The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-26

ton, which are nOnOp0IIZeQ IN the
carrying of people out of the zone OF
danger.
KING AND QUEEN FEARLESS.
The King and Queen and their suites
arrived at Naples this morning from
Rome. When the royal train reached
| the station the eruption of the volcano
was almost at its worst, but both in
sisted upon leaving Immediately for
Tore Anunziata, the King declaring:
IF Tore Anunziata is in danger il
is my duty to be there
Travelling in automobiles and accom-
panied by the Duke and Duchess OF
Aosta and the Princess of Schleswig-
| Holstein, they set out for the afflicted
| districts. Touching scenes greeted
| them along the way. By the King
/, order there was no attempt to keep the
lpeople away from him. The sovereigns
visited Santa Anastasia. Cercola and
| Somma Vesuyiana, where they were
greeted with great enthusiasm.
The Minister of Finance has sus-
pended the collection of taxes in the
disturbed provinces. The military au-
thorities are distributing rations and
have placed huts and tents at the dis
posal of the homeless,
! Professor di Lorenzo. the scientist
! and specialist in the study of volcanoes,
! estimated that the smoke from We
suvius has reached the height of %, 900
| feet.
| The statement is made here that in
! the vicinity of Ottajano cinders and
ashes from the volcano lie to a depth
of $50 feet.
| TOWN OF NOLA BURNING.
| The town of Nola, an old place of
$1,000 inhabitants, twenty-five miles
| from Naples. was burning today under
the showers of ashes coming from the
crater, which were carried by the wind
as far as the Adriatic Sea.
| San Giorgio and Tore del Greco We're
| half buried in ashes and sand, and the
| roofs of many houses had fallen in or
were collapsing.
| About 1900 refugees from Vesuvius
had sought shelter here and elsewhere.
| Four thousand We're lodged in the
granite barracks
| An excursion steamship attempting
to reach Naples from the island of
Capri today had to return, as the pas
sengers were being suffocated by the
| ashes.
ANALYSIS OF THE ASHES.
| The quantity of ashes and cinders
| thrown UP by Mount Vesuvius within
| the. last twenty-four hours is unpre-
/ cedented. An analysis showed this dis
charge to be chiefly composed of iron,
sulphur and magnesia. When dry the
whole region seemed to be under a
gray sheet, but now, after a fall of
| rain, it appeared to have been trans
| formed into an immense lake of choco-
late.
| Some of the parish priests refused
to open their churches to people who
tried to obtain admittance, fearing that
an earthquake would destroy the
! buildings when full of people and thus
! Increase the list of disasters. Crowds
OF women thereupon attacked the
churches, pulled down the doors and
took possession of the pictures and
| statues of the saints which they car
| ried about as a protection against
| death.
Many people camped along the roads
and in the fields outside of Tore Anun-
ziata and Ottajano. where they thought,
! they would be safer than in the towns,
defying the elements, though nearly
| blinded by ashes, wet to the skin by
the rain and terrorized by the gigantic,
curved, flaming mass above resembling
| a scimitar ready to fall upon them.
! Only about 1000 out of $4,000 inhabi-
| tants of Tore Anunziata dared to re-
main in the town, which was patro1led
by soldiers.
| GRATITUDE TO ROYAL PARTY.
! When King Victor Emmanuel and
Queen Helena visited the towns and
villages in the path of the lava stream
the eruption of the volcano was most
violent. The royal party was received
with the most touching manifestations
of gratitude amid cheers and weeping
expressions of thanks and frantic ges-
ticulations of joy. The women kissed
the Kings hand and the Queens gown
exclaiming:
God sent you to u.s.
One of the women addressing the
King, cried:
If thou art our King, order the vol
cano to stop"
The sovereigns visited Santa Anas-
tasia. Cercola and Somma Vesuviana
arousing the same enthusiasm among
the people at those places as when
they first reached the scene of the dis
aster. At certain point the King and
his suite, who occupied several auto
clone of ashes and cinders which part
~ blinded, choked and stopped them
AS the Kings motor car was the first
and was some distance ahead of the
car in which the members of his suite
were riding, it was lost sight of for
some time in the clouds of whirlinc
ashes and considerable anxiety was
felt for his Majesty's safety But it
was discovered that the King had or
dered his automobile to be driven at
fuil speed ahead and had crossed the
path of the cyclone with great rapid
ity.
A short distance farther on. however
the. ashes We're four feet deep, making
it impossible for the royal party to con-
tinue their route in the motor cars
Consequently the King and his suite
descended and continued their way on
foot.
Later in the afternoon the royal
party returned to Naples and visited