Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-10

tC WuS depict tcrrIhl" devastation. san
tii"rE". tr,Inui;a. PrrticI. RcSina and
TcIrc Del Greco have been completely
abandoned.
The nl.;bitauts "f T"rrc Auuunziata
are prepared t. leave ou u moments y
warming.
SommH N"suVinnma is another vii
lHgc which las suffered almost as
severely.
The mosj Of the buildings in Tie vii
lagcs are of llimSy character ana have
fiat roofs ana So are but poorly cal
cIlatcd To- bear the weight of ashes
and cindcrs that have fallen upon
them.
Inevitably IT will he found that Il
considerable uIinhcr of people have
peri:,hed by the falling or their homes
Although the eruption Of the volcano
is less violent than il was "a hours
ago the ashes are still falling in great
quantities.
Refugees from the threatened or de
Stroycd villages are pouring into
Naples by the thousands, arriving in
"lcry description of conycyanc" and on
foot. The roads are crowded with pro-
c"sSiunS Of men and women carrying
crosses HIII crying pitcously.
Special railway trains. WarShips ANA
steamers ar" employed i'm conveying
the homeless people to Naples. Rome
Hud CaStcllImarc. while large numbers
of peasants are fleeing overland in the
direction ot CaScrta. Not less than
~ 600 refugees have reached CaStclla
mare. Wh"r" the steamer Princess
MafalIu is anchored. This vessel left
the island Of Capry with 1000 pasScn-
gers. including many foreigners ON
board. but she was unable to reach
hcl destination owing to- the sitting
clouds Of ashes ana the fumes of gases
from the volcano which cmv"Iupcd her
!, mile from the coast
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena nave flIi th"r cudcarrd them
g lvos to the people hy their activity
ia behalf Of sufferers hy the crlipti"n
ana ih" government is cXcrtimE itS".r
Tor th,. relief of the destitute. This
work. however. is INSTRUCTED by tn"
congestion of Hll means Of triuSpOrta-
tinu which IN" mnnoroliZ,.d III Tie
carrying ul persons ont ~ the zon" of
danger.
The King nIII queen .uul their suites
arrived n NapIrsl this morning from
! Rome. When tn" royal train reached
/ tho station the eruption of tho vol
c;inn WAS almost at its worst but both
the King AMI Queen Insisted upon
leaving Immediately for Tore An
nunzihta, His Majesty declaring:
''If Tore AununZiatl is in danger il
is my duty To he there
TraVcinz, in automobiles tn" King
and Queen. the Duke ana Duchess of
Ansia ana the princess Of SchlcSWig-
| Hns'cin. who is Il guest of the latter.
set out without delay for the afflicted
districts. The royal party WAS receive /,
with the most touching manifestations
Of gratitude. amidst cheers ana weep
ins-. expressions of thanks ana frantic
/ gcstituttiona of JOY. Ey the Kings or
der there Was no attempt To keen tn"
people away from him. Women kissed
tho Kings hand and tho Queens gown
/ cxclaiminG: "Ciod sent you to us" one
of the women addressing the I<ine.
cried: II thou art our King order the
, voic;tuO To stop"
The SoVcrciSnS visited Santa An;is-
( ta:,il, Ccrcota. Somma and NcSuvinia
/ where they were greeted with great en-
! thuSiaSm.
! AZ certain point the royal party
! was struck by a small cyclone Of ashes
( and cindcrs. which partly blinded
/ chokcd and stopped them Aa the
/ Kings motor car was some distance
! aheaG Of the car in which the members
| or his suite were riding. it was lost
! sicht Of for Il time in the clouds of
/ whirling ashes and considerable anzi-
ETY. was felt for his safety. It was
found. however. that the King had or
dered his automobile to be driven at
fun speed ahead and had crossed the
path of the cyclone with great rapidi-
ty. \ short distance further on the
ashes were four feet deep. making it
impossible for the party to continue
their route in the motor cars. Conse-
ouently the King and his suite descend
ed and continued their way on foot.
7 lter in the afternoon the royal nor-