Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-10-24
0lcaRic Eruption in Java.

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- q 6 SoURABAYA, 22d June, l54s.
shall give you an account as far as
'int4fmatIon has yen reached us, Of an err
Up on Of the burning mountain Kloeb
abSss E0smiles sramthis. Itoccurred en-
aFs'nigbt Oftbe l6thfof May. The FIRST
symptoms were tremslous motion of the
earth inlhe vicinity Of fhe mooatain. Then
several reports like distant cannAdinu
and then the flame burst forth Ioliov,eg
by streams Of burning Java, stones an
ashes'--a sight onceseguneverto be for,
goileu- 80 Observation-Disclosures that
no steps could be taken by The inhabis
tants Of lthe villages in the ineighborhood
toescaPe the impending danger. Shortly.
aItnr the Hame burst forth; there came
down the sides of the mountain a stream
of lava mixed with red. hot stones, and
mud, and carrying everything itVmet in
Its course to the river, Huge trees, rocks.
villages, animals all were sweapta before
n; and when this mass reached lhe piser,
1t caused widespread ruin. - = =. :
ABORTION Of the stream from the crater
fell into the river Knnto, residehcyA NJ a i,
lang and The wafer in theiriYer instantly
rose from fifteen to twenty feet, by which
the village of Kesemhou had thirty acres
OF rice lelds flooded. and the grain ill.,
stantly killed. In this village, i've m Il
dod their lives, and BESIDES these, slit n.
belonging to an adjoining village oaus-
ola RedJo) were missing. gag ---,,., =,
Down this river (Ihe KontO) cames
trees OF large size, as also dead bufialoes,
both.wild and tame, tigers, and the dead
bodies ofthe villagers; before this stream
ot lava the fish in the river was driven:
and boat loads were taken from the sur
face OF thu water, not yet dead, but fJat,
ing upon the surface, evidently endeayur>
ing to get air; thousands were taken by
the natives, and probably as many more
went out = sea. The water in the ives
was quite warm for miles round the noun
tain. and qeits black from mud aud ashes.
Aiarge body of trees driven before the
strong currentin the river, came in con-
tact with largo bridge at Kadeirie anu
carried il away; this was aaserious loss,
as 1t had been but recently completed al
great expense, and was one OF the lar
gest, ifnot the longest bridge ia Java.
The writer gives the particulars of the 1
destruction ofllte and property in a great
oaany villages within the range of a large
circuit. At some places loo miles from
the mountains, reports were heard re.
sembling heavy artillery at distance
At some oftheSe places also there were
heavy falls OF ashes. The damage te the.
ries saelds, cofI:e plantations. and gv6@. !
i"g crops Of sugar care and cocLine.l,
has been immense, but is not yet accur-
atefy ascertained] ~
Ia this place wefelt nothing serious
had happened when we found that the
water in the river was about two thirds
mud and ashes. The natives were un.
able for many days to performs their &C.
Susto1ed ahlutions in the river, the ap.
pearaRce OF which was perfectly fright.
full. For several days it was covered
with dead and dying fish, dead buffal.tes,
wild oxen, deer, tigers, hogs. the dead
badies of men, women and child en-, who
lad been caught within this stream offire
and carried into the river about seventy
miles above US, trees, earth, rocks, every.
thing in the course of this food Of lava
was carried before it, and swelled the
river far above the banks, destroying
property to large amount as we'll as
many lives. In many places so rapidly
did it advance, and with so little warning,
that tigers and other wild animals could
not escape it. The zshocks Of earthquakes
were rather alarming ia the country, but
we felt nothing Of it. : @r r.