The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-25
Worlds Oldest Volcano Again
Belching Death and Des- Il
truction to Italy
HOUSES HURLED DOWN 4
AND CARRIED AWAY Y:
IN TERRIFIC STORM
Provinces and Roads Inundated b
Torrential Rains After Cloud
burst-Rescue Work
Impossible.

NAPLES, Oct. 25-As the new
slowly filters in from the districts 1sigs
aged by yesterdays storm. floods o.
subsistence Of the earth due to voloa
action. the magnitude Of the d.
grows. 1t is admitted by tho aut1
ties that the death list exceeds RI
at Ischia and In the provinces ~
lerno and Naples. sass +
Thirty feet OF mud covers many
the roads in the provinces OF Mr.
and Seierno- Soldiers have been 49,
cd at the work OF rescue ond rG11
but their progress must necessnFffr
slow because q the blocking u
roads
Here in Naples many houooa o43
iapsed. This was due 10 suhS16eG
OF the surface OF the earth due % n
recent volcanic eruptions. ana thu Y
habitants OF the city are in sta&o 9
panic.
The disaster was due to the co1 4
hination OF torrentiai rains ana civ q
bursts simultaneously with IN a. .
break o: Mount vesuvius. The eo(
of the Island Of Iscnia. stxtean ~
southwest Of Naples. In thu lGe61
renean, were swept by 4 mounfn
tidal wave. The extent 81 mn 6S5|1 ~
age from this source cannot ~ 1S17
ed because OF the destruction III
cable between Naples and the inInz a]
The project of Naples cent SG
pedo boat and a large detachmenf
! troops tn 1schia to undertake. W0f1
Rescue. and as soon AZ the noWmS
the disaster reached the king ha
reeted that three battlesnips ana f03
cruisers be hurried to tins Island VI
Isehia from the nearest ports. TI41
Narships carry emergency ratione GS5
shelter tents. as well az ! mr.
supply of medicines. n sza
Help Needed. a
a telegram received from the u1a1l
of Casamfcciola says that that
has been very badly dAinaeod
that help il urgently needed. Ik
possible that the loss Of life thArn =
| be heavy, as there are rumors tlsak r.
! extinct volcano Mount Epoman 2
again active. The town, which T.
DESTROYED by the volcano Of July. 19
was rebuilt by governmental af&.
has been much resorted to on afsse7Is
OF Its baths and warm alkaline
saline springs. In the earthouah
1919 LOO lives were lost Eoffnn
I y there were no tourists theEos
notes having been emptied foll0v
the cholera scare. American nain
Robert Hale. Of st. Paul, MINI.
returned from there few dayu
said to-day that only natives ru1naSl
in the city. SssEg
| The entire slopes OF Mount vn
We're swept by efoudbur1ts anA u
thousands OF tons of lava ana
accumulated along the croafn q
mountain since the last perloue
ton We're swept down into IT,
cent valleys. leaving death ana
iation in their wake. Floods apNf
ported at Cetara. Amalfi. HalNfnN
| In other places. The damage II
mated in millions. although 10
tive estimate is possible for -
DAYS, and the later reports may
terialls reduce these figures.
/ Captains of vessels that Wor0
ohored In the Bay Of Naples
Sunday night say there muek
been submarine eafthuualra
much as their craft heaysd FIT
and In several instances tlrneeeE
anchors II was about this ~
| Vesuvins belchad mud and
This preceded the cloudburst M
than an hour.
Signor Sacchi Minister az vxf
Works. and Admiral Leonardo
heen directed TO make survey
stricken district and reccmmAm6
aid as may be needed.
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