New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

1ecIhes on5 were precipitated toward Mount Somma
cri,,o cr1 me observatory, That seemed to be the
iIiucdi moment and the brigadier OF the car
Ioheers ordered retreat We made our way TO
q small house down the mountain side. but even
15 eIIse the rain Of stones continued. one Of ;he
IHluieTS was struck on the head and badly cut
decreased.
The mountain climb gave the correspondent
an opportunity to the desOlatou in the
stricken districts The route was through Portic
ana Resfna passing over Herculaneum. to
Pompe Here the ashes had fallen 10 the depth
Of three feet. and hundreds OF military wagons
and squads OF soldiers pins them in four
parallel drifts feet high, through which filed
a motley throng of fugtives and lines of wagons
The fugtives miseTahla lot. covered with
rags. Many of them Were children who car
riea babies in their arms. some of the latter
CARRYING bright new toys the result Of the mis-
applied charity from the fashionable villas
Portici was sorry sight. The houses were
streaked with mud and ashes up the window
sils. Five hundred refugees gathered
before the City Hall demanding help. Ponpeii
and Herculaneum We're closed up. huge ash piles
dammng the entrances
The lower slope of the mountain is dotted
with villas and groves of orange. apricot. al
mond and olive trees all Of which were blasted
under the sea OF ashes. The donkey on which
the correspondent rode lahored through ashes
two teet deep. A weird silence enveloped the
scene. Even the birds had disappeared. The
route lay across the lava beds elected in the
eruption of 1872. Naples family visible
below through a curtain of smoke. AS the cor
respondent journeyed upward new crater sud
denly opened and from the summit of the vol
cano enormous clouds of sand and steam shot
skyward. The native guides hesitated, saying
that warning had already been given OF an
other outbreak to-day. Fortunately il was a
passing manifestation Toward the top of the
mountain the picture was one of desolation: but
old natives emerged from their dugouts just
below the observatory. offering milk and eggs tn
the party. Nesuvius has terrors for them.
The sounds of mandolin came from one of
the dugouts which scarcely visible above
the ashes
Professor Matteucci in a bulletin issued this
afternoon at Naples. said;
|. The Instruments in the observatory are rela-
lively calm The crater continues 10 discharge
sand but with less violence l am awaiting in
formation regarding the streams of lava toward
BOsCotreCaSe, 10 which cannot go IN person
The conditions IN the zone surrounding me indi
cate that complete cessation Of the eruptive
phase is near.
Several more bodies found at Ottaiane
to-day. Thorough disinfection has been made
there, at San Giuseppe and at Santa Anastasia
Part Of the roof OF the station at Tore de
Greco fell to-day. No injured.
An abundant rain of ashes fell at Pompeii. and
party from the Polytechnic Institute In Lon.
d don blocked there for the whole day.
There was also a considerable fall Of ashes al
Ottajann and Castellamare. sulphur fumes
coming from fissures which have opened al
Ottajano. and there are fears that a new crater
may open there and swallow up the town
Basaltic masses exploded there to-day. slightly
Wounding several soldiers
The Duke Of Aosta day boarded the flagship
Of tho French squadron in these waters II,
was received at the gangway by the French
commander. Admiral Moncerau. whom the dul1.
warmly thanked in the nama OF King Victo,
Emmanuel and OF the people OF Naples for III.
sympathy shown ny France The crews Of the
French warshps. In addition 10 rendering all tn,
assistance possible ashore. contributed S3.tNo tC
tn" fund being raised for the relief OF the suf
f~rers
Sly Thomas Upton arrived here to-day or
hoard his yacht Erin. He visited some OF tn,
devastated towns and villages
The British armorcd cruiser Leviathan arrived
here to-day 10 express the sympathy OF Great
Britain
Rome. April liking Victor Emmanuel has
decorated Signor Matteucci with the rank ot
commander Of the Order Of he