A TOWN DESTROYED.
THE PANIC TERRIBLE
GREAT DESTITUTION EVERYWHERE.
FURTHER VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS.
STRONG DISTURBANCE IN INTERI'OR OF MOUNTAIN. # -LAVA FLOWING TOWARDS POMPEII. Received April 11 10.7 p.m. ROME, April 11. The town of Ottaiano has been destroyed. Rain and sand continue to fall and the panic is terrible. There is great destitution ou all sides.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helene have contributed £4,000 for the relief of the sufferers. . Further violent explosions have occurred.
There is a strong disturbance in the interior of the mountain.
Lava £is agaift, flowing towards Pompeii. There is a downpour of ashes in the distriot surrounding the volcano. "
FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE . PERISH.
TWO TOWNS ISOLATED.
FRENCH'SQUADRON SENT TO ASSIST IN WORK OF RESCUE.
TWELVE THOUSAND FUGITIVES.
Received April 12, 12.20 a.m.. ROMF, April 11.
King Edward has sent to King Victor Emmanuel bis deep sympathy in connection with the disaster. A total of five hundred people perished at Ottaiano and San Giuseppe.
The volcano is now active in the direction of Ceroola.
A shower of sulphur fell at San Giuseppe, Vesuviani and Ottaiano, and a shower of reddish sand fell for several hours at Naples. In the evening the ashes were tbiokest. Torredelereed and Torreannuziata are both isolated. Numbers of people, including British and German journalists, are unable to leave. : The Frenoh Squadron has been sent to Naples to assist in the rescue of th<s sufferers. The fugitives:, number twelve thousand. .r
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8118, 12 April 1906, Page 5
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238A TOWN DESTROYED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8118, 12 April 1906, Page 5
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