The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-10
Winter Lap Spring Luckily Before She Got Her New Easter Su

iured.
Serious apprehension is felt for the
inhabitants of the country in the vicin
ity Of the tawn of Cascrta. termed the
Versailles of Naples, place of about
$4,000 inhabitants, in whose direction
the lava has been flowing.
The town of Nola. an old place Of 10
900 inhabitants twenty-five miles from
Naples, is being buried under the
showers of ashes coming from the era
ter which We're carried by the wind AS
Car as the Adrlatic sea.
Slu Giorgio and Tore del Greco are
half buried in ashes and sand, and the
roofs Of many houses have fallen in or
are colapSng
About 100000 refugees from Vesuvi-
ana have sought shelter in Naples and
elsewhere -Four thousand are lodged
in the Granle barracks, this city.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena and their suits arrived from
Rome and entering automobiles, visit
ed the towns and villages in the path
of the lava stream pouring down the
sides of Mount Nesuyius When the
train which brought their majesties air
rived at the station the eruption Of the
volcano was most violent But both
the king and queen, although greatly
fatigued, insisted upon leaving imme-
diately for Tore del AnnmzHta. his
majesty remarSing:
IF Tore del Annunziata is in danger
il is my duty TO I've there"
The Duke and Duchess OF Aosta and
the Princess of Slcswick Iolstein. who
is u guest of the Duke aud Duchess
of Aosta, soon afterward joined the
king and queen in their visit to the af-
iicted districts The royal party was
received with the most touching mani
festatiOnS of gratitude amid cheers and
weeping expressions of thanks and
frantic gesticuations OF joy The king
forbade the police and curbineers to
keep the people away from him so that
all could approach him. The women
kissed the kings hand aud the queens
gown. cXclaming God sent you to
us" one of the women, addressing the
king, cried
IF thou art our king order the vol
cano to stop,"
The ~overeens visited Saula Anas-
tasia Cercola Somma and Nesuviana.
arousjng the same enthusiasm among
the people at those places as when
they first reached the sccue of the dis
aster.
At a certain point the king and his
suit who occupied several automo-
hiles. were struck 10y a small cyclone
of ashes and cuders, which partly
blinded choked and stopped them As
the kings motor ear was the first and
was some distance ahead of the ears In
which the members of his suit were
riding. il was lost sight OF for some
time in the clouds of whrling ashes.
and considerable anxiety was felt for
his maiesty'S safety. but it was dis
covered that the king had ordered his
automobile to be driven at full speed
ahead aud had crossed the path of the
cyclone with great rapidlty \ short
distance further on, however. the ashes
were four feet deep. making it impos-
sible for the royal party TO continue
their route in the motor cars. couse-
Quently the king and his suit descend
ed and continued their way on foot
The royal party returned TO Naples
ard visited the temporary lodging
places prepared for the fugitiyes from
the Vesuyian towns and villages.
All the trains are delayed owing to
the tracks being covered with cinders.
aud telegraphlc communication with
all points is badly congested
The stream of lava which has been
threatening Tore del Annunziata, Il
town of 2S.0S4 Inhabitants twelve miles
from Naples. on the road to Castellam-
mare, has remained stationary since
Sunday evening, so that the danger
that the place would bc overwhelmed
appears TO have passed.
When the last train was leaving Bos-
cotrecase a fresh crater opened near
the observatory station.
An excursion steamer attempting to
reach Naples from the island of Capri
had to return as the passengers were
being sutfocatcd 10y the cinders.
The quantity of ashes and cinders
thrown up by Mount Vesuvius within
the last twenty four hours is unprece-
dented.
At many places the people We're suf-
fering from panic and state Of confu-
sion existed. which was added to by
superstition. Some of the parish
priests refused to open their churches
to people who tried to obtain admit
lance. fearing that an earthquake
would destroy the buildings when full
of people and thus Increase the list OF
disasters Crowds Of women there
upon attacked the churches. pulled
down the doors and took possession OF
the pictures and statues of the saints,
which they carried about MS n protec-
tion against death
Many people camped along the roads
and in the fields outside of Tore del
Annunziata and Ottaiano, where they
thought they would he safer than in
the towns, defying the elements though
nearly blinded by ashes. wet to the
skin by the rain and terrorzed by the
gigantic, curved, flaming mass above,
resembling scimitar ready TO fall up