The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-26
200 DEAD AROUND NAPLES
M iHERICtNS SEW To BE
IONT lT ISCHTl.
Town. aud Villages 0NerwheImed ny
Nalanchrs OF Mud Saierno Coast
-trrun Win wreck age People In
Dc,pair Government Relief work.

~rF.... no I.fF.f' y % W ~
Row u"t % Later reports ara far
from diminishing IN. extent 1t the dts
astsr 20 the Ray 1t Naple, and the Gun
# Sllernu IN SUNDAY night They fail
A. v.t Co. account Tor n IN any consistent
maru"r Whether an earthquake, a tidal
Nav, % a ,Ipilihurst ~ combination VI
al 'hrea cau-ad the widespread rum and
los 90: lIic along many mIl'f, - shore and
on the islands near 10y cannot yet he told
with certainty
The towns chiefly damaged are CASA
mIc,Iola. Li,co. Am"uo. Posltano. lorr"
de- Gree EssiUa and PortiCi m IN"
province Of Naples. and Amalh. Nietrl.
Major Niuori. Pontecagnano and Cetara.
province Il Silerno There were victims
.y"ryWh,r" Thus fi' eighty dead hav"
t,.an recovered together with a countless
numu'r - injured
Tho total number 81 deaths - Con-srva-
tIyr, estimated ~ from -" to 2~ The
streets IN many places are burned under
several i'", 81 mud mud The swollen
nver, have flooded enormous areas
VIZ aud Mr. Taylor and Miss Ashley. all
OF New Nors ar" staying ~ tn" Hotel
SAntinclla IasimIcClola Mrs Gibson.
mother Il Charles Dana Gibson. ~ az
IschIa Al ar" reported =" he safe
"Details. when ar" slowly arriving.
show that ,J.h a Ntctad town and village
hA- its own tale ~ horror dozen were
killed here and score Their" Houses
and churches w.r" rized The loss IN
crous - Incllcullhl" The 500 81 the
Salcrno coast is covered With wreckags.
consisting Of ruined houses. furniture.
timh"rS trees and oar"ass.'s IT animals
some parents. seeking 10 escape. seized
their children. but w"r" engulfed IN m"
howIng mud The mud m some 81 the
valleys below Mount Ponce - twenty feet
deep
When the Minister of Marine reached
A,hIa tho islanders mohh-d him CrRzily
clAmorine for food and tents More
soldiers will bs sent there The hulk II
the inhabitants are show ing the same help
less DESPAIR thar was manifested AZ the
time ~ the Me-sina earthpuak" They
refuse 20 work and leave everything that
10 70 ~ don" 10 the soldiers
Nlany persons are still chuRinE 10 m"
houseJnls where they He'd 10 ape the
first torTan,s IT mud and water Com
munic.tion los land with the affected towns
il sin Impossible owing To the landslide
All the ra.crIa work - heinc done from
ships Numbers of m" injured are on
board tn" hospital -nlIs
King Victor - "NI "c'Hd 20 '.-t m"
strick en- area The Pop" has -"n' money
for m. sufferers and has eNh'r'ed IN"
clergy TO COOPERATE wl'h IN" Gao, rrnm"nt
authorities 100 m" work Il I"iIef When
the Pore learuci - the disaster h" eN-
claimed that ~" Succession ~ caiarnIti"~
IN southern Italy was token u DwIu"
wrath All h. faithful. h" sand should
ioln IA iny oSInE mercy
Though me exact nature IT the d.
ulrhanCa has not '""u determined, 90 .
seems clear thai the hui, ~ 'ha dau,aC" ~
Ischia was caused by A. alanrh'. IT r",--
which had rscn loo-on"d bv i"rr"u'lai
rains /, Ia not Vet po-sible 20 reach ih"
upper half - m" villas"
A. Cetars ON IA. GUlf 81 Sa'"rno. .
twelve bodies ha." b'"u recovered and
nine injured person. n"r" found Two
thirds 81 the villa g wss DESTROYED
The damage rtu-.i hy IN" storm va
imrn.nza Torrents uf mud "lgnt-"u .
feet doom hurled pouIi"r~ against ~" .
Wooian lou--- \ and-lId. olu-.d
portion 81 Mount Lppm"n. an extinct .
volcano. g. .cra-h down on 'h" town y .
CasSamIc..pp some Of co." fragments
waighe' seven tons
4 carbineer whp IRA v"d 'h" storm -Vc-
o"adai % r"ac,rrg Rrpr.da. npp 49," tho
lsland ~ l-.uIf. M ar "r-'n boat ~"
found that ~" ?. laErarh wIr"- were not .
workirR and -tguall"i ny -"msrhor" O." .
Cap. Nis"nr 'rr r"h"t
shly- have npw reached tho -r"n" " '
the Disaster ana de'i-I'a news - expected .
in srprr uu.a ~" 90 d.. very rough .