The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-27
LOSS...OF LIFE
Ffon a Terrific Stern Thai visits Naples
aanlalslana Of Isehia.
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REPORT OF TIDAL WAVE

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Greet Loss OF. Life and Property Re-
ported.-The. Island Is Swept and
Hundreds of People Are Drowned.
The Damage to Property Amounts
to Millions Of Dollars.
! The Island Of Ischia. In the Med
'te.raneaa, sea, lG miles southwest
Of the city Of Naples, has beep storns
swept. First reports gave very
considerable, loss Of life from tidal
wave. but the latest reports indicate
that the victims are few.
Communication with the island is
difficult but brief dispatches from
Casa Micciola state that while it ss
believed some persons were killed by
] the collapse:of houses, only one body
that, of a woman; has SO far been
recovered. =
!. Naples suffered from a furious
storm OF wind and rain Sunday night
and all Monday, the damage amount
ing to millions.
Every section Of, the city bears the
limarks the gale, and the suburbs
| were even more seriously affected,
several persons being killed. Tho
surrounding country has been de-
vastated, :, great qpantes;. of. grapes:
| vines. trees, walls an parts of:houses
being scattered about in all d1rec-
| tons. !, !ss:,. w.: =.
An avalanche tnf stones end mud
! rushed down: Mount Yesuvius above
the lava line OF the eruption Of 1896.
1t swept all before It as far as the
town OF Portici. I. It wrecked the
tram line and engulfed nearly a score
| of victims.
Up to the present there is NO con-
firmation Of the report that lschia
suffered from q tidal wave or sela-
mic disturbance. 1T was in the di-
rect path Of the hurricane which
topple over. the houses in Casa Mic
ciola and other villages.
After the earthquake in 1888 these
places. we're rebuilt with the very
thinnest houses which were unable
to withstand the violence Of the
storm Of the "a hours. While 1t ts
believed that there are some bodies
Under the debris the very fimsy na.
ture OF the structures. probably per
mitted most Of the occupants to es-
cape death OF serious injury.
"A dispatch from. Rome says the
ministry of the interior received q
report that a tidal wave; as Casa
Micciola. on the island Of Ischia,
had drowned 200 persons.
!, Communication with thu .,igland
has been interrupted and verification
Of the report is impossible. Four
men of war have been ordered to
hurry to the scene with men. and sup
plies. 49,
Casa MfccloIa is twelve miles
southwest of ,Pozzuoli at the foot ot
Mount Epomo. It was nearly de-
stroyed by an earthquake in July,
1888, when, about 1.700 lives were
lost. It has since been rebuilt and
has population. Of about 4, 900.
The beautiful coasts OF the Bay
Of Noplesa and the. Gulf Of Salerno
and the islands Of Ischia and Procida
have been. devasted by peculiar
computation Of the. elements. The
exact number CT victims has not been
le:uned. but ESQ persons are said
70 have been killed. The monetary
loss Is great.
The disaster appears to have come
In the form Of a cyclone having
three centers. the first over the IS
land Of Ischia, the second over the
town Of Tore Del Greco. on the cast
coast Of the Day or Naples, and the
third sweeping the Gulf or Salerno.
Accompanying the cyclone were 4
cloud burst. "a 'idal wave and rio-
lent eruptionS from Mount EesuTlus
and from crater suddenly opened
on the summit Of the long extiet
Mount Eremeo. on the island Of Is
CHA.
The coasts OF the mainland which
Monday were beautiful with their
growth of orange, lemon and manda-
rim trees. have been overrua With
rivers OF mud and ashes from M.
vesuyious. Human bodies and the
carcasses or dumb animals have been
discovered in the molten stream.
Next to the loss at Ischin. tho
greatest damage was done in the
towns Of Portici. Tore del Greco.
Resino, AInalfi. Sorrento. Maiort.
Ravello, Angri. Fontecagnoa. Cetcra
and :Mounte Corvino.
The station master on the railroad
at VIctri, : mile and halt wes: Of
Salerno. was killed by nr electric
shock while attempting to telegraph
the news OF the disaster to other
points.
Reports from ischu dcscr.b" the
situation there as distressing Tie
famous paths at Lucullus have beCa
destroyed. At some points tAe !cvs
from Mt. EPomeo Is twenty feel deep.
When the cyclone was at its
heish, large hail stones fell and
hnnn rocks ..atched from the n1oun-