VESUVIUS ERUPTION.
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright) ROME, April 14. At King Edward's instance the cruiser Leviathan has been sent to Naples in token of sympathy. The rain of ushes has ceased. Refugees are returning to their homes. April 15. — Two families of ten persons were dug out alive from a cave at Ottuian, where there avuJs twelve feet of asHes. A mother and new-born infant were also rescued from the ruins. A fresh outburst huja' occurred at Vesuvius. ■ ■i' Dense showers oh ashes threaten Lo suffocate the inhabitants of Ottajano, San Guiseppe, and < lerzijgnu, i many of whom returned to their lvomes when the first outburst subsided. * All available transport is hastening to the 6pot. • - .-- hpjLJ&.*- Tha.%ll of ashes from VeBuvius is again J l>eginrimg to deciyease. . Tlie awful darkness was t!ie chief cause of the latest^, panic. The\ Emperor Joseph of Austria sent a message of condolence to King Emmanuel with a personal gift of £400 to the relief fund. ..
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Poverty Bay Herald, 17 April 1906, Page 3
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