Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
LAVA FROM VOLCANO.
Mount Vesuvius in a Violent State
of Eruption.
Naples, April 10.-Monday was
While the Flow of Lava Is Dimin.
ished the Panic of the Inhabi-
tants Is Still Great-The
King Offers Aid.

Naples. Italy. = Monday was a
country about Mount Vesuvius. I'm
confirmed reports place the number of
dead and injured at several hundred
but not many facts can be obtained
upon which to base an accurate esti-
mate. At midnight the situation ap
pears more assuring, the lava streams
having diminished in volume and in
some directions having stopped alto
gether, while a copious rainfall is
cooling the lava where is lies station
airy.
Almost equally with the devastation
wrought by the lava is the damage
done by the cinders and ashes of which
Incredible quantities have been car
rIed great distances. This has caus-
ed the practical destruction of San
Giuseppe a place of 5000 inhabitants
All but 200 of the people had fed from
San Giuseppe and these 200 assembled
in church to attend mass While
the priest was performing his sacred
offices the roof fell in and Ebout
go persons were badly injured These
unfortunates were for hours without
surgical or medical assistance The
only thing left standing in the church
was statue of st. Anne the preserva-
ton OF which the poor, homeless, peo-
pie accepted as miracle and promise
OF deliverance from their peril.
Helena and their suites arrived here
Monday morning from Rome and en-
tering automobiles visited the towns
and villages in the path of the lava
streams pouring down the sides of
Mount Vesuvius. When the train
which brought their majesties here
arrived at the station the eruption of
the volcano was most violent. But
both the king and queen, although
greatly fatigued, insisted upon leav-
ing Immediately for Tore Annunzia-
ia, his majesty remarking IF Tore
Annunziata is in danger it is my duty
to be there
Naples, Italy.-The hope that Mt.
Vesuvius was becoming calm was dis
sipated Sunday when the volcano be-
came more active than ever.
The panic was spread to Naples.
Two strong earthquake shocks which
shattered windows and cracked the
walls of buildings were experienced
Sunday. The entire population rush
ed to the streets in terror, many per-
sons crying THE Madonna has for
saken us; the end of the world has
come
No trace remains of Bosco Trecase.
commune on the southern decliyi-
ty of the mountain, where up to 4S
hours ago ten thousand persons lived;
and Tore Annunziata, on the shores
OF the Gulf of Naples one mile to the
southwark, is almost surrounded by
the invading lava and has been evac-
uated by its thirty thousand inhabi-
tants. The people were brought to
Naples by trains, street cars, military
carts and steamships. Similar means
of transportation are being employed
to bring away the people from Tore
del Greco. The police and carbineers
are guarding the abandoned houses,
and several members of the govern
ment are also there.
The observatory has been DESTROYED
and Signor Matteucci, the director
and the employees had narrow es-
caRes. They passed Saturday night
IN the darkness, save for the frequent
flashes of lightning as the gas works
and electric lighting plant also were
destroyed The restaurant of thc
Funicular railroad, too, has been OBJ
liberated