Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-04-13
MOUNT VESUV|US DEADLY.
TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE BURIED IN
RUINS OF MARKET MONTE OIL
VETO IN NAPLES.
HISTORY is REPEATED.
The Fate of Many Children at Ottajano
Is Unknown as They Fled Panic
Stricken in All Directions.

city, following the eruptions of Mount
Vesuvius. Two hundred people, it is
estimated, were buried this morning Ill
the ruins of the Market Monte Oliyeto,
when the roof collapsed under the
weight of cinders from the volcano.
The bodies of sixteen dead had been
taken from beneath the ruins of the
Monte OEveto market and 17S injured
people were being cared for at the nos
pitfalls at 2 p. m.
Seventy-nine bodies had been taken
from the church of Giuseppe and the
MAYOR has been suspended for abandon
ing his post during the disaster.
Naples this morning early had returned
to her normal self. The day was bril-
liant. the, sky cloudless. the waters OF the
Mediterranean were blue and unrlppled:
in place of the melancholy grayness or
the last lew days: ana better sun ime
column of smoke from NesuVlus
had almost disappeared, and though the
smaller craters still gave forth smoke
the wind had turned it in another dlfec-
ton and an air of peace and sDrlngtlme
had spread over Naples and its vicinity
SCENE QUICKLY CHANGED.
But this scene Of cuiet was turned
into mourning later when the news OF
the collapse of the roof of the Monte
Oliveto market and the loss OF lie be-
came known. The people who gathered
about the market were soon III state or
great excitement. which increased when
the recovery of the bodies commenced.
Just previous to this disaster religious
professions had been passing through the
streets of this city. the people desiring to
render thanks to the Almighty for nav
ing apparently averted much greater DIS
asters than those hitherto recorded here.
7 sod ~, Wpnd
ed their way with images of the Madon-
ne or saints. dressed in most gorgeous
robes of cheap blue or yellow satin, borne
above seas of dark heads. mostly those
of women walking arm i'll arm. ana
chanting as they moved along the main
thoroughfares. individuals stopping now
and then to exchange jokes with passers-
by.
WAS MOTLEY PROCESSION.
These motley but picturesque process
sions were headed by numbers of boys
walking two and two and carrying light
ed candles which dickered family III the
bright sunshine. Only i'll a few cases
did priests accompany the DroceSslons.
which in the main seemed to be local
and spontaneous affairs organized on the
moment in various districts.
After visiting tho ruins of the market
the Duke and Duchess of AoSta proceed
ed TO the Pelligrini hospital. to which in
Stitution many of the injured persons
were taken.
The exact number of people within the
building at the moment Of the catastro-
phe is not known.
The disaster was appalling. The
courtyard covers 600 square feet and
was rooted. The space within was I'M
usually crowded with buyers and their
children. the accident happening at the
hour of the day when trade is most
brisk. Rival displays of flowers. fruits
and vegetables contended for buyers,
while market women screamed their
wares and joked with their customers.
Little children played about the stands.
adding gaiety to the scene the like Of
which is not witnessed outside Of Ma
pies.
Suddenly with scarcely a tremor of
warning, there was Il terrifying crash
and the brilliant sights disappeared in
a cloud of dust, while shrieks of agony
rent the air.
WEATHER CHANGES BACK.
The weather suddenly changed this
afternoon, the wind blew strongly to-
wards Naples and ashes from Mount
Nesuyius began falling fast over the
city, which consequently soon resumed
it's gray appearance. The high wind
also made breathing difficult.
AHfulUdl L dlIIlbloHop vi -NAklCo.
and the mayor of this city during the
afternoon visited the injured persons in
the hospital.
Terrifying news is reaching the city
this morning from points throughout the
district surrounding Ottajano. Reports
indicate that an enormous area IS buried
beneath ashes and cinders.
The present disaster is looked upon as
q repetition of the catastrophe to Pom
nd InrDIl !, that Tins
instance ashes rather than lava cover the
devastated places and the loss of life is
less.
DEATH RECORD IN DOUBT.
All efforts on the part of the press rep
rCsentatives ana the authorities to ascer-
tain the exact number of those who have
already fallen victims 10 the eruptlonS OF
Ncsuyius had failed up to 20 this morn
ing.
This is accounted for from the fact
that the buried villages are impossible of
access and further because the people
who fed when their houses began to fall,
have scattered throughout the country
districts.
The finding of ninety-siX bodies is de-
termined as follows:
AT San Giuseppe, 10.
At Terhigno, 70.
At Ottajano, 81.
The fate Of many children at Ottajano
IS unknown. When the military carts
arrived at the scene Of the disaster last
night the soldiers arranged to have the
children and aged people get into the
them, but when the vehicles had gone Il
few hundred feet it was found that al
though there were four horses harnessed
to each wagon they could not pull their
loads through the deep ashes, in spite of
several desperate efforts made to do SO.
This caused Il panic among the chill
dren, who expected to be buried in the
ashes from the volcano, and they fled in
all directions i'll the darkness and blind
ing rain and have not since been heard
Of Searching parties went after the
children, but III spite of continuous
shouting and calling no trace was found
of them and it is feared that the chill
drcn have been smothercd in the ashes.
RESULTS OF ERUPTION.