The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-11
SEVERAL HUNDRED DEAD
According to Reports From the
Neighborhood of Vesuvius.
SITUATION MORE REAssURlNo

Lava Streams Have Stopped-Cinder'
and Aches Carried Great Distance
FIimsy Roofs Give Way Under the
Weight-60 Persons Injured In .
church-Visit of King and Queen.
Naples, April 10.-It has been a day
Of terror for the cities, towns anc
country about Mt. Vesuvius. Uncon
firmed reports place the number o.
dead and injured at several hundred
but not many facts can be obtained
upon which to base an accurate esti
mate. The situation appears more
assuring, the lava streams having
stopped altogether, while copious rain
fall is cooling the lava where it lies
stationary.
Almost equal with the devastation
wrought by the lava Is the damage
done by cinders and ashes which il
incredible quantities have been car
ried great distances This has caused
the practical destruction of San Guis
eppe, village of 5000 inhabitants.
Church Roof Fell on Worshipers.
All but 200 people had fed from the
village and these assembled in the
church to attend mass. While the
priest was performing his sacred of.
flee the roof fell and about 60 persons
were badly injured. These unfortu
mates were for hours without surgical
or medical assistance. The only thing
left standing in the church was
statue of st. Anne, the preservation
of which the poor homeless people ac'
cepted as miracle and promise of de
liverance from their peril
At Ottajano five churches and 10
houses fell under the weight of ashes
and cinders, which lie four feet deep
on the ground In the fall of the
buildings about II persons were killed
and many more were more or less Sc
verely injured The village is com
pletely deserted by its people. After
evacuation of the place the barracks
and the prisons fell in.
Reports from coast and inland towns
depict terrible devastation. San Gior.
gia, Cremona, Portici, Resina and Tar.
re del Greco have been almost com.
pletely abandoned The inhabitants
of Tore Annunziato are prepared to
leave on a moments warning.
Somma Vesuviana is another village
which has suffered most severely.
Most of the buildings in the villages
are of flimsy construction and have
fiat roofs and so are poorly calculated
to bear the weight of ashes and cind
ers that have fallen upon them. Inevit-
ably it will be found that a consider
able number of people have perished
by the falling of their homes. AL
though the eruption of the volcano is
less violent than it was "a hours ago
the ashes are still falling in great
quantities.
Thousands Of Refugees.
Refugees from the threatened or de-
stroyed villages are pouring into Ma
pies by the thousands, arriving in |
every description of conveyance and |
on foot. The roads are crowded with |
professions of men and women carry
ing crosses and crying piteously.
Special railway trains, warships and
steamers are employed in conveying
The homeless people to Naples, Rome
and Castellamarie, while large num-
Ders of persons are fleeing overland in
he direction of Caserta.
Not less than $4,000 refugees have
reached Castellamare, where the
steamer Princess Mafalda is anchored.
This vessel left the island of Capri
with 1000 passengers, including many
foreigners, but she was unable to
each her destination owing to the
sitting clouds of ashes and fumes and
gases from the volcano which envel-
,ped her a mile from the coast.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena have further endeared them
selves to the people by their activity
Il behalf of sufferers by the eruption
nd the government is exerting itself
or the relief of the destitute. This
work., however, is obstructed by the
of all means of transpor.
alton, which are monopolized in the
arrying of persons out of the zone of
anger.
The king and queen and their suites
rrived at Naples from Rome. When
he royal train reached the station
he eruption of the volcano was almost
t its worst, but both the king and
ueen insisted upon leaving immedi-
tely for Torro Annunziati, his ma
esty declaring: IF Tore Annunziati
; in danger it Is my duty to be there"
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