WOLVES RAID POMPEII

Taihape Daily Times, 11 June 1919, Page 2

WOLVES RAID POMPEII

.._o-___ I ANTICS IN AMPHITHEATRE E During severe wintry weather, ac[COllIDal1lC(l' by he3.vy snowstor-nis, a ‘large pack of wolves descended the Isnowclad slopes of Mount Vesuvius, [spreading terror among the dwellers in athe valleys. who have .barl-icaded theniselves in their homes_ ‘ Several fox‘llli(lablc—lok'ing bears from the forests in the vicinitj-‘ of Mount Somme entered into niliazice with the pack. and made inclusions: into the villages around the base of the volcano, where they created considerable havoc among the flocks and hertls. Elll-ly in the morning. after having banqueted upon 20.g0ats on an estate near Torre Annunziata, the brutes set. out on an excursion to the ruined city of Pompeii. There they closely explored the main features of interest, and, later, gutllel'ed in its classic amphithca'frc. When tourist guides arrived they beheld some members of the company mounted on the site of the ancient stage, while other comrades were watching their strange antics with keen interest from the tiered seats of. the grand circle. A few gunshots fired by the guides sufficed to put, the unwelcome intruders to flight, and the police ofgaiiisecl a special service for hunting clown the prowlers.