The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-14
Interruption in Iceland.

Tho following Is translation from the
paper HorddqJdrf published; at Akureyri,
an the north Of Iceland, on the nth OF
april On the evening of the 4th inst.
an intense glare was observed in the sky
al ABOUT tho eastern horizon, and when
seen from LaIsrdal it appeared to proceed
from q moro so1therly locality than be.
Tore: a few mon therefore Joined in an cx-
Sulrston to the scene. This time the crup.
non had found now outlet in a south
saSIerly direction from Burfell, a good
I zeal moro than half way to tho east, be-
tween 1t and the Jokulsa, When they
nao got as far east as Hyannfcll, they
heard heavy rumblings in the mountains.
Sut the weather being stormy they
thought this might be only the din of
gusts of wind travelling through the
mis- Approaching Burfell, they per-
Celycd that tho din increased so as, Mt
: tllumea, to give them tho impression of
Z many enormous waterfalls tumbling over
tne precipices. At certain intervals these
numbers passed away, and then began
again with increased vigor. Hayingpassed
bur1cll to tho eastward, they wcro sur
Z Prlsed ail of sudden to hear no din ut
( ii HI, put 1t soon made itself heard again
as they approached the place of the cTup-
, uon. Tho fire rose up from three lava
craters in limo from south to north,
y winch it had piled up around itself on
perfectly level picco Of ground. At dis
lance. OF fifty to eighty fathoms to the
West from tho orators, large flssurc had
formed itself so the fire broke out, and
tho land had sunk in to the depth OF
ABOUT three fnthoms. Into the hollow
mus formed tho lava had poured Mt first,
put now 1t flowed in southwestern di.
Lec1on from tho two southern cratcrs
Inc northern most crater had the appear.
ance OF being oblong, about 800 fathoms
IN length, and from this crater the molten
5 Led-hot lava was thrown about 200 OIL
0ou feet into tho air in one compact col.
umn. The top of this column then rs.
sumed palmated appearance and tho
lava Tell down in small particles, like
drops from jet of water, which, rs they
Decomo separated from tho column, grew
gradually darker and split into many
pieces, bursting into lesser and lesser frag.
j. ments rs they cooled, yet when they fell on
the edge OF the crater they were still in
such molten state that they were splash
ed about like water dashed against solid
substance. AS u matter of course no
flames were observed, but the glare pro-
ceeded from these columns and the seeth-
ing lava in the crGters. Tho columns rose
up. Mt various points within the largest
crater; but most frequently toward the
ends, and at times the explorers could
count twenty to thirty Of them. No real
smoke accompanied tho eruption, but q
BLUSH steam, which expanded and whit.
cned IN color as it rose to greater dis.
tance from tile crater, and such seemed
to be the power of this blue Jet of steam
that it rose straight into the air for many
hundreds of fathoms in despite of heavy
wind blowing. The din to which refer.
ence was made apparently proceeded from
he;boiling action inside the crater, which
In power and force exceeded any noise
produced by waterfalls. In the midst OF
this din there .wero heard now and then
loud cracks, exceeding any report of can
non, and these reports are followed i'm
mediately by blue steam column shoot
ing up into the mir. This is about tho
sixth eruption, which has broken out in
these mountains since the present yolcan.
lc action began. With intermission OF
from ten to twelve days tho cruptions
are gaining steadily in intensity. The
din mentioned before could be heard clear.
Is from tho Myyatus Svcit-that is to say,
1t is audible Mt q distance of about TWEEN
ty English miles.