The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-09-20
heroic spirit, her mother having been
the heroine of similar defense of an
other fort.
An Eruption of Mount COtOpaxi-
Great Loss of Life.
TQuito Correspondence New York Nation.l

ioui'o Correspondence Nc" 10TH '"',on,
1he eruption took place on the 10Th
oil June, with every circumstance tha'
coulo increase lts -horrorIutter Galk'
ness III Ine proau Iay, lnunuer anu iien', I
hinS' ieallui eAPioslohs lla' maui llis
earth tremDie, suDIerranean NOISES ana
Wlid gusts OF wind, accompanied py
ram OF ashes. AN eye witness toid me
tllat tne volcano poured out cataract
ten tunes the buik OF Niagara, wnlch
carried all peIore IL In lts heaaiong
course anu supmergeu & tne wnoie sur,
iounuins itIe country. me l 1olienS ui'ieeu ~ ~
l.seii III two opposl'e ui5ections, as Il "
give greater scope 10 lts uesnsIa.lolls .I anu
70 70 MAKE the c9hluslon sun nlole uiIe'
,1 Une olancn .h ~. tooh sot'ne t ooGtSe tn.+oJ W
t"a1ro malG 'mG ;,ol olts om y, Gotona r" 'i'u"'e
'mel'e S niiiee iITni oouopaA. J AZ
Cn i'I way u INC Voiien' oon u .ou 9no
pam Oh Caliao lIto an immense ll Iakec
lnele ~ ou' i. 4L hTpe siiaS Sn.;hd ane s M VI
IIu Paia PLiJt y, IA en' III 0"o, othn ul u
a, i,"L uo. a. CIV" - Ill &c az
9niousn Ih1 Sn'iGi - ,"iy 49, " tho o
EQUATORIAL Ahues' nave esGaPeu tne
IaSages Oh tne nooa' ~ wear ha.acunga s.ac .a
a.,, rn ifI fannd.t;ons tho @ oot+op p fantorv S of
nn3 Te Ion TOua W;IIOnoaae one whoOn % raIuo % waa
Don ooss hiaSneI, WIS 'I,uu ti.5 "as
es1llhaVeu a' 'nleI nuIIieu :nousanu
uollais, cIope' ea''io anu uuiiuinSo "oie
swePt away pao1a sne hlasslae i've p5auses daoyJ u
0u.uee ,uei anu nart of tbe VII fine csrpiaoe
al 40 w 1.i 40 q po1od pa,s VI ~ EnronoI u n,t;eeh
ioau Noe'iSeiy e4uao" 4:.I IN IN -oPe' - Al.
connecIs Suioo VIII 'ie 'o"n' III 'n'
sogsn M u Ine lePIptiIL pIat Ioo5oa .o,ud a.
I'll, le - IiallI rnt li' nnastotod % iou tha .ne
eou.n vi SoeoIaAi uosas.noeu n e tn1 CrPi;ms PiTs
porous anu enclial'ing Vailey VI Nnllio,
ana IN PafIcuiar t1e estate oi tne
Senores AgulrIe, Ioleu ior liaH I ins peel
'ne IesIueiice VI iiulhpoiu'. ~ nJ;e, wv.
as IN Eatacunsa, ar9se lne Iui.liiiss VI
q tnIl'ihs Ia1IoIy' "nIon, 9niy cue yeai
peIore' nau peen oestIoyeu ny lle, anu
ma nad Just peen repaired az great expense
Inc Iorrent rooteu IL lioih tne s5oenu' s
anu pore II away III u % LheusaIu iras
menus, III Is asser!eu 1 una. d niiii li Vi
Don Manuel falacols noalee on 5 tle wa,
ter IKE snip aT ~ sea ~ un.ni .l lna.tJieu oiIe
o Cne IulienV' IN: ioso II - ',u or ,at,us NY
VI Enlii9 aiono 70 J'.i'ou . io az III wv
mllllon collars, ana tne loss N .h other SCI,
Ilohs Is e9ualiy gleaI. l. 10 otiei ti I misJ
calculated that the numper oi the ueau
exceeds one thousand. J.
"A thlr9 cataract Iook ah eas!ePly p ui-
rectlon, destroying the brlage OF fatate,
and doing grievous INJURY 10 the estates
In that nelgh6orhood, OF which the most
is celebrated Tor Its me !, wlne'
wei known as . VINO de fatate. % %s o,:
Although the surroundings OF quito
nave been lald waste, tne Guy llsell SUI
lered from only a ram Oh asneS anu
complete con darknesS, Whicn pegan on Ihe
zotn OF June az tnree CLOCK III lne al
ternoon: AT Macnache ana other places
the night lasted for thlrty consecutive
hours. In the midst OF thls OPAQUE
gloom one could hear the believing OF
the cattle ana the cries Oh otner am am,
mais' VINO, deprived Oh tnelr usual loou
by the shower OF ashes, sought In spe-
cles OF frenzy Tor the means Oh satlsIy-
ing their hunger Otner beasts Irantic
with terror, careered hlther ana thitner
rs it in despair, and the plteous howllng
of the dogs pierced the alr WIN lts oml-
nous SOUND. In quito tne uarEiless ,il was