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1766. On that day the rim of the crater was observed to be lower on the Resina-side, and lava was seen running over it. On the 10 th April ajgreat cleft ape Beared in the crater's edge, from which rushed a fiery torrent^ in the direction of Ottaiano. This eruptive phase lasted on to the middle of December. On the 19 th October 1767 terrific bellowings were here heard as far as Naples, making the windows rattle, and the cone burst open at its summit, sen- ding out a flood of lava which branched ...off into three. The larger part, passing under the hillock where now stands the observatory, flowed down into the Fosso Grande and from thence to the fields below, where it devastated many vineyards, and closed round 27 the church of St. Vito which remained intact, and may still be seen on the right of the carriage-road leading to the observatory. Deviating towards St. Giorgio a Cremano the lava seemed as if threatening Naples itself: hence penitential prayers and proces- sions. A certain domenican friar Rocco by name, who enjoyed an immense reputation with the people, led the excited multitude as far as the Ponte della Maddalena carrying with them an image of St.
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