In 1669, in what has been considered the volcano's worst known eruption, lava buried a swath of Catania, about 15 miles away ...

11-08-1973 (cutline): Mrs. John VanHorn (left), and Mrs. Woodrow W. Shaffer, members of the SPCA Women's League, watch two orphans, a cat and dog, square off for a momentary confrontation over the ...