Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-20
Streams Of Lava.

Naples, April l0.-Reports OF fatali'
ties consequent upon the eruption OF
Mount vesuvius are coming in. Ac-
Icording to information received late
at night probably as many as 500 lives
were lost. II is said that more
than zoo persons perished in the
Idistrict of San Giuseppe, while
from the ruins Of a church which
collapsed owing TO the weight of ashes
on The roof, forty-nine corpses were
extricated, and It is asserted that al
Sorrento thirty seven persons were
killed by falling houses,
Cavalry proceeding to the snccor o.
the inhabitants of the devastated sec
ton has been unable TO make prog
Iress. the rain falling on the ashes a
foot deep having made ii impossible
tor the horses to travel
| Terror reigned all day in the cities,
towns and country about Mount We
Suvius. Unconhrmed reports place
the number OF dead and injured at sew
sral hundred, but not many facts can
be obtained upon which to base an &C
Icurate estimate AT midnight the sit
luation appeared more assuring, the
lava streams having diminished IN voi-
lume and In some directions having
Ireased altogether, while q copious rain
fall is cooling the lava where 1t re
mains stationary.
Damage Done by cinders.
Almost equally VITA the devastation
rendered by tla ava is the damage
done by cindc and ashes, which in
almost incrc-sDls quantities have been
carried great distances. This has
Ieaused the practical destruction Of San
Guiseppe, a place Of 5000 Inhabitants.
All except 200 Of the people had fed
from Giuseppe and these 200 as
sembled In q church TO attend mass.
While the priest was performing his
sacred Office the roof fell in aud about
sixty persons were badly injured.
/ These unfOrtunates were four hours
without surgical or medical assistance.
/ AT Otta1ano. fve churches and ten
houses fell under the weight of ashes
and cinders, which lie four feet deep
On the ground in the fall OF the
bnldings about twelve persons were
killed and many were injured. The
village is completely deserted by its
people After the evacuation of the
place the barracks and prisons fell in.
Reports from coast and inland towns
depict devastation. San Giorgio, Gre
mona, Portici. ResIna and Tore del
Greco have been almost completely
abandoned. The inhabitants of Tore
Annunziato are prepared to leave 4;
moments warning.
Fifty Thousand Persons Homeless.
The loss to property by the volcano
.sutbreak is estimated at 100000
and it is announced that $4,000 per
sons have been rendered homeless.
Tore Gel Greco, Sarno and San Gen
naro have been evacuated and Por-
tici. Ciricello, Poggio and Morino are
practically uninhabitable. =
The situation at Tore Annunziata
has somewhat improved, as the cur
rent OF lava has ceased to threaten IL
At Tore del Greco the downfall of
ashes and sand continues. The In,
habitants are awaiting steamers to
escape from the danger zone.
San Gennaro is plunged in obscuT.
lty. The majority Of the houses have
fallen.
At San Giuseppe the ashes and sand
are over four feet deep. .....
All bodies Of those who were killed
In the church at San Giuseppe ON Men
day have been recovered, the number
being 105. Search Is being made Of
the houses NJ Ottajano, where fifty
eorpses ha n already been found. 1t
Is believed tnat there are still many
10 be recovered.