Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1919 — Eruption of Mount Vesuvius. [ARTICLE]

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near the eastern shore of the Bay of Naples, on April 22, 1872, recalls to mind other eruptions of this mountain, and especially the one which occurred In the year 79 A. t)., and by which the cities of Pompeii and Heculaneum practically destroyed. An explosion occurred, preceded by a cloud of black smoke, which blew off the top of the mountain and rained a mass of ashes, lapilli and mud on the towns and cities in that region, and which is so graphically described by Bulwer-Lytton in “The Last Days of Pompeii.”