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Show TOWN SLIDES INTO SEA. Slrinx lala IK.rlaSe. Aniatn, llalv- llaoy Ilvra Lost, ltinom.ftI)oJiJa.AJIt.e,lU..,li.aater I took plaio yetlcrdiy at Amalfl, the popular tourltt retort on the (lulf ol I balerno. About 3 o'clock an enormous rock, upon which ttood the Capucclnl hotel, tlld bodily Into the tea with a deafening roar and without a moment's warning, earning with It tha hotel, the old Capuchin tnonaitery below, tin Hotel Santa Calerlna and several vlll.t Many people were burled In tin dcbrle, which criithed four vessels to the bottom of tho sea, destroying their crews The mitsot earth which slipped wat about 80,000 cublo yardt The population la In a atate of terror, fearing fear-ing fresh calamities Troopt have arrived ar-rived upon tha tcene ind have begun rescue work. It Is believed that the loss of Ufa It heavy, Including a number of monks and the occupants of the hotel. Aa yet It la Impossible to aacertatn tha exact number Anislfll.aiinill but lively town ol 7,000 Inhabltsule, limited at the entrance en-trance of a deep ravine, surrounded bj Impo.lng mounttlnt and rocka of lbs tnott plcturetqe forms. The Capuchin monastery was founded found-ed In 1313 by Cardinal Pletro Capnano for the CIsterlans, but came Into pot-etslon pot-etslon of the Capuchins la 1393. flu building, which ttoo I In the hollow ol the rock that rote abruptly from thi tea to a height of 330 feet, contained fine cloisters. |