The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-26
WRECK AND RUIN
.F|O[L0W|||..C'YCLONE |
Island Of Ischia and Vi
cinity Devastated by
Elements.
81 a (.
NO AMERICANS
IN 1ROUBE:Ll-.. I: |. I: ED d ZONE,
Long Extinct Mount Epomeo
and Vesuvius in Eruption.
Loss Of Life Will Reach One
Hundred-Heavy Prop
Z. erty Danage-Relief
Is Organized.

e Naples, S,AOctODerfAt 2o.-Ihe beautiful
coasts of the Bay OF Naples and the
Gulf of salerno and Islands Of Ischia
and Procida have been devastated by
a peculiar combination OF the ele-
ments.
The monetary loss is great Later
and more accurate reports reduce the
estimate of fatalities to about one
hundred. The greater number Of
deaths were at 8Cetara, on the north
coast OF the Gulf OF salerno.
The disaster appears to have come
in the form of a3cyclone having three
centres. the first over the Island OF
Ischia. the second over the town OF
Tore del Greco. on the east coast of
the Bay OF Naples, and the third
sweeping the Gulf or Salerno.
Accompanying the cyclone were a
tcloudburst. tidal wave and violent
seruptions from Mount Vesuvius and
from a crater suddenly opened on the
summit of the long extinct Mount
Epomeo. on the Island of Ischia.
Islands Suffer Most.
Ischia and the adjacent Islands SUI
fered most.
No Americans are reported in the
troubled zone. Foreigners have recent
ly given that section wide berth
because of the cholera spidemic.
throughout the night much con-
fusion existed. The failure Of the
electric and telegraph wires left the
territory in darkness and without
means OF easy communication.
Admiral Leonardo. Minister Of
Marine. is at Ischia organizing the re-
lief, for which 100000 Is already
available.
The coasts OF the mainland, which
Yesterday We're beautiful with their
growth of orange, lemon and other
trees. have been overrun With rivers
of mud and ashes from Mount We
Esuyius. Human bodies and the car
di.c covered in the molten e reaI m. sea's ~
The unique high road from ssorrs.rto
to Amahi and Salerno. formed by ter
races iii the mountain cliffs and bor-
dered with fruit trees and vines was
to-day. AT several
points landslides have occurred.
Next to the loss at Ischia the great
est damage was done in the towns
of Portici, Tore del Greco. Resina,
Ama1fi. Sorrento, Maori. Ravello,
Angri, Pontecragnano, Cetara and
IA1OnCecorSlnO. ny 80 ri
The station master on the railroad
at Vietri. mile and half west Of
iSalerno was killed by an electric
shock while attempting to telegraph
the news of the disaster to other
points.
Distress Mt IAchia.
Reports from Ischia describe the
situation there as distressing. The
famous paths of Lucullus have been
destroyed. AT some points the lava
deep.
enormous hailstones fell. Huge rocks
detached from the mountain peaks
same tumbling down.
| Some of these must have weighed
several tons. One measured eighty
cubic yards.
The Island of Ischia is in the Medi.
terranean Sea, sixteen miles southwest
!, of the city of Naples. Communicates
with the island Is difficult Ischia was
| in the direct path of the hurricane
(which toppled over houses In Casamic.
ciqla and sml other tnhas villages. arGn, q Z,
Estate that while It is believed some
lpersons5 were killed by the collapse
lof houses, the body of only one Wo.
imam has so far been recovered.
At&'rorre del Greco the roof OF &
building was blown off. The floor
lcollapsing. carried sailor. his wife
The woman was killed. The nus.
band. with the babe in his arms, es.
capped from the place, only to- be
drowned in the street, The ba by was
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