The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-20
MANY DEAD
And Fifty Thousand People Are
Made Homeless by
VESUVIUSE ERUPTION
The Property Loss Is Estimated A
Twenty Million Dollars. Overnight
Hundred Bodies Recovered from
the Ashes. Number of
Victims Increasing.

uue ASHeS. NuIlUeT vi
Victims Increasing.
A frightful disaster occurred on
Tuesday in the centre Of Naples. Two
hundred pe0ple, 1t Is estimated, were
buried In the ruins OF the market OF
Monte O,iveto, when the roof collap-
sed under the weight Of clnders from
the volcano. The 6;saater was appaii-
ing. The court yard covers six hun
dred feet square and vas rooted. The
space within was usually crowded with
buyers and their children. The acci.
dent happened at an btur when Grade
is most brisk. Rival disp'ayers tf flow.
ers screamed their wares and j)ted
with their customers. Little children
played about the stands, adding gaye.
ty to the scene, the like Of which il
not to b. witnessed oui side OF Naples.
Suddenly with, scarcely trcmOr o.
warning there was a. terrifying crash
and the brilliant sight disappeared IN
clouds Of dust while shriekS Of agony
rent the air.
WORSE AND WORSE.
A dispatch from Naples S2ys a great
eruption OF s&nd Is observed on the
east side Of the InaiD crater Wc6neS-
day morning. This is wcrse than ashts,
aS 1t Is heavier. The election Of asbes
seems to have dimisGed. Fresh ahQCkS
OF earthquakes are bsing felt, eSpecla,
lily in the erection OF O4tajano, Som.
ma and Nota. Fortunately the great
q wont nf cg1,cc = 4, 4 ln ,rprt,1 cncyou
to have counteractcd the action Of
the shocks. Another part OF tie cone
Of the volcano las fallen IN, causing 8
great discharge CT led hot htonta,
flames ano smoke. RI potts from Sicily
state that ashes from Mount V.suv.us
are noticeable there.
RKsUMING ACTIVITY.
The volcano is resumirg activity,
especially at Celcola. The strIgm CT
lava which stated anew IN the Circc
tion Of Tore dell Annupziata reached
the cemetery Of that town and then
turned In the direction cf Pympeii.
The troops are conveying provisions,
surgical accessories and material to DC
used for the relief OF the injured in
tho vicinity Of Ottajsno. The work of
rescue is being actively prosecuted. A
violent stO1m Of sulpIuiCus rain &C.
CURED Tuesday at San Giuseppe, We,
suviana and Saviano. Five hundred
persons have persisted in the district
between O.taiaDo and San Giuseppe.
MANY TERRIBLE SCENES.
Terrible reports are rehching Ma
pies from points throughout the dis.
tricts surrounding o t. jano.
sports indicate that an enormous
area Ia buried beneath ashes and in.
ders. All Efforts on the part Of the
press representatives aid authorities
TO ascertain the exact number WHIT
have already fallen victims to tie
erupttons OF Vesuvius have so far fail
ed. This Is scc )unted for from tie
ract that the buried villages are BOT
OF ACCESS and because tie people WIG
fled when their hCu,es ue9an TO fall
have scattered thrcu9 bout the Coun.
try districts. This tildiug Of ninety
Six bodies 1t determined as follows: AZ
San Giuseppe 40, at Tel zl9no 20, q,
OUt&janC 81. Ire weather suudonly
changed TUESDAY o. afternoon. The Wind
blew strongly toward Naples AID ash
es from Mount VCsuSius btgan fsliing
FAST over the City, Which Consequent.
ly soon resumed it, gray appearance.
The high wind also made breathing
difficult.
MANY CHILDREN LOST.
FORTY 1 hOuies lave &!ready bccu
taken out Of one Of the cliu,clcs at
Ottata jano.
The fate Ct many children st Otta.
jano is unknown. When tic mil tary
carts arrived at thG sceue Of disaster
Monday night The folGlGTS arranged
to have the children and aged people
get into the Carts, nut when tie We
h1cle had gone q few hundred feet ii
was found that althougn there were
four horses hafnesStd 10 each Wfgen,
they could NOT pull their leads thI0sgn
the deep ashes.
This caused a panic amDrg the Chit
dren, who expected 10 b. butild in tn
ashes from Tic volcano aad they Ge0
IN all directions la the darkness and
blind1rg lain and Lave nos since b6tn
heard OF,
Searching parties went after the
children but III spite o. clnUiLuuuS
shouting al.6 GAZING no tr.ca vas
round OF them AID IL Is feared that
the Children nave been lmOUhorcd ia
the ashes.
TweMty.aix moro dead bodies have
been fCuhd In the cLurcn Ct San Gu.
aeppe, making q total Cf seventy nin9.
The recent eruption Of VcSuvJus
was one Of tie n,Cst 0o8tructi &c to
life and plCperty in tho history Of
that famous vOicaro. Dispatches
from that unfortun2te region on
Thursday 10 rntnR stated that the
whole II tho VeSuyiu3 dis rich as far
az Naples, Caserta ana CGstcllarlmA5G
Is n vast Saharan oCSeTt. Inc
blockade or locaI trallic continues tut
has been rc-eSta bliShGd althouGn
greatly disarranged by tho lndcscrIb-
able co fusion In tie stations where
foreigners, not fully understanding
the situation, inveigh against the de-
lays and diScOmfortS to which they
have been su j cbad.
A dispatch from Naples says Thurs.
day WIS q ditquleting day in that
city. The people, alarmed by @haJ
has happened, deserted their shops,
and the manufactures were nearly ali
closed. The crowds were in q TEN
per for any excess, IL would only
have required a spark To start q con-
Migration. TNe ARRIVAL CT King
Victor Emmanuel AID Q leen Helena
did much so restore calm. They were