Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-09-20

Oreai Earthquake IN Mo'usss Three TIM.
sand Lives Lott

nud che idjoining loraliiies IN The Molureas
are proyerbial.
Al eruption of The active volcano nm IN.
island Of Great Sangir, IN Longitude I25 dec
30 min, east, and Lat. . deg. 30 min. norb.
has occurred. The northwestern par, Of ,be
island Of Great Sangif is formed By the noun.
tain AVA, which has several peaks the highest
being about 4 900 feet above the sea. Ga the
west side the mountain runs very sleep into
the sen, AZ the height OF the rye village
kandhaL however, fnlling away 70 low pro.
montory,
Between seven and eight o'clock, on The
evening Of the 2d OF March, a sudden and al.
Together Undesirable crashing noise was heard
which, indicating 10 the Sangirees an eruption
Of The volcano, filed them with Consideration.
simultaneously with this, the growing lava
STRAINED downwaTds with irresistible fofce in
different directions, barring with il whatever
Il encountered on lis destructive course and
causing the sea 10 boil whenever they came in
contact.
The hot springs opened up and east out a
flood Of boiling water, which DESTROYED and
carried away what the fire had spared. The
sea, obedleni 10 an unusual impulse, dashed the
rocks with irighlful yiolence, dashed imam The
shore and hcayed itSelfwiih wild haste against
The land, MS II II s,rove 10 oyermaster the fire
stream.
This irishhul picture OF destruction. the
horror of which was Increased by shrieks of
men and beasts, the wild roaring Of the tempest,
mud the crashing of thousands of trees torn np
and carried away, was followed, about nm hour
later, 10y pcnIs OF thunder which shook the
ground and dca(ened the ear
A black column OF stone aud ashes then shot
up from the mountain TO an immense height,
and fell, Illuminated by the glare Of the lava,
like shower of fire upon the surrounding
country below producing darkness that only
now aud then momcnIarily broken BY the
flashes OF lightning, was so intense that people
could not discern objects close nj hnnd. and
which competed their confusion and dispar.
Large stones were hurled through the mir,
crushing whatever they fell upon. Houses nnd
crops, which had NOT been DESTROYED BY fire.
sunk and disappeared beneath the ashes and
stones, and the hill streams, stopped BY these
barriers, formed ian's, which, breaking over
Their banks, soon proved new source of de.
This las ed some hours.
About midnight he raging elements sank 10
rest but on the oI'owlng DIV, about noon,
they ngnlm resumed their work of destruction
with ren' wrd violence. u he mran inc, the
fail ni ashes continued wthour inrermisson.
and was so thick on nus day hat the rays of
he Hun c"u d no' penetrate through il, aud ~
npphllng darkness prevailed.
Scarcely recovered in some degree from
Ihei highi, The inhabitants OF this hrso,ted
part OF SLn2ir were again disturbed hy an
eruption Oh the l6th March, which destroy d
many fields, aud great number of trees I'm
the Tabukan side.
Since then the volcano has remained quiet,
and the only symptom of its working has been
The Smoke rising up in all directions from
cracks aud assures in the ground. The streams
OF lava ON the slopes are still so slightly cooled
that people dare not! venture 10 any great
distance from the shore. According 10 the
accounts of the natives the top of the mountain
does no, appear 10 have undergone any notice
able alteration.
On The other side of Kandhar, on the ex.
rene north point of the island, the appearance
If The devastation which has been caused is, /
t possible, even more frieht(ul than what has |
aiken place in Taruna. For here, where for
nerly there were to be seen ,xrensive fields |
caring all kinds of crops, and endless groves
If IhIckly planted cocoa nuts, we now find
nothing bnt lava, stones, and ashes.
The liquid fire seems at this point to have
lowed from the mountain with irresistible force
md in prodgious quantity. Not only has this
earul flood, as it were, buried the whole dis
ric: and al! that was upon it, but after having
"used this destruction over an extent of sever
II miles, it was still powerful enough, on
eaching the shore, to form two long tanjongs
capes) at places where the depth of water for.
nery consisted of many fathoms.
A number of other districts and places have
'een. some wholly destroyed, others greatly
injured by the fire.
The loss of life has been great. It is estrn-
tied as follows, in the aforementioned districts:
Taruna-men, women and children. 1922
iandhar-men, women and children, 45
rabukan-men, women and children, 2039 |
ofal, 2,S06.
The greater number met their death in the
gardens. They fed in all directions, but were,
'verIaken and swallowed up by the fatal fire.
stream. Some tried to save themselves in the
ieSss ou' Nele Cltue' CdT.lcu AWAY WIFI llelIl
" killed by the srorching heat.
AT Kalangan and Tarang the houses were
Tiled with people, who were stopped in their
light by the lava streaming down on all sides,
md the streams of boiling water, and who met
heir death under the burning ashes aud the
umbling houses. Many who had reached the
shore and thought themselves safe, became
prey 10 the furious waves, and many died
through sheer disp,r and agony.
The new Congressional pay bill for MEM
grs of Congress provides that members shall,
i the beginning of every regular session, have
heir mileage IN advance fof the session. and
hall receive monthly in advance compensation
4 the rate of three thousand d,ilars a yer |
hal is to say, TWO hundred and fifty dollars
the continuance olthe session.
md at the end of the session shall receive W.
,aid balance of The three thousand dollars for