Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-04-12
INIT. vESUV|US ! /
DEALS TERROR
Great Volcano Is Sending
Forth Lava, Ashes, and
Smoke
PANIC SPREADS TO NAPLES
Two Earthquake Shocks Felt There
The People Are Terrified
Villages Are Deserted and People
Are in State of Terror.

Naples, April 8.-Mount Vesuvius
S a colossal brazier and the town OF
Boscatrecase, on its southern declivi-
~, has been transformed into a gray
Island of ruin by the ashes from the
crater of the volcano. Torrents OF
liquid fire. resembling in the distance
serpents with g;ittering yellow and
black scales, are coursing in all direc-
Ions, amid rumblings, detonations and
earth tremblings, while pail of sui
phurous smoke that hovers over all
makes breathing difficult.
The streams of lava are resistless.
They snap like pipestems the trunks
Of chestnut trees hundreds Of years
Did and blight with their torrid breath
the blooms on the peach trees before
the trees themselves have been reach
ed. The molten streams do not
spare the homes of the peasants.
when these have been RACED they dash
into the wells as though seeking to-
Stake their thirst and having filed
them continue their course down the
mountain side.
Everywhere in the vicinity Of the
volcano pitiful scenes are witnessed
women tearing their hair In griefA
and old men crying at the loss of the
beloved homestead, while in the dis.
lance in striking contrast lie the sap.
phire-colored Mediterranean, the
mountains of the Sorrento peninsula
and the island of Capri in the tran.
quill sea.
There have been no fatalities at
Boscotrecase or elsewhere as result
of the eruption. The flow of lava is
stationary.
Naples, April 9-Mount Vesuvius
yesterday became more active than
ever.
The panic has spread to Naples
Two strong earthquake shocks which
shattered windows and cracked the
walls of buildings were experienced
yesterday. The entire population
rushed to the streets in terror, many
persons crying:
1.-THE Madonna has forsaken US; the
end of the world has come!"
No trace remains of Boscatrecaset
a commune on the southern declivity
of the mountain, where up to forty
eight hours ago 10000 persons lived,
and Terre Annunziata, on the shores
of the gulf of Naples 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.
Similar means Of transportation are
being employed to bring away the
people from Terre del Greco. The
police and carbineers are guarding
the abandoned houses and several
members of the government also are
there.
A telegram received from the
mayor of San Sebastiano, village
near the observatory on the north.
west declivity of Vesuvius. says the
lava is approaching rapidly and that
the people are terror stricken. They
have been for nights without sleep.
he says, are destitute and beg that
assistance be given them.
Naples bears an aspect of desola.
ton, everything being covered with
ashes from the volcano.
The lava destroyed a few houses in
suburb of Terre Annunziata. also
the cemetery there. Then the flow
ceased as it did also at Terre del
Greco. At Pompeii the rivers of lava
are less rapid.
Incandescent material has set fire
to the village of San Giuseppe.
The work of succor Is hampered
owing to delays to the railway ser
vice which is interrupted by red hot
stones thrown to a height Of 5000
feet and falling on the tracks.
AS yet 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 southwest shores OF
the gulf Of Naples.