There are first-person accounts of this volcano's eruption in 1767 (as there had been in 79 A.D.)
[DOC] [TLE] Eruption of Mount Vesuvius begins - Aug 24, 79 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii, Italy, begins to erupt on this day in the year 79; ... 
and everyone that had been there that day perfectly preserved by the volcano's 
ash.