, 1879-06-06
TIE ERUPTIONS OF ETNA
The Present Outbreak Doing Great
Damage and.&he People Com
PEELED to Fleo,
An Account by Pref slIliman Of O Visit
10 the Volcano In 1861.


NRg HAVEN. Mav ,3t-7a n. s,,yo. ,r I,
y.m yort n,orh, tVE.. ~. =. ~.
,,,s.... 1o,% ~, "o'.a "nat hemo u 10 ltalla
M'sto1y LsuR u 70 lna stoTJ Of active volcanot
From tue seventh ceptpry before The Christis
era Etna has q secord' Of activity longer Ar
p,nrc sutho,tto +hsr 3h.. ~ 49,. ..,.ss,'-, ~.
~ ~, a,n,. ~. ,"*s y. ~, u'"st so'esn
mountain hns few clatEhs to respect for it, al
tfqufty, since 1t has been thrown Ut from Il,
sca Il, ono Of the mott recent of ucntoofc,
cpochs. - ee''
4ne vigorous eruption which the daily dtl
patches are now announcing Is The Arat sine
that Of 1s05, which u Jdnuarv OF tint 5car bur,
ont at oout shout f,yo mIlca north.a., ~ 81
,,an aa'a e1no 81 Etna, a. place now kno"n a
Monto Fruncnto, about q, ECO feet above the sea
From ths paH mouth lava rowcd al the rnte o
about a mile a day. adiytlrpp frat into tv
aaaas, a.ae .,. =. ..' .A,. s"' o.up.'ou na'
openea seven mouths nlong lsne VI seVcra
miles to the southeast!
The present eruption Tor more propcrly sesfc
Of cruntton., m for a.. ~ ,n, ss,ar,,t,'. s....
tha ,.nas.,oa. ~ 49, ~ saa ',s, 'o91
s'o ''',pcslces uata ~ pteeent aFallaole. prom
isca to be
MUCH MORE RxT1NpgD AND pisAsTRouB
than that OF 1905. Already It Is announced q.
having opened mouthb above Randazzo, tuwu
n,nIn cono ~ E.va .,,".,.I % ~ ~: ,a.oet ~" s
ait. H'"u, s'saa's4 4a ~ u"c -oao VI teF'
tnty apon tne Aleaatafa h'sef, where tint
stream descending from the mountatnA at the
north turns at a rlrht aupte to ,he eust nn,I
1ormu for rnany miles fho boundary og Etn,.
1to,v ~ ,ha.a r. h 49, ' -. 1.t"a'
on IA. toose 1NsooazAo uls he" eia.ef - We
nave yet fo learn. Blancarillh, which Is slao
threatened Is about Tar to the southwest Of tho
main como Of Elm rs Ranaazzo IA to the north.
while Castieiiono IL also Ga The Ajcantsra, Ia a
line northeast Of tho Etna cone at ihc third auple
the % sesoud 's ansie. pjelnonte ne 'Aosn11H nal1H
IS said to be so. obacurcd Iy volcanic
| dust az TO- be- in darIncss by day. ia n
town directly iu Tic Jhe OF Cassielions, 10 the q
nSsas9st n,e f?m ,q na conc an S oyet isesn
| roads to Catnuia and Aci Reale n7a blocked.
then there musi be- Two additional MOUTHS ot,an
ID tl,e southeast towards tic htediterrancat,.
xhos o s poata nee eseas las rs
four o,arters Of the commas Mi NJ nnso al, IN
a scala o. magnitude which has nrobuoly not
| been cuualcl IN the present eent,trr 'rhe fltll
nut Il t seem, ems reasona6s a]towr XII
ahntcment for t,,nrrracy If tecrron,c c,,a uu,a
munIcat!ons OF foreign geographical names and
something for The almost unavoidable tendency
to oycIstate The maenitltte and ertcnt n smch
very remarkable % phenomcua. tl,at the preasnt sent
cruntIun ia ono al ! !: S p'~'4'
vrov u,oun.n,r, ,u,,,o.
r, aava,s",. LIN "e"ua!9L -, !,...,,.. vnAn4IssM a
Ihe acvcopment An anu details OF lts progrcsa
W. ue wa'chea WIN INC greatest interest II
u Is 1Iiueea "na: taefe seens only TOO much
reason 70 tGar, there Mill bc ample time to
EatYeI OW ae.a.s aIon, eoI1esponaenee. nfu largo
S,,it ~, ~ " sSar S9npcsons ooscrsees VII soon be
Of eYeuts. ' '~e1 j. r''>' '~'''' wv - ''S's''
Fcr renntc uh, have ,1ot ,,.do . ..u,, ~ u.
history Of Etna fan rawcr stii hava vi.e u ~
mid cYnlnrcI ia ;sondnra, hs~a omv ndnonsto
notion of what it is IN its vast cxtut a,'t' e,''