assistance
In order to prevent the remainder of the
inha bitants from leaving the town,
Twenty six more dead bodies have been
found in the church OF San Giuseppe,
making total of seventy nine The Pre-
feet has suspended tho Mayor OF San
Giuseppe because he abandoned his post
during the outbreak
Appalling Disaster.
The disaster at the market place was
appalling. Tho court yard, covering 6o0
feet square. and which Is surrounded by
stalls. had been temporarily rooted to
protect tho shoppers from the falling
ashes The space within was unusually
crowded with buyers and their children.
day when trade Is most brisk Rival dis
plays OF flowers fruits and vegetables
contended for buyers while market wo-
men screamed their wares and toked with
their customers Little children played
about the stands. adding sayety to the
scene, tho like OF which is not to be wilt
messed outside of Naples.
Suddenly, without scarcely n trcmor of
warning. there was q terrifying crash and
tho brilliant sights disappeared In
clour OF dust, while shrieks OF agony rent
the air
Chance of Recovery.
Inc lnJhTeN persons taken from lle
ruins OF Monte Olivete market have bet
ter chance of recovery than the VIC
tins of the disaster at Ottajano, as
the latter. when they escaped death
from falling buildings. were in many
cases sunoCatcd by ashes.
The Indignation of the people here
result OF tee market disaster increases
as each additional body is taken out. and
a disturbance approaching a riot In I'm
portance has already occurred. The peo-
pie loudly insist that the authorities
were aware that tho roof OF the market
was unsafe, and tGlt they were so eX-
ccssivcly economical that they would not
appropriate the funds needed TO repair it.
Corpses Are Mutilated.
The Identification OF the L = lies OF
number OF thc killed by the &C 'lpse Of the
market roof has been found TO be impos-
slhlc owing TO their being absolutely un-
recognizable, In some cases being reduced
10 n pulp. while others were horribly
rnutllatcd giving rise to scenes which are
better undescribed. Among the dead are
many children who had been sent b.
their parents TO do the morning market
ing and the grief of the parents when the
bodies of their children were found was
heartrsnding.
Mass of Ruins.
The market itself Is mass of ruins.
surrounded by enormous crowds OF peu-
Dolice and carbineers. The work Of
searching the ruins continues In the mosl
energetic manner, doctors fremen. mu-
nlcpal guards. police and arsenal c''-
pIovoes taking part In 1t, under the dl-
fcction OF the Duke of Aostn, Protect OF
Naples whose wife is assisting In the
care Of the injured