The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
MANY DEAD
And Fifty thousand People Are
Made Homeless by
VESUVIUs ERUPTION

VESUVIUS ERUPTION
The Property Loss Is Estimated Al
Twenty Million Dollars: Over Eight
Hundred Bodies Recovered from
the Ashes. Number of
Victims Increasing.
A frigh:iui disaster occurred Q:
Tuesday in the centre Of N&plss. T1t
hundred people, it is estimated, waze
bur;sd IN the ruiCs C: the narksU c:
Monte O'ireto, when the r1of e2l1:'
SEQ under the sejght Of c;noers fivI
the volcano. The disaster was appais
ing. The court yard covers SIX huc'
drsd feet square and was roctea. Ths
space within was usually crowded wl5S
buyers and their Children. Ihs scc!'
dant happened at an hour wcea ..rs'1s
is most brisk. Rival GiSciayerSt Il 4 > =.
ess screamed their ~ares sn2 :Kso
with their customers. Little Children
plaYed about the STANDS, adoirg saEe'
ty TO the scene, the Ike OF Woica Is
not to b, Witnessed ou s.ds O. Nap e.
Suddenly with scarcslg 8 tramcr o:
warning there vas terrifying crash
and tbs brilliant sight Glsarpearsd IN
clouds Of Dust willie shrieks q sg2n:
rent the air.
WORSE AND WORSE.
A cispascl from Naples sayS srsss
eruption c. san3 S ohse1qso ca TIE
east SIDE OF the mSip crater Weones-
Gay ncsDirg. Tlis is verse ta$n asssS,
as 1t is heavier. TIE election CT ss2es
seems to have GimiSl &c. Fresh shocES
of eartt to2akss ars b.jHS talE, e:pscia'
l:7 in tie S:rect!2n C O.,:jano, SoG-
ma and No;a. Follun1.sly tie erea;
amount Of sshes On tbs grvuno seem:
to Laye couuG:rsc-et. tee acs:oc q
the shocks. Ac>,;,er paTy O! tie ccHe
OF the vc!CsJ 0 La fl.lan IN, ceusiLg 6
great discharge tf Gec huI stehes,
flames anc snccke. R:po:tS from Sci:
state thst asneS f:Cn Mount F-sGV:us
sre noticesb there.
RESUMING ACTIVITY.
The yo!ca.o IS rsSum;;g activity,
especially at Ce,cola. The stream CT
lava which sta} ted anew - the ol1ec
tion OF Tore del Anaunziata rescheo
the cemetery Of thai ttWn ARD tnep
tprre6 in the 6iiection cf P-l psi.
The t1ccrs ale Ct IV-!irg provisions,
surgical sccessClies aUc DaIerial to Ce
useo for tie relief CT tie Injured IL
the vicinity of Oi;sj4ro. The work Of
rescue Is being actively prosecuted. A
violent slcrn CT sDlphu:cuS rain &C.
CURED Tuesday al San Giuseppe, We.
suviana and Saviano. Five hundred
persons have persisted in the district
between O. i.no ard San Giuseppe.
MANY TERRIBLE SCENES.
Ternple rspvrls afc feacGipg Na
pies from points throcehouS tie ois'
tricts surrounding 0 {. jano.
Rt ports inolcaie that an enormous
area is turied benesth ashes anc can
6ers. AL Efforts On the part CT tae
press Representatives AID aut1orl1.eS
to ascertain the sxzc1 rCmosr WhC
have already fallen victims 10 the
eruptions or Vesuvius ha7e SO far csll-
ed. Tois is accounted fer from tie
fact that the burieG villages are lot
Of access and b cause tie people VIC
fed when their houses iegsn 70 fail
have scattered Throughout the ccuc'
try districts. Th- finding OF ninety
six bodies it determined as fellows: At
San Giuseppe -, at TIE; zieno 20, al
O5tai iano 81. TIE weather suocenly
changed IussGas az -eEnoon. The WHO
blew strongly toWsrd Naples AID ASA.
es from Mount VesuVtus bsgan falling
fast over the city, Wnicc volseQuent'
II soon resumed its gray appearance.
The high wtrd also made breathing
difficult.
MANY CHILDREN LOST.
Forty. n,le oOo!es cave aIready peer
taken out OF cne OF the churches st
O5sstajano.
The fate Ct many children ct O5ta.
jano is unknown. Whsn tie nilitsr!
carts arrived st the sceae Ct disaster
Monday night the soldiers arranged
to have the children and aged pecpis
get into the carts, but when tie We
hicle hs6 gone few hundred fsea 1t
was found that although there 3ess
four horses harnesseG TO each wagon,
they could not pull theis leads sh1oiga
the deep ashes.
This caused panic among the cni4-
dren, who expected 70 ba buried il the
ashes from the volcano ano tlsy fac
in all directions In the darkness and
binding rain AID have nct SINGS bsen
heard Of,
Searching parties went after the
children but in spite G; ccn5inu3uo
shouting and calling no sr&ca vas
found OF them AID is is fea-sd thai
the Children have been scot-ertd =
the ashes.
Twsaoy-six more Gesd podi=s have
bsen flun1 in tie cGCrcG CT SsE Gu
seppe, mak.lg tCtal Ct ssvs2.y nine.
The rscen: e,up.iun O. Vesuvsus
was ore OF tee ucst ocse.ucIiie ac
life and property il l1e his.ory CT
that fanous vo.caro. Dispatches
from that urioTiuna5e leieica os
Thursday morning stated taa5 tie
whole Ct the VesuvilS dis .ricc as 1ar
IS Naples, Caserta aud Caste!laGn2re
IS one vast Saba1aa desert. Tne
blockade OF Local traffic coc:inuss tus
service on the main hGes OF .ailEsy
has been re-ss.a b,ishec ai.EousG
greatly disarIaDgsc by tie lnSescfio-
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