Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-04-11
is PERSONS KILLED.
17S ARE INJURED
Market In Naples Collapsed
With Horrible Results.
MANY CHILDREN AMONG DEAD
Market of Mont ollveto CoIlapses
Under the Heavy Weight of Cinders
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Naples, April 10.-A frightful dis
| aster has occurred in the center OF
this city following the eruptions OF
Mount Vesuvius.
Two hundred people, it is estimat-
ed, were buried this morning in the
| ruins of the market of Mont Oliveto,
when the roof collapsed under the
heavy weight of cinders from the vol
cano. The exact number Of people
within the building at the moment OF
the catastrophe is not known and the
list of fatalities is problematical.
The work of rescue progressed dur
ing the morning hours, and before noon
seven bodies had been removed and 70
injured people taken from the ruins.
The disaster was appalling. The
court yard cover 600 square feet, and
was rooted The space within was
unusually crowded with buyers and
their children, the accident happening
at the hour of the day when trade was
| most brisk. Rival displays of flowers,
] fruits and vegetables contended for
| buyers, while the market women
screamed their wares and joked with
their customers. Little children play,
ed about the stands, adding gayety to
the scene, the like of which is not wit,
messed outside of Naples.
Suddenly, with scarcely tremor or
warning, there was a terrific crash,
and the brilliant sights disappeared in
cloud of dust while shrieksa of ag.
ony rent the air.
Up to the present time the bodies of
16 dead persons have been taken from
beneath the ruins of the Monte Olive
to market, and 17S injured people are
being cared for at the hospitals.
The persons taken from the ruins
of Monte Oliveto market have better
chances of recovery than the victims
of the disasters of Ottajano as the lat.
ter, when they escaped death from
the falling buildings, were in many
cases suffocated by ashes.
The indignation of the people here
as result of the market disaster in.
| creases as each additional body is TAX.
! en- out, and disturbance approaching
a riot in Importance has already oc
CURED.
The people loudly insist that the au-
thorities were aware that the roof O.
the market was unsafe, and that they
were so excessively economical that
they would not appropriate the funds
necessary to repair the building.
The Identification of number OF
those killed by the collapse of the mar
ket has been found to be impossible
owing to their being absolutely unrec-
ognizable, in some cases being reduced
to pulp, while others were horribly
mutilated, giving rise to scenes which
are better undescribed.
Among those dead are many chill.
dren, who had been sent by their par.
and the grief of the parents when the
bodies of their children were found
was heaFtrending.
The market place itself is mass Of
ruins, surrounded by enormous crowds
Of people, who are kept in order by
cordons of police and carbinees.
The work Of searching the ruins con.
tinues in the most energetic manner
Morgue managers, doctors, firemen,
municipal guards, police and arsenal
employees taking part in it under the
direction of the Duke of Aosta, prefect
Of Naples, whose wife is assisting in
the care of the injured All the city
authorities are also on the spot, and
everything possible IS being done to
assist the families of the victims
After visiting the ruins of the mar,
ket place the Duke and Duchess of Aos.
ia proceeded to the Pelligrini hospital.
to which institution many Of the in.
Jured persons were taken.