Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-19

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a from . furnace. Il eootaiuo 0o1I smaY
vAiteA ssui-tsaaspessnt paoo11oo 1Isssqt
mated through the mass like qe q -
To seuptim bsgln o. To ~ = -
-. A neise he vellsys e - ~ W.
hard bat without any easc10onkA On
IL following day flames isGn1 lfo0 ~
-, q part Of The Bay calIo1 valeaooD.
wlAass ~ Watw 10 Glwsys linoo1eeeo asd
inpesgnated With sulphur - aeenoens
apsiass ftom Tie bettom. The 0oQ0 run.
8 intsrvals 10 The height Of 6nesn ~. sed
wers sssu q times % issas ffsm ~ eeeeA
western part Of Neaikaimses. Teee island
was 5000 rsat By dssp assure. end tn
soothesu pat saak considerably.
o. ~ ~ u February ~ ssuptions b.
coine mofs violsnt and Tie - moro dig
tufte4. 0as forced itsslf from he dsptha
With tsrsi6c noise. RESEMBLING the bursting
ol aotsam boiler flames aeoss st intervals
end vhits smoke, rising steadily, formed u
jnpeoss oeoumn. crowned with curlet
oqC1too e 6ask hGnvy elooda The ~ -
land was visible next morning, incrsasin(
oeasiely 10 ~ eye = = suo0 oct Of ne eea
q no grsat dlsoanso - ~ south Of Ne
Kaimeoo. H #s #r a#4M
The ~ hlaad 49, besa Visited BY Dr.
Dekigalla, . man q oeieoee end IN able OBJ
essvss, Whe Win record accuratsly I'll tn
phenomena Of the eruption - Il proceeds
The heat Of the sssrose from q Fahrenheit
70 l92 = ssAs the vicinity Of veleasie &C
taon ~ e Wuo safe 70 approach. The bot
tom II The - an road Nsa Kaimens ap
pears 10 have rieeu greatly. In one place
where The depth 10 marked on the Admiral
y chart ono hundred lAthoms, Il was foun'
70 b now only thirty, end at another wher
It Was seventeen Il 10 nov snly three faith
o0a. The new island, - Il increases, vii
probably form . junction with Nea Ksimene
Il grows, = Il wsss, out Of the zee, ID
mase below pushing upwards that which ]
already above wafer. The lower part 10 hot
it, assures. whore they are deep, being ~
f6heshhSt, snd TIE upper part aStcr leu
days exposure, vas found 70 b still 80.
At present the centre Of the volcanic
force lies evidently iar below the bottom o
he ~, and only gases and smoke worl
thsir way through the incumbent earth an
waesr, and escape in noise flames and smok
70 the surface. But should assure 1t Ia
bottom Of the - allow the water TO psne
trats % ths fires and throw up the melts
metal Of the new island 70 the surface, q
eruption nay take place off kind sinila
to that which destroyed Pompeii, but q
moro terrible.
The eruption that formed the prssan
islaad Il Nsa KaiDsns began In the yea
1907, and the volcanic sction continued
without doing any serious injury to the ID
habitants Of fhsra. until l7iS. L Il DO,
eibls tho rreseot eruption may continue q
long. end b - mild in its operation. Br
- latsss 1870 terrible eruption laid wast
= great part of the island, and raised an i
laad - II north eastern coast, which 500
saek again into the So, leaving . shoal.
The Island Of Old Kaimsus made ito FIR
appearance IN the ysas 106 before the Chri
ttaA -. lts sim was increased BY sever
srnptieas Dentioned in history. The lai
additioa Il received was in 1857. The sma
Kaimene, which 10 nearest 70 Thera, NJ
thrown up in 1873. An the sruplions
the bays have been attended with simill
phenomsna.
The 3eitish naval conmander ct Malta b,
sent two ships TO the scene Of these phcn,
mena. A letter dated Feb. 7, containin
the latsat news, says:
sIho aAns smoke and llrs in the events
- yesterday, and the hillock continues il
operations. The ~, too. boils beyond Il
cows moro than yesterday. The hillock,
land, will probably BY to morrow incrca4
- tar = the entrance to the cove, and |
joiasd By iis Sides"