The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1906-04-14
VOLCANO DISASTER
Mt. Vesuvius Has once Aagain
BslOhsd Forth Her frey
Lava.

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coming in. According to inform
alton received late tonight pro-
badly as many as 500 lives were
lost.
1t is said that more than 200
persons perished in the district
of San Giuseppe, where from the
ruins of a church which collapsed
owing to the weight of ashes on
the roof. forty-nine corpses were
extricated, and it is asserted
that at Sorrento .thirty-seven
persons were killed by falling
houses. A railway train from
San Giuseppe for Naples was de-
rallied owing to the shower of
stones from the crater.
The cavalry proceeding to the
succOr of the inhabitants of the
the devastated section have been
unable to make progress, the
rain falling on the ashes a foot
deep having made it impossible
for the horses to travel.
The sea is greatly agitated.
The sky has cleared, but heavy
clouds hang over the east threat
ening further downpour.
The streams of lava are almost
stationary. Troops are erecting
barriers in the direction of Pom
peli to prevent further danger
in that quarter.
Travelling in automobiles and
accompanied by the Duke and
Duchess of Aosta and the Prin-
cess of Schleswig- Holstein, the
king set out for the afflicted dis
tricts.
Touching scenes greeted them
along the way. By the kings
order there was no attempt to
keep the people away from him.
The sovereign visited Santa
Anastasia, Cercola and Sornma
Vesuviana where they were
greeted with great enthusiasm.
AT certain point the royal
party were struck by a small cy-
clone of ashes and cinders. The
king sent his motor car ahead at
full speed and crossed the path
of the cyclone in safety.
1t was found necessary to con-
tinue the journey on foot.
The town of Nola, an old place
of $4,000 inhabitants, twenty
two miles from Naples, has suf-
fered severely by the fall of
ashes coming from the crater,
which were carried by the wind
as far as the Adriatic Sea.
Prof. Di Lorenzo, the scientist
and specialist in the study of
volcanoes, estimated that the
smoke from Tesuyius has reach
ed the height of $4,000 feet.
The statement is made here
that in the vicinity of Otajano
cinders and ashes from the vol
cano lie to a depth of $50 feet.
AS the way was traversed the
travelling became more and more
difficult the smoke and ashes in
the air making it difficult to
breathe.
Slight tremblings of the earth
were felt, and frequent flashes
of lightning cut through the
smoke. In the course of the
tour a point was reached from
which Vesuvius could be seen
under its cloud of smoke. The
high cone of the volcano has
gone almost entirely, having
been swallowed up, SO that the
height of the mountain is nearly
500 feet less than formerly.
On the north side Of the noun
tain new crateas have been form
ed. Refugees from the threat
ened or destroyed villages are
pouring into Naples by thous-
ands, arriving in every descrip-
tion of conveyance and ON foot.
The roads are crowded with pro-
cesssions Of men and women car
rying crosses and crying piteous-
ly. Special railway trains, war
ships and steamers are employed
in conveying homeless people ia
Naples, Rome and Castellamarre
where the steamer Princes Haf.
aida is anchored.
King Victor Emanuel and
Queen Helena have further en-.
deared themselves to the people
w their activity in behaIfof the