The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-21
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| Frightnl Earthquake in the Ha~pas<
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The Indian mail hrii1gs sdvt6ks ofa1othce
of those dresdiul cH1NhQuAlnes for Nhion'
Ternati and the aditiHina locNlities IN ~
Molseras are provssoiAis An erlpliea Of
The active volcano on the (s'and oil 6reat
Sancir, in long. las deg. 30 min. F., and
lat. dec. so min, NJ, has occurred, The
nnrihwes,ern part or The island VEUs&at
Sangir Is formed by the mountain Avn,
which has several peaks, the highest being
aboat 4ooo feet ,ahoge the .ssa. Z. On The
west side the mountain runs very deep into
The sea, at the heirhtscf the large village
Kandhar. however. falling away 10 low
nromontory.
Be,ween = and 8 o,clock on the evening
az the I'd o, March, a Sudden and altogether
iudeseribahle crashing noise Vas heard
which. indicating 10 me Sanairese an erup.
lion of the yolasno. Allied de- with con.
stefnAtion. simultaneously With this. the
blowing lava streamed dowauards with ir.
Tesis,ible force in different directions. bear.
mo with II whatever Il encouNtared on its
| drssrnc,ive course. and causina ~ see TO
| ~, !. 4 srs,.,r INA, came N contact The
\ ~, .,r;,,as .,asrs3 A ma cast out food
~ l,oss,n,s = -, .hich destroyed and car
,iss uss wha, the ere had spared. The
-. ahs3;ant m an ,,nusual impuise ,isehed
~ 49, Nm ri. ht.al violence dashed up.
,hs sh.,rr ana hesyed itself with. wild
s.s,a sraipst the land as iii, stroye to over
master The Gre stream.
rb;s fr,eht,ul picture Of destruction, the
/ horror o, which Was insressedby the thrtcks
4 men AMI beasts, the Wild roaring Of the
tempest, and the crashing of thousands o
trees, ,ora up and carried away, was fol-
1 lowed. about an hour later, by peals ot
thunder ghich shook the ground and deafen-
"a The ear. A black column OF atone and
/ ashes then shot up from the mountain to an
immense a,ght. and fell illumined by the
rlare Of the lava, like shower OF fire upon
| the surrounding country below, producing q
darkness that, only now and then moment.
arily broken by the flashes OF lightning. was
| 40 intense that people could not discern OBJ
ieeis close at HAND, and which completed
/ THAR confusion and despair. Large stones
were hurled through the sir, crushing what
! ever they fell upon. Houses and crops
which had not been destroyed BY hre, suns
and disappeared beneath the aches ana
stones, and the hill streams, stopped oy
these barriers, formed LIKES, which, oreak-
1 ing over their banks, soon proved new
source OF destruction.
This lasted some hours. About midnight
| the raging elements sank to rest but on
| the following day, abost noon, they again
resumed their work Of destruction, with re,
newed violence. IL the meantime, tue iail
Of ashes continued without intermission,
and was so thick on this day that the rays
OF The sun could not penetrate through III
and an appalling darkness prevailed.
Scarcely recovered in some degree IRON
their fright, the inhabitants Of this desolaied
| part Of Sangir were again disturbed ~ an
eruption on the 18th of March, which de-
stroyed many helds aud number OF trees
on the Tabukan side.
Since then the volcano has remAines
quiet, and the only symptom OF its working
has been the smoke rising up In all direc'
tisns IRON cracks and fissures ia the ground
Tbs streams Of lava on the slopes are still
60 Slightly cooled that people dare not ven
ture 10 any great distance from the shore
According to the accounts OF the natives
ihetop Of the mountain does Dst appear L
have undergone any noticeable alteration
On The other side Of kandhar, on the fx
treme north point Of the island. the appear
aace Of tie devastation which has beef
caused, is, II possible, even more frightfu
than Whist has taken place at Tarna. Fc
here, where formerly were TO be seen ex
tensiye fields bearing all kinds of crops
and thiekly planted and endless groves Q
cocoa-nuts, We now find nothing but lava
stones and ashes. The liquid fire seems a
this point to have flows from The mountail
with an irresistible force and in prodigou
quantity. Not only has this fearful food
as il were, buried the whole district and al
that was upon il, bat aIler having cause,
this destruction over an extent of sewers
miles, it was siiiI powerful enough on reach