Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-04-16
ITS FURY IS spent
ONLY DESOLATION and SLOWLY
Declining PANIC.
Mount Vesuvius Has Now Ceased
to Give Signs of Life, and Is
Believed the Eruption Has
Ended--Order Being Rapidly
Restored.

Naples. April 14.-The period of
danger has passed. and only desolation
and slowly declining panic remain.
Mount Vesuvius has ceased to give
any sign of life. The volcano seems
to have spent itself in one enormous
convulsion.
Director Matterucci. who heroically
holds his post in the observatory, be-
lieves that the eruption has ended,
and every outward indication confirms
this view.
No more rumblings come from the
bowels of the earth giving terrifying
warning to the inhabitants. The vol
cano is hidden behind thick curtain
of smoke, which rises from the crater
and then spreads and falls. enveloping
a vast circle in semi-darkness.
Naples is just beyond this circle.
and all day the city was bathed in
sunshine, while the ugly black pail
hung to the westward over belt mid
way between Rome ana Naples.
After the last great eruption, which
occurred in 1872, the land covered by
cinders did not produce crops for sew
en- years, and the losses in this respect
alone averaged 100000, 900 yearly.
1t is believed that it will take ten years
to bring the land under cultivation
again.
Order Is Being Restored.
Order is being rapidly restored. The
government has rushed to the aid
with every facility of military organ
ization. Clothes and food are being
hurried into the stricken district as
fast as the still crippled lines will per-
NIT. The king is personally directing
the operations.
In the presence Of King Victor
Emanuel 1879 more bodies were extri-
Gated from the ruins at Ottojano. the
dead there now numbering $50. At
one point his majesty was obliged to
abandon his motor car, and he went
further on horseback, his mount foun-
dering through four feet of ashes.
Queen Helene was obliged to turn
back. The Princess of Schleswig -Hol-
stein started in her automobile to visit
the hospitals in the wasted towns. hut
the Car was disabled and she was
obliged to return afoot twelve miles
through three feet of ashes. 1t was "a
difficult task for woman.
Five Thousand Houses Destroyed.
1t is estimated that 5000 houses
have been destroyed or rendered un.
inhabitable, including 243 houses at
Portici, 1875 at San Giovanni and led
uccio, 1872 at Resina and 1000 at Tor
re del Greco.
''Since the Chicago fire have never
seen anything so terribly impressive,
writes Robert Underwood johnson, as
sociate editor of the Century maya
zine. Twenty years will not repair
the damage, which includes four
whole villages. The wedge east of
the volcano that has been laid waste
extends ten miles at least, with a width
of twenty or thirty miles.
Fancy a rich and thickly popu-
lated country of vineyards lying under
three to six inches of ashes and Gin
ders of the color of chocolate, with
milk white above: to the west the vol.
cano in full activity is distributing to
the outer edges of the circle the same
fate, and you will get an idea of the
desolate impression of the scene of a
tragedy so colossal and heartrending.
Means Increase of immigration.
ITO Judge from what l learned from
the peasants there is likely to be a
substantial increase in emigration to
the United States by reason of this
calamity. the end of which is not yet. "
Six thousand men are engaged in
clearing away the debris. Sunshine
has restored the spirits of the people.
The air is clear and invigorating.
Naples, April 12.-The whole of the
Vesuvius district as far as Naples,
Casserta and Castellamare is one vast
Saharan desert. Reports from all
sides state that the fall of ashes is not
SO heavy as it has been for the last few
days, and that the ashes are much
finer, and from this it is argued that
the prospects are much brighter.
He eClcutlSIo cpAiSSS lbc OPlliou
that the volcano has spent it's force.
The blockade of local traffic contin-
ues, but service on the main lines of
railway has been re-established, al
though greatly disarranged by the in
describable confusion in the stations,
where foreigners, not fully understand
ing the situation, inveigh against the
delays and discomforts to which they
have been subjected.
Reports of the Destruction of two
towns, Sarno and San Genarro. the
former having a population of more
than 5000, have proved to be without
foundation. At Sarno 5000 persons
from nearby villages and farms have
found refuge. Ottajano, where many
lives were lost on Monday, is now
practically buried.
There is great difficulty in ascer-
tanning the actual condition of affairs