The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-10
Eruption Of YeSuviuS Kills
and Injuries Five Hundred.
MANY TOWNS ARE BURIED
Lava, Ashes and CinderS Cover
Houses, Farms and Vineyards.
KING VISITS DEVASTATED DISTRICTS


Peasant Calls on Ruler to Command
Crater to cease--Royal Party In Peri
From Cyclone of Volcanic Matter
Naples congested by Crowd Of Ref
ugees From Stricken viIIages-Ex-
emption of Statue From General De-
struction Hailed as Miracle-Trave
Near Mountain Made Difficult by
Smoke and Ashes In the Atmosphere.
Naples, April 10.-Terror reigns in
eli the cities, towns and country about
Mount Vesuvius Reports place the
number of dead and injured at 800.
The situation, however, appears more
assuring, the lava streams having d.
minished In volume and in some direc-
lions having stopped altogether, while
copious rainfall is cooling the lava
where it lies stationary. 1t is $50 feet
deep in places.
More than 10000 persons rendered
homeless, 1000 acres of vineyards,
olive groves and farm land devastated
and a dozen thriving villages blotted
out, the Royal observatory and noun
tain railway destroyed, besides the
lives reported lost, is the record of
devastation wrought up to the present
time by what has now become his
toric display Of Vesuvian fury.
Earthquake shocks have been inces-
SAINT here. The sunlight is obscured.
A constant shower of dust obscures
everything like a fog, and the air has
been filed with incessant rumblings
and thunderous explosions as the
mountain belched steady stream of
lava, cinders and incandescent rock
thousands Of feet into the air
A constant stream of refugees Is
pouring into the city by trains, street
cars, steamships and military carts.
The government has been swamped by
\ the thousands who have applied for re-
lief. Many are starving.
The conditions at Tore del Annun-
ziata and Pompeii have improved ow-
ing to the change in the direction taken
ny Lue uOWluS lava.
Killed by Fall of Houses.
On the other hand, the conditions at
Ottajano are worse Ashes and cinders
have fallen there four feet Deep and
frequent earth shocks are felt. Ten
houses and five churches have fallen,
twelve people have been killed and an
unknown number of persons Injured.
San Giorgio Tore del Greco, Por-
tici and Resina are half buried in ashes
and sand, and the roofs of many
houses have fallen in or are collapsing.
The towns have been abandoned.
Two hundred people, the remnant of
San Giuseppes 5000 inhabitants, gath
cred in a church for shelter While the
priest said mass the church collapsed,
injuring sixty worshlpers. The only
thing left standing was statue of st.
Anne and the people shouted, "a mir
acle!7
About 10000 refugees from Vesuvi-
ana have sought shelter in Naples and
elsewhere. -Four thousand are lodged
in the Granile barracks, this city.
King Visits Stricken District.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena and their suits arrived from
Rome and, entering automobiles, visit
ed the towns and villages Ia the path
of the lava stream pouring down the
sides of Mount VesuyIus. When the
train which brought their majestles ar
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 Annunziata, his
majesty remarking:
IF Tore del Annunziata is in dan
ger it is my duty to be there"
The Duke and Duchess Of Aosta and
the Princess of Sleswick- Holsteln, who
is a guest of the Duke and Duchess of
Aosta, soon afterward joined the king
and queen in their visit to the afflicted
districts. The royal party was received
with the most touching manifestations
OF gratitude amid cheers and weeping,
expressions of thanks and frantic GEES
tieulations of joy. The king forbade
the police and carbineers TO keep the
people away from him. so chat all could
approach him. The women kissed the
kings hand and the queens gown, ex-
claiming, God sent you to US" One
of the women. addressing the king
cried
IF thou art our king order the vol.
cano to stop
AT certain point the king and his
suit, who occupied several automo-
biles, were struck by a small cyclone
of ashes and cinders, which partly
blinded, choked and stopped them.
The royal party returned to Naples
and visited the temporary lodging
places prepared for the fugitives from
the Vesuvlan towns and villages.
An excursion steamer attempting to
reach Naples from the island of Capri
had to return as the passengers were
being suffocated BY the cinders.
The quantity Of ashes and cinders
Had Premonition of Husbands Death
New York, April TO- Having been
seized with premonition that her hus.
band was failing in health and con
WINGED that she should be at his side
Mrs. j Owen Jones, wife OF the Rev