The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-11-02
Loss OF LIFE
F,sa a Terrific S,oln That Visits Naples
and Island Of Isehia.
REPORT OF TIDAL WAVE

AKA V4AA Va SAS&~ ~ &At ~
Great Loss Of Life and Property Re
ported.-The Island Is Swep, and
Hundreds OF People Are Drowned.
The Damage to Property Amounts
20 Millions OF Dollars
The Island OF Ischia. in the Med
'te.raneao sea. Ii miles southwcs,
Of the city OF Naples. has os-o sso-u,
swept Eirs: reports gave ves;
considerable ioss OF lie from u3cl
wave. but the latest reports i2d!c~,e
that the victims are few.
Communication with the island IS
d.mcul. but brief dispatches from
Casa A!cc!ola state :ha, while II Is
believed some persons were killed b.:
the collapse OF houses. only one boi:
that Of q woman. has SO far beer
recovered.
Naples suffered from furious
storm OF wind aaa rain Sunday aig.-,
and all Monday. the damage amount
Ing to millions
Every section o. the city bears tAe
marks the gale aad the suburbs
verc even more seriously affected.
several persons being killed. Th"
surrounding country has been de-
vastated. great quantities o: grapes.
vines. trees. walls sn parts OF houses
being scattered about IN all direc-
tons.
An avalanche 0; stones and mud
ruahed down Mount vesuvlus a5ose
the Laws line OF the eruption o: 1926.
II swep: all before i; IS far IS the
town OF Port!ci. x wrecked the
tram line and engulced nearly sco,.
OF victims
Up to the present there is no co':-
armaeson OF the report that lschia
suffered from 8 tidal wave or se:.-
mic disturbance. II was IN the d.
rect path o: the hurricane wh:c3
eoeple over the house. il Casa Mic
ciola and other villages
After the earthquake IN 1883 these
places were rebuilt with the very
thsnnese houses. which were unable
to withstand the violence OF -,
storm Of the "a hours While i, IS
believed that there are some bodies
under the debris the very aimsy aa-
eu-e OF the structures probably pe-
mi.ted mos, Of the occupants TO es-
cape death or serious injury.
A d;spatch from Rome says the
ministry o. the interior received d
report that = tidal wave as Casa
Ntcciola. Or the island Of Ischi..
had drowned eco persons.
Communication with the islanc
has Teen interrupted and verlacae;oa
Of the report IS impossible four
mea Of war have been orle.ed TO
hurry to the scene with men and sup
plies.
Casa Mtcc!ola Is twelve m!les
southwest OF Pozzuoli At the Eco; %
Mount Epomo. Il was nearly de-
seroyed by an earthquake in Jaiv.
1855. when about 1900 lives wez-
lost It has s.nce been rebuff. and
has population OF about 1000.
The beautiful coasts OF the Bay
OF Nop.esa and the Gulf o, Salecao
and the islands OF Isch.a and Procida
have been devassed by 8 peculiar
combination OF the elements. The
exact number OF victims has not been
learned. but $50 persons are said
70 have seen killed. The monetary
loss ts great.
The disaster appears to have come
In the form OF q cyclone having
three eea:ers. the Hrst over the IS
land Of Ischia. the second over tie
town Of Tore Del Greco. on the east
coast OF the Bay OF Naples. and the
third sweeping the Gult OF Salerno.
Accompanying the cyclone were .
cloud burst. tidal wave and v;o-
lent e.rpcSons from Mouct Fesuvius
aad from a crater suddenly opened
on tho summit OF the long e1t!ct
Mount E>eneo. on the island 0: Is
chsa-
The coasts OF the mainland. whicn
Monday were beautiful with tnel,
growth Of orange. lemon and ranla-
rim trees. have been overrua With
rivers OF mud and ashes from 81:
Vesuvious. Human bodies aod the
earcasses Of dumb animals have been
discovered n the molten stream.
Sexf 70 the los. at Ischia. "a.
greatest damage was done In the
towns Of Portici. Tore del Greco.
Resino. Amala. Sorrento. Maiori,.
Ravello. Aag-i. Ponsecasnoa. Ce,erl
and Mcucte Corvino.
Tae station master on the r.:l-oac
at vietri. : mile md half ives: OF
Salerno. wss killed by an electric
shock while a:temp: ns to telegraph
tho news Of the disaster TO other
points
Reports from Ischia descr.S. Tie
situation there as distressing The
famous paths at Lucul!us have been
destroyed. At some points ,ae :2v,
from nj Eponeo is twenty feet dee,
When the cyclone Wa. At rs
height large hall stone. fell act
huge rocks detached from the noun
tain peaks came tuubl!ns down. Sev-
era; OF these must have weighed
severa! tons. One measured eighty
cubic yards
a. Tore del Greco the .oof OF
building was blown OF and. the
floors. coliapsiag. carried sailor.
his wife aad child OF l3 months ia;o
the celia. The woE2o was xiii,
and the husband with the 5aa;: u
his arms. escaped from Tho pace
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