The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-14
Ghr Bullqtin.
A FEARFUL ERUPTION.


QCTo, July I-Thc eruption TOOK place
on The 10Th Of June, with every 2ircum-
stance that could Increase its hOrr0r-ut-
ter darknes'n the broad day, thunder and
lightning, fearful explosions that made the
earth trenible, bubtcrranean noises and
Wild gust. Of wind, accompanied by rain
Oi ASHES. An eyewitness told Inc that The
volcano poured out a cataract ten times the
buk VI Niagara, which carried all before II
IN It's htadIonR course, and subAlcIgu Il The
whole surrounding country. The torrent
divided Itself iato two opposite directions
hsii 10 give greater Ac0pe 10 it, dsva.ta.
tioGs, and 10 make the confusion sin more
dlre. Ohe branch took Il soulhcriy cDnr7e
toward the CITY Of latacnn4a. sl'utird
twelve hilr- from C0tapaNi
GA It's way the torrent CONVEX i The
plain Of CaiIno into an imnou-, lake.
There Is bu, FAINT hoJe that the ruins Of
the palace OF the luras, described by Hum.
boldt anu all other travellers through the
central valley u the Equatorial Andes.
have escaped the IaYagcs 0l The Hood.
Near Latacuug the furious current tore up
from its very foundations the cotton factory
OF Don JOBr, NiliagOmrI, whose value was
cstimated at S2OO,OJO; crops, cattle, build
ings, were tWept away; Tie massive
bridge Of Cuturhe and PahsaNO were
destroyed, ~ we'll u balt Oi the hne car
mage road scarcely cqua,d IN Europe,
which connects Quito with the towns IN
the south Of the republic.
The branch that headed toward The
south Of CotOpnSi devastated the prosper
ous ana enchanting valley Of CAiO, aud
Ia particular the estates Of the Scnores
AgIllre noted for having been the resi-.
deuce Of HUMBOLDT. There, too, Il. IN
LatacuIga, arose the hu,Idlnl- OF a thIiY-
Tag factor, which only the year bcio"e had
been destroyed by ire, and Just been re-
pared al great expense. The torrent
rooted IL ON the ground and bore it
away ina thousand fragments. II i, as
serted that a nj ! OF Don Manuel PllAclis
hJated on The v alter ike u ship al sea unit!
shattered by the enrrent The loss 10 the
valley Of Chipo alone T. estimated at over
two million. Of dollars, and the los in 9th.
sectionsi- equally a. great. 1t i, likewise
calculated that the number Of dead eX-
eeeds one thousand.
A third cataract took an easterly dircc-
ton, destroying the bridge Of Palate, and
doing grieyous injury to the estate, in that
neighb0rnood, OF which the most import
ant is noted tor Its tine wine, well known a.
"Nino Palate"
Although the surroundings OF Quito have
been laid waste. the civ itself luh.r''
from only aIatn Of ashes, and complete
darkness, which began on The 10Th Of june
pt 8 o'clock 10 the afternoon. At Machache
and other places the night lasted fer thirty
consecutive hours. In the midst OF this
opaque gloom one could hear the below.
ING oi the cattle and the cries Of other an-
imal-, who, deprived OF their food by the
heavy shower OF ashes, sought in a species
OF frenzy for the means Of satisfying their
hunger. Other beasts, iIaahc with terror,
careered hitler FAD thlther as II IN despair
and the piteous bowling Of dogs pierced
the air with it, OMNIBUS sound. In Qlit1
the darkness was not a. that OF night; 1t
was ike that described by the younger
PliDy in q letter 10 Tacitus, In which he re-
latcs the eruption Of Vesuyius and the
destruction OF Pompsii. at was" he says,
"as il the lights in a room hal been cX.
tngui,hcd." At QuitO the shower at first
was of coarse, heavy satd, which suisse
| quently turled into ashes 20 fine aud I'M
| palpable tlut they penetrated not only into
apartments but into the most carefully
| closed receptaccs. In the depth OF the
| darkness, men aud women, bravlng the
rain aud ashes, sailed forth into the streets
! screening themselves with umbrellas and
| lighting their way with lanterns, ana all
| the while these strange ASPIRATIONS rent
| the air Vi th their cries aud prayers for
mercy. The umbrellas, as We'll a the green
| eyeglasses used here on jOu neys, were no
supe1uous. precaution, although they
afforded but scahty protection against the
| subtle powder, which it was remembered
had in many cases produced blindness ddr
ing the eruptions OF 1872, and the rain o
ashes of thirty hours which attended IT,