Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-04-13

town covered with feet of ashes and Gin
ders; 10 houses, churches collapsed; Il
persons killed; unknown number injured;
prison and barracks destroyed; town de-
serted.
SAN GIUSEPPE, 10 miles from Naples,
6Q00 people; practically destroyed by ashes,
church collapsed go persons injured.
PORTICI, miles from Naples, 5000 peo-
Pile; partly destroyed; deserted.
CASERTA, miles north of Naples, $4,000
people; menaced by lava streams.
NOLA, % miles from Naples, 5000 PEG,
pie; being buried under showers of ashes.
SAN GIORGIO, miles from Naples, half
buried under sand and ashes.
NAPLES, crowded with 10000 refugees;
city covered with several inches of ashes;
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BODIES IN CONFESSIONAL.
The scenes at Ottajano when the first
victims were unearthed there were most
terrible The positions of the bodies
showed that the victims had died while
in state of great terror, the faces being
convulsed with fear. Three bodies were
fallen churches.
One body was that of an old woman
who was sitting with her right arm
raised as though to ward off the advanc-
ing danger. The second was that of a
child about years old 1t was found
dead in position which would Indicate
that the child had fallen with a little dog
close to it and had died with one arm
raised across its face, to protect itself
and it's pet from the crumbling ruins.
The third body, that of woman, was
reduced to an unrecogniZable mass.
These three victims were reverently laid
side by side while a procession of friends
and relatives offered up prayers beside
them.
Other bodies which were found later
caused such an impression among the al
ready frantic population that the authori-
ties did not deem it advisable to permit
any more bodies to be identified for the
present. Forty-nine bodies have already
been taken out of one of the churches at
Ottajano.
HERO SOLDIERS AT WORK.
Many tales are told of heroic rescues
on the part of the soldiers sent to the
assistance of the sufferers from the vol
canic disaster, at Ottajano and else
where.
One man rode his horse through the
ashes reaching up to it's TANKS. at Otta-
jano. calling out who wants help? Who
wants help?" He was rewarded by hear
ing woman's voice reply in weak tones
and. springing from his horse, the sol
der called a comrade to his assistance
and t1oundered among the ashes until he
arrived at the ruined walls of a house,
from which the voice seemed to come.
FINDS CHILDREN DEAD.
AS he made his way towards the build
ing the soldier shouted words of EN-
enlargement and. climbing over a heap
of ruins and Drawing a topping wall. he
entered the building and in the cellar
found the bodies of three children. Near
them was woman, barely alive, who
by almost superhuman efforts lasting for
hours had succeeded in freeing herself
from q mass Of debris which had fallen
upO:! her.
The soldier picked the woman up in
his arms and carried her to a place of
safety, where it was fMlnd that both her
legs We're broken and that she had been
badly crushed about the body. 1t is be-
lieved she will live. although she endured
further suffering for some time after her
rescue, owing to the difficulty experienced
III finding a surgeon to attend her.
OFFICIALS ARE SCORED.
The Indignation Of the people here as
q result of the market disaster increases
as each additional body is taken out and
Il disturbance approaching riot in i'm
portance has already occurred. The peO-
pie loudly insist that the authorities were
aware that the roof of the market was
unsafe and that they were so excessively
economical that they would not appro-
pirate the funds necessary to repair the
building.
The Identification of the bodies of a
number of those killed by the collapse of
the market place was found to be impos-
siblc, owing to their being absolutely I'M
recognizable.
The Duke of Aosta during the morn
ing in order to encourage the people,
tried to visit the villages buried or partly
buried under the ashes from the volcano,
but it was impossible to proceed i'll It
motor car or on foot so he tried horse
back and by making strenuous efforts
succeeded in directing the work of res
at the point of death.
FRANCE SENDS HELP.
PARIS, April 10.-The council of min
listers has decided to send a division of
French warships to Naples to take part
il the efforts being made to succor the
sufferers from the outbreak Of Mount