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May 17, 1872

THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 17, 1872

* Mount Vesuvius eruption
* Gulf of Naples, Italy


The top of page 5 has one column headings that include: "VESUVIUS" "'The Mountain Has Fallen In and Ever So Many People Are Killed'" "Opening Of A New Crater" "A Party of Explorers Destroyed by the Fiery Lava" "Two Hundred Lives Sacrificed" "Streams Of Lava Ten Feet Deep" and more. (see) Lengthy text.
Complete with 12 pages, a little margin wear, generally nice.

Category: Post-Civil War