River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-12
CITY Being BURIED
By rain OF Ashes
NoLA, WITH $4,000 INHABIT-
ANTS, PLACED IN DANGER BY
ERUPTION OF vEsUvIus.
FLOWING LAVA HAS
CHANGED ITS COURSE
Five Persons Reported Killed and
Many Wounded-Several Houses
and Four Churches Wrecked-Roy-
atty Visits Scene.

Naples, April 10.-The situation i'll
regard to the eruption of Mount Vesu-
virus can be summarized as follows:
The conditions at Tore Annunziata,
Tore Del Greco and Pompeii have i'm
proved, owing to the change in the di-
rection taken by the flowing lava. On
the other hand the conditions at OF
tajano are worse. The ashes and
cinders which have fallen there are
four feet deep and frequent earth
shocks are felt. Several houses and
four churches have fallen, five people
have been killed and an unknown num-
Der of persons have been wounded.
Serious apprehension is felt for the
inhabitants of the country in the vicin-
ity of the town of Caserta, termed the
Versailles of Naples, a place of about
$4,000 Inhabitants, in whose direction
the lava is now flowing. The town of
Nola is being buried under the show
ers of ashes coming from the crater
which are carried by the wind as far as
the Adriatic sea. Nola is a very old
town, % miles from Naples, having
about $4,000 inhabitants.
King and Queen Arrive.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena arrived here Monday morning
from Rome and set out for the towns
and villages in the path of the lava
stream pouring down the sides of Mount
Vesuvius. When their train arrived at
the station the eruption of the volcano
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queen, although greatly fatigued, in
sisted that they should leave imme-
diately for Tore Annunziata the king
saying: eff Tore Annunziata is III
danger it is my duty to be there"
The sovereigns visited Santa Anas-
tasia, Cercola, Somma and Vesuviana,
arousing the same enthusiasm among
the people as when they first reached
the scene of the disaster At a certain
point the king and his suite, who oc-
cupied several automobiles, were
struck by a small cyclone of ashes and
cinders, which partly blinded, choked
and stopped them. AS the kings motor
car was the first and was some distance
ahead of the cars in which the members
of his suite were riding, it was lost
sight of for some time in the clouds of
whirling ashes, and considerable
anxiety was felt for his majesty's safe
ty, but it was seen presently that the
king had ordered his automobile to be
driven at full speed ahead and so
crossed the path of the cyclone with
great rapidity. A short distance fur
Their on, however, the@ashes were four
feet deep, making it impossible for the
royal party to continue their route in
the motor cars. Consequently, the king
and his suite descended and continued
their way on foot. Later in the after
noon his majesty and his party returned
to Naples and visited the temporary
lodging places prepared for the fugi-
tives.
Implores King to Stop Volcano.
The duke and duchess of AOsta and
the princess of Schleswig- Holstein,
who is guest of the duke and duchess
of Aosta, joined the king and queen
in their visit to the afflicted districts.
The royal party was received with the
most touching manifestations of graf
itude, amidst cheers and weeping, ex-
pressions of thanks and frantic ges-
ticulations of joy. The king forbade
the police and carbineers to keep the
people away from him, SO that all
could approach him. The women kissed
the kings hand and the queens gown,
exclaiming: God sent you to u.s." One
of the women, addressing the king,
cried: IF thou art our king, order the
volcano to stop!"
Few People Remain.
Only about 1000 out of $4,000 inhab-
itants of Tore Annunziata dare to re-
main in the town, which is now pa
trolled by soldiers. The number of
fugitives is augmenting everywhere,
and it is estimated that about 1,000,-
900 people have fed from their homes.
Many persons are leaving Naples in
alarm, and as traffic on the railroads is
interrupted, numbers of these fugitives
are going TO Sicily by sea. The erup-
ton of the volcano has caused a great
congestion in all services, especially
the telegraph lines, making it difficult
to forward press or other messages.