Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-11
RENEWED FURY.
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, dav when trade is most prlsk. rival
! disnlavs of flowers, fruits ana Feseta-
hles contended for buyers, Whi'e mar
ket women screamed their wares anu
iokel with their CUSTOMERS Li''le
children played about the STANDS io-
ding gayety to the scene, the IKE OF
which is not to be witnessed outside
of Naples.
Suddenly with scarcely a tremor of
warning there was a terrifying crash
and the brilliant sight disappeared in a
clou1 OF dust, while shriekS Of agony
rent the air.
The work Of rescue progressed during
the morning hours and before noon
seven bodies had been removed and
20 injured persons extricated from the
ruins.
Up to 1880 A. NJ, the bodies of 16
dead persons have been taken from be-
meath the ruins of the Monte OGveto
market and 173 injured people are being
cared for at the hospitals.
The weather changed this afternoon,
the wind blew strongly towards Naples
and ashes from Mount Vesuvius began
falling fast over the city, which conse-
quently soon resumed its gay appear
ance. The high wind also made breath
ing difficult.
The disaster at the market this morn
ing vas a great lesson to the whole
city, causing the inhabitants to hastily
remove from their houses the accumu-
latinn Of ashes resulting from the vol
came outbreak.
Many of the persons injured at Otta-
iano, which was completely destroyed,
have been placed in railroad cars. but
owing to lack of locomotives they cannot
be brought here and measures are being
taken to convey the sufferers to Somma
where the railroad is operating.
The fugitiveS from Tore AnnunZiata
are leaving for CaStcll1mGre. wher" tn"
errified population Of Tore De; Grac"
are arriving amid a continued fall of
sand and ashes.
The municipality Of Tore Del Grace
has sent an urgent request for assistanca
in order to prevent the remainder of thr
inhabitants from leaving the town.
Twcnty-six more dead bodies have been
found in the church Of San Giuseppe
making n total of -. The pref,ct has
suspended the mayor Of San Giuseppe be
cause he abandoned his post during the
outbreak.
Terrifying news reached the city this
morning from points throughout the dis
trict surrounding Ottajano. Reports in
dicata that an enormous area is buried
beneath ashes ana cinders.
The present disaster is looked upon as
a repetition Of the catastrophe to Pompeii
and Hercullneum, except that in this in
stance ashes rather than lava cover tn"
devastated places and the loss Of life
is less.
The fate Of many children at Ottaiano
rived at the scene of the disaster last
night the soldiers arranged to have tho
children and aged people get into the
carts, to which they thankfully acceded,
hundred feet it was found that, although
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 30. This
caused a panic among the children, wh)
expected ID be buried in the ashes from
the volcano and they fed in all directions
in the darkness and binding rain and
have not since been heard of. Searching
parties went after the children. hut IN
spite Of continuous shouting and calling
no trace was found Of them ard it is
feared that the children have been
SmOtherCd in the ashes.