with frozen slush. The whole country .shivers in a temperature below zero.” The activity of the volcano had begun about a week before the snow-fall. later Reuter message from Naples said: “A large crack has suddenly appeared in the western side of the crater of Vesuvius, and lava is pouring down the mountain side. Near the base of the volcano on the northern slope another crack has also appeared, while in the interior of the volcano the sound of violent explosions can be heard.” The photograph, which shows the smoking cone inside the crater, was taken by a photographer who made the ascent of the mountain on horseback in a snowstorm. (Photograph supplied by C.N. to “Illustrated London News.”)

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with frozen slush. The whole country .shivers in a temperature below zero.” The activity of the volcano had begun about a week before the snow-fall. later Reuter message from Naples said: “A large crack has suddenly appeared in the western side of the crater of Vesuvius, and lava is pouring down the mountain side. Near the base of the volcano on the northern slope another crack has also appeared, while in the interior of the volcano the sound of violent explosions can be heard.” The photograph, which shows the smoking cone inside the crater, was taken by a photographer who made the ascent of the mountain on horseback in a snowstorm. (Photograph supplied by C.N. to “Illustrated London News.”)