Eruption of Mount Vesuvius near the foot of the hill, between Resina and Torre de Greco, as seen from the Marinella at Naples, 1861. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Roskilly. 'In two or three minutes the smoke had reached the height shown in the [a] new out on the old aspect of the village of Torre del Greco is something one house was left uninjured, and a great number were horizon was perfectly obscured, the mouth of the bay hidden by smoke and [Vesuvius] burst out in double fury, throwing up stones and its
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius near the foot of the hill, between Resina and Torre de Greco, as seen from the Marinella at Naples, 1861. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Roskilly. 'In two or three minutes the smoke had reached the height shown in the [a] new out on the old aspect of the village of Torre del Greco is something one house was left uninjured, and a great number were horizon was perfectly obscured, the mouth of the bay hidden by smoke and [Vesuvius] burst out in double fury, throwing up stones and its the midday could hardly obtain a better idea of the destruction of Pompeii, as given by an eyewitness, Pliny, than the scene that was presented to our whole way from Naples was full of carts of household furniture belonging to those who had deserted the town and fled from the eruptions and most appalling noises, as if the earth was shaken to its very and smoke [were thrown up], stones, as big as one's head, fell around minutes afterwards it burst forth, and the place on which I had been standing was literally covered with red-hot stone or '. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.
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