Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-11
20 Million Dollars
Loss to Property
$4,000 People
Homeless.
WHOLE TOWN REPORTED
DESTROYED
Clouds Of Ashes Fall Like
Snow to Depth of Many
Inches--.Heroic Sol.
diers' Work.

Naples, April Ill lie lOSS VI prop
erty from the volcano is estimated at
SIC, 0,O0O,OOO and 1t is announced that
$4,000 persons have been rendered
homeless.
Gallant Soldiers Heroic Work.
Naples, April 1.-The morning op.
lened with an atmosphere, oppressive
and yellowish with ashes from Mount
Vesuvius, causing feeling of appre-
|hension regarding what the future may
hold for the city and vicinity. The
volcano was completely hidden in a
dense mass of cinder laden smoke,
the only signs Of activity being fire.
jquent and very severe detonations and
deep rumblings. From all quarters
came the reports Of the accumulation
of ashes, the flight of terror stricken
of towns and villages, the
collapse of buildings, the insufficiency
of the relief measures, hunger and dis
couragement. 1t is no longer possible
to reach the points which have suf-
fered most severely. Even the soldiers
detailed to guard Ottajano have been
recalled and the town Is left to Its
fate. The military has earned the
gratitude and admiration of the peo.
|pl ny It's devotion to duty. Not only
are they credited with many acts OF
heroism, but they displayed untiring
perseverance in searching for the liv-
ing and the dead among the tottering
walls, assisting the fugitiyes to reach
places of safety, giving aid to the
wounded and burying the dead, and
all this while partly suffocated by an
ash and cinder laden wind blowing
from the volcano.
Especial praise is also due the Duke
and Duchess Aosta.
Fifty Buildings Collapse.
According to the Mattine, fifty
houses, 8 churches and the municipal
building at Somma have collapsed, the
sand and cinders being six feet deep
there and all inhabitants have fled.
The towns of Hokes and Ottajano are
still collapsing and most towns and
villages in that neighborhood are tot
tering or are In ruins. Employees OF
the tobacco factory fled in panic this
morning fearing that the roof was
about to fall in. Many we're injured.
The wheels of the street cars gener-
ate flames through friction showing
great amount of sulphur in the ashes.
Prisoners Mutinied Through Fear.
Naples, April 1.-THE panic here Is
increasing. The prisoners in the city
jail mutinied owing to fright and sue
ceeded in breaking open some doors
inside Of the Jail but were subdued by
the guards. The prisoners, however,
are in a state of great excitement,
requiring double guards.
Whole Town Destroyed.
Naples, April 1.-THE Mp ne in
its issue today asserts that s...lo, a
town in the province of Salerno has
been destroyed by the volcano. This
report is impossible to verify. The
town has 10000 population and Is sit
uated about ten miles east OF Vesuvius.
Ashes Fell Like Snow.
Naples, April 1.-THE eruption Of
vesuvius increased during the night
and coating of ashes and cinders to
a depth Of four inches covers the
ground and roofs today. Railroad ser
vice out of the city is interrupted, the
engineers refusing to take out their
trains because of the darkness caused
by the heavy fall of ashes.
TO Repair the Damage a Great Un-
dertaking.
Naples, April 11.--So wide spread Is
the catastrophe caused by the eruption
of Vesuvius that 1t is estimated that
1t will require an organized body OF
100000 men and an expenditure Of
many millions Of dollars to raise the
houses made unsafe by the accumula-
tion of ashes and cinders, to erect tenn
porary huts for the refugees and to
bury the dead. The papers unite to-
day in urging the government to send
here General Baldissera, who saved the
situation after the crushing defeat Of
the Italians by Abysinians in 1896
and instruct him to organize and con-
troll the work Of relief
Still Remain IN Observatory.