THE FUNICULAR RAILWAY DESTROYED.
[FB9BB ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 10, 7.35 a.m.) ROME, April 9. Vesivlus lias ejected thousands, of incaadeficent rocßs to a height of three thousand feet). Deafening explosions continue. The villagers at the base have in thousands fled to Naples for refuge. A steeam of lava 20ft in height and 600 ft wide swept rapidly towards TorrScf.nmuiziata, which was abandoned. Subsequently the flow slackened. The observatory and the Funicular railway have been destroyed. Several persons have been killed and others are missing from Samguieeppe. A shower of ashes darkened the atmosphere 20 miles away.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9065, 10 April 1906, Page 5
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96THE FUNICULAR RAILWAY DESTROYED. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9065, 10 April 1906, Page 5
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