Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-08-18
A SCENE OF HORROR:
NEARLY THREE THOUSAND LIVES Losr.

NEARLY THREE THOUSAND LIVES LOST
One oil the items of by the Canada is an awful
earthquake in the Mouccas involving loss of nearly
three thousand lives. spectator writes to an English
journal -
The glowing lava streamed downwards with irrei.,;
ole force IN different directions bearing with u
IL encountered on it, destructive course and cann rho
sea 10 ooh Wherever they came in contact The hot
springs opened up and out flood ol boilr, ...r
which destroyed and carried auay what IN, re-, ia
spared The obedient an unusual innuI.c asLJ
'ne rocks with ghtfu violence dashed upon IN. sbor
anu heaVed Itself with will haste against the Land a. I, :,
strnve TO overmaster the fire stream
rms irightiu picture OF destruction, the horror q,
49, 's increased by the shrieks of men and beasts
the VIA roaring OF the tempest and the CRASHING nj ,b
SINUS Oh trees torn up and carried away wa. followed
ABOUT an hour later by peas OF thunder which shoot t
ground and deaiened the ears black coIu,nn OF s,o
'u hsheS shot up from the mountain to an iminen-,
es anu Iei Illuminated by tue glare of the lava like.
So"er OF hre upon the surrounding country below nro
ducng darkness that, only and then n,omenisil,
broken oy the flashes OF lightning, was so intense. that
people could not discern objects close AZ hand and Lb
completed their confusion and lespair Iarg, s,ors
we're huIei through the air, crushing whatever they M
upon Houses aud crops which had not been DESTROYED
ny hre sunk and disappeared beneath the hshe. and
ZONES ana the NIL streams, stopped by these barriers
Ioticl lakes, which, breaking over their banks soo,,
proved new source of destruction
Ihis lasted some hours About midnight the roci,,
elements sank to rest but the following d.v ,bo,,,
NOON hey again resumed their work OF destruction with
Iet"vu violence Ia the meantime the fall of ashes con-
''"' "''ut itc lissiOn and thick ON thi. d,v
'"' Tue rays 81 the sun could penetrate thruuyb IL
u "' appalling Darkness prevailed Scarcely rcnv,r.d
~ some degree from their fright the inhabitants o ts
ucsoheu part OF Sanger again disturbed by mn eru,
uo Oh tue I'th OF March, which DESTROYED many f.l-
"u great number OF trees the Tnbukan tide Sine.
. 'e v"'ano has remained quiet, the only symptoin
Us working - been the smoke rising up in all ire..
uo~ from cracks and assures in the ground
on the Other side Of Kandhar on the extreme por,b
point Oi the Island, the Appearance of the Jeps.t,,
c,t mas oeeh caused IS If possible more fright.
iul han what has taken place Taruna For ber. bor
formerly there extensive fields bearing all HI ia
"i croP and thcky planted aud cnd!es. groves t
nut- We now hnd nothing hut lava stones and ssb.s
Inc liquid hire secns at this point 10 have flowed from,
uie mountain with irresistible force and in nroI;oions
quantity Not only has this fearful Hood as IL were b,
ei TIE whole district and all that was upon IL Inn, aft,
having caused thus destruction an extent ot
miles, II vas still powerful enough on reaching The ore
'w," Two long tafyongs (capcs) places where the.
ueph OF water formerly consisted OF many f.tboms Tba
loss oil lie has been great IL il estimated n, floy In
tle aforementioned districts Taruna men women and
ehuien, I22; kandbar, men, women and children AZ -.
lAOukan, men, women aud children 2O3g. total , soc
m Inc greater humber neither death in the GA rdrns
lhey He'd ~ all directions, but were and
lowed up by the fatal FIRE stream Some tried IN eve
themselves III the trees but either carried Wov it
mem or KILLED 10y the scOrchng heat. At Kaangau and
laHang the houses were filed with people who were
stopped IN Their Hight by the lava streaming down on all
ue. ana the streams Of boiling water who met their
death under the burning ashes aud the tunbng hois.
Many who had reached the shore aud thought temselye
SAFE because pray TO the furious waves and many died
through sheer despair aud agony"