Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-10
TERRIBLE SCENES
At 0T7AJAN0.
Bodies Of Victims Unearthed
Showed They Died in State
OF Great Terror.
TALES OF HEROIC RESCUES.
Soldiers Made Supcrhuman Efforts 10
Rescue People From Almost
Certain Death.

Ndples, RpTll w. v 10 u. III ne
scenes at Ottajano when the first vic
tins were unearthed there were most
terrible. The positions of the bodies
showed that the victims had died while
IN a state OF great terror the faces
being conyulsed with fear. Three
bodies were found in a confessional of
one OF the fallen churches. one body
was that OF an Old woman who was
sitting with her right arm raised as
though to ward of the advancing dan
ger. The second was that Of q child
about eight years Old. It was found In
a position which would indicate that
the child had fallen with a little dog
close to 1t, and had died with one arm
raised across it's face TO protect itself
and It's pet from the crumbIng ruins.
The third body, that of a woman. was
reduced 10 an unrecogni2abe mass.
These three victims were reVerentlv
laid side by side while a procession of
friends and relatives offered up pray
ers beside them.
Other bodies which were found later
caused such an impression among the
already frantic population that the au-
thortes did not deem 1t advisable to
permit any more bodies To be ideut-
fed for the present Forty-nue bodies
have already been taken out OF one of
the churches at Ottaiano.
HEROIC WORK or SOLDIERS.
Naples. April 10, $3.50 "A. m. Many
tales are told Of heroic rescues ON the
part Of the soldiers, sent to the assist
ance of the sufferers from the volcano
disaster at Ottajano and elsewhere.
one man rode his horse through the
ashes reaching up to its fianks at Otta-
janO calling out who wants help?"
He was rewarded by hearing q womans
voice replying IN weak tones, and
springing from his horse. the soldier
called comrade to his assistance and
foundered among the ashes until he ar
rived a the ruined walls OF house
from which the voice seemed to come
AZ he made his way toward the build
ing, the soldier shouted words OF en-
couragement ana climbing over heap
Of ruins, and Drawing q topping wall
he entered the building and In the eel
lar found the bodies Of three children.
Near them was a woman barely alive.
who by almost superhuman efforts
lasting for hours had succeeded In free
ing himself from a mass Of debris
which had fallen upon her, Tho soldier
picked the woman up In his arms and
carried her to a place Of safety. where
II was found that both of her legs were
broken and that she had been badly
crushed about the body. II IL believed
she will live. although she endured f''r-
ther suffering for sometime after her
rescue. owing to the difficulty expert
Ia. % f.Ns a
her,
FATE OF CHILDREN UNKNOWN.
Naples. April 10. S.55 a. m.--The fate
of many children at Ottajano Is I'M
known. When the military carts ar
rived a the scene Of the disaster last
nigh. the soldiers arranged to have
the <4,dtCn and aged people get into
the c~s.s, but when the vehicles had
gone n fcw hundred feet st was found
that although there were four horses
harnessed Ia each wagon. they could
not pull their loads through the deep
ashes, IN spite of several desperate ef-
forts made TO DO so. This caused A
paEic among the children. who expected
10 he buried in the ashes from the vol
cnno ana they fed In All directions In
the darkness and binding rain and
have not since been heard Of Search
Ing parties went after the children, but
In spite % continuous shouting, no trace
was found OF them and II is feared the
children have been smothered in the
ashes.
SWALLOWED UP IN LAVA.
New York, April ia cable dis
patch to morning paper from Naples
says
Several lads in Bosco Trccaz who
We're uIharmod when the danger fol-
lowing the eruptions Of Mount Vesuvlus
seemed most imminent. subsequently
ventued to walk on the cooling lava.
They went too far and the crust broke
under their weight They were swal-
low cd W before the helpless onlookers.
Many school children who were
thought to have fed from their school
and to have become lost on the noun
tain are safe. They wandered about
for hours while the volcano rained red
hot stones and sand but they escaped
urhurt
WILL BE GREAT LESSON.
Naples, April 10. $50 p. m.-The wea-
Their suddenly changed this afternoon
the wind blew strongly towards Naples
and ashes from Mount Vesuvius began
quently soon resumed It's gray appear
ance. The high wind also made breath.
ing difficult The disaster at the mar
ket this morning was great lesson 10
the whole city, causing the Inhabitants
10 scramble upon the roofs Of their
houses and hastily remove the accumu-
lation OF ashes resulting from the vol
cano outbreak. This roof clearing made
walking and driving IN the streets dan
gerous and disagreeable.
Cardinal Presco archbishop OF Ma
Piles, and the mayor u this city, during
the afternoon visited the injured per-
sons In the hospital.
Many Of the persons injured at Otta-
jano, which was completely destroyed,
have been placed IN railroad cars. but
owing 10 the lack Of locomotives they
cannot be brought here. and measures
are being taken to convey the sufferers
60 Somna, whore the railroad Is Operat-
Ing
The fugitives from Toree Annunaata
are leaving FOR Castellamare, where the
terrified population ~ Tore fe Groco
are arriving amid a continued fell OF
sand and ashes.
The municipality Of Tore de- Greco
has sent an urgent request for assist
ance IN order to prevent the remain.
der Of the inhabitants from leaving the
town.
Twenty-six more dead bodies have
been found In the church OF san Gull
scope, making a total Of 70. The pre-
feet has suspended tile mayor or san
Giuseppe because he abandoned his
post during the outbreak.