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15, who from either age or infirmity could not moved, and were overwhelmed by the lava in (illegible text)ir houſes) eſcaped either to Caſtel-a-mare, (illegible text)ch was the ancient Stabiae, or to Naples; but rapid progreſs of the lava was ſuch, after it had (illegible text)red its courſe from Reſina; which town it firſt threatened, and had joined a freſh lava that iſſued (illegible text)m one of the new mouths in a vineyard, about (illegible text)ile from the town, that it ran like a torrent over (illegible text) town of Torre del Greco, allowing the unfortunate inhabitants ſcarcely time to ſave their lives; (illegible text)r goods and effects were totally abandoned, and (illegible text)eed ſeveral of the inhabitants, whoſe houſes had (illegible text)n ſurounded with lava while they remained in (illegible text)m, eſcaped from them, and ſaved their lives the (illegible text)lowing day, by coming out of the tops of their (illegible text)fes, and walking over the ſcoriae on the ſurface (illegible text)the redhot lava. Five or fix old nuns were ta(illegible text)out of a convent in this manner, on the 16th June, and carried over the hot lava; their ſtupi(illegible text) was ſuch, as not to have been the leaſt alarm(illegible text) or ſenſible of their danger: one of upwards of (illegible text)ety years of age was found actually warming her (illegible text)at a point of redhot lava, which touched the (illegible text)dow of her cell, and which ſhe ſaid was very (illegible text)fortable; and though now appr(illegible text)zed of their (illegible text)ger, they were ſtill very unwilling to leave the (illegible text)ent, in which she had been ſhut up almoſt (illegible text) their infancy, their ideas being as limited as (illegible text) ſpace they inhabited. Having been deſired to (illegible text) up whatever they had that was moſt valuable, all loaded themſelves with biſcuits and ſweet (illegible text)s, and it was but by accident it was diſcovered they had left a ſum of money behind them, (illegible text)h was recovered for them.
The lava paſſed over the center and beſt part of town, no part of the cathedral remained above
