A fearful disaster occurred on Friday at, Amalfi, a winter resort on the Gulf of Salerno. A large namber of English and foreign visitors frequent the place and the us near by, and a state of indescribable anic wow prevaily among them. The ome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph gives the following account of the occurrence Tt was about two o'clock in the afternoon when the awful catastrophe happened. Without a moment's warning, and with a deafening rear, a rock of enormous dimensions, on which stood the famous Cappuccini' Hotel, of detached, and fell to the sea, carrying with it not only the hotel premises, but also x monastery below houses, including a hotel.
ficult to convey an idea of the terrifying nature of the roar which was raised as the huge mass toppled over. The site on which the hotel stood was about 30,000 cubic metres, This enormous mass became completely detached from the hill, and in falling downwards towards the waves it hurled from its position the ancient monastery which was built on a portion of the ruined walls of the town. Still further below were built several houses, including pension, which were swept away by the mass of wreckage as it plunged towards the sea, Grief of the most distressful character now prevai's_ in the neighbournond. The Cappuccini Hotel is a favourite haunt with tourists, and it will be some time before the actual number of lives lost will be ascertained. Four vessels were crushed to the bottom of the sea by the wreck, and the excitement of the natives, not only in Amalfi, but in the other local towns, who have relatives missing, is terrible to behold. Their terror ix deepened by the fear that other accidents may happen in a similar manner.
Perhaps the most extraordinary feature of the disaster lies in the fact that it occurred without apparently a moment's ing. All the visitors in the hotel felt a and den disturbance of the earth, and before they had time to'eatisfy their curiosity on the matter the reck began to more.
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