The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-12
NAPLES ouAKEs.
Thousands Tramp Streets Crying End
of World Has Come.

Naples, April s.-With the eruption
on Mount Vesuvius more violent thar
ever and two streams of molten lava
wiping entire villages from the face
of the earth. Naples tonight is in a
state of panic. Men, women and child
rem are tramping about the streets,
raving that their deity has forgotten
them and that the end of the world is
in sight.
Thousands of people are hocking
here from the towns mad farms on the
slopes of the mountain and the prob
lem of feeding and caring for the
horde has grown serious. These peo-
pie have been left homeless by the
streams of lava, which Tapped up all
their property in some cases within a
half hour after the owners had fed.
Tonight not trace remains of Bos-
co Ire Case, commune on the south
ern declivity of the mountain. Forty
eight hours ago this was city of
10000 population One mile to the
southwark, on the shores of the Gulf
of Naples, Tore Annuziata is almost
surrounded by lava and the 10000 in
habitants have deserted their homes
and retreated to Naples. Train after
train is also arriving in this city bear
ing the people of Tore del Greco,
another town which is in great peril
of being wiped out.
Not for century has Naples itself
been SO threatened as now Vessels
lying in the harbor are rapidly putting
to sea with hundreds of the wealthy
families, who have chartered them
outright. Captains of other ships an
chored here are also preparing to
leave because of fear of tidal waves
similar to those accompanying the
terrific eruption of century ago.
which wrecked scores of vessels and
drowned thousands of people here.
Two strong earthqauke shocks
which shattered windows and cracked
the walls of buildings were exper-
fenced today. The entire population
rushed to the streets in terror, many
persons crying, "The Madonna has
forsalen us the end of the world has
come"
A telegram received from the may
or of San Sebastiano, village near
the observatory on the northwest de-
clivity of Vesuvius. says the las is
approaching rapidly and that the ESD
pie are terror stricken. They hs,t.
been for nights without sleep, he says.
are destitute and beg that assistants e
be given them.
The work of succor is hampe,ed
owing to delays to the railwa, Ser
vice, which is interrupted by rad-hot
stones thrown to height of 5000
feet 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 southeast shores of
the Gulf of Naples.
The atmosphere is heavily charged
with electricity and now and then
the flashes of lightning are binding,
while the detonations from the vol
cano resemble those of terrible explo-
sions.
With the danger and horror of the
situation aside Vesuvius presents one
of the most splendid sights imagin-
able. The mountain of FIRE, whose
speech is by detonation and whose
acts are destruction, seems like an
enraged giant determined to make the
pygmies of earth feel the might of
his wrath. Here and there on the
mountain side stand the blasted
trunks of pine trees, their bare
branches outstretched as though in
protest against the devastation the
volcano has wrought.