Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-30

Thc Adioiui ~ Jay"ne>e TO|nS.
Seraug is ihe priuciull town Of the resi-
CerCF Of BaDlIu. Ii is only Cue hundred
fee. above The sea Level. Auier lies on tIe
ST at the uar-OSrs, part o. the SUnda
Strait, a~d vessels trOu Europe usually
receive jrtGn provisions and wat"r there
CheribOn .TtrlbO1 3 ore OF the mot i'm
p0rtant places in Java and is the residence
Oy the descendants Of tue old SIjtGu. Tue
regents residence is the p, "C.pLI OLilj rg
~ the town.
Volcanic ISLANDS.
K-ahaton. or ~ il 80 sometime c.lled
Cr..Ea,pa Is a yo'cauic island at tue rOLtu
OF the Straits Of SLnda. Its shores are
vS,h,d 10y the waters of the Indian O,-an.
10 is situated in latitude G. deere . Iu,u-
o - south and longitude lO5 degrees %
lUr : t.St Tue island is about tx or
>eyeA miles long and about four or five
miles broad. The Dutch Government have
established signal station OF ior. on Z
but il is not Inhabited Otherwise. To the
nvl,hwsS, OF kraka,OI Is 4 small nameless
.,'and, avj t1 the eos, is a smaller one.
7 yth are very cius TO the = ger y'and
The Latest Calamity.
Yesterdays advicss from Batavia, the
capital Of Java, stare that volcanic q sturO-
ace" hp~Gu on Saturday lsst on the island
of kraEatOJ, on the s,rJit @ Sunda. about
fifteen miles OF TIE CO,st Of Java. The
deep rumb.ings we're disiaC,jy aIdjOle at
Surakerta and B-fayia about fOrty-fye end
twenty-five miles oil respectively. Little
alarm was felt at first. but within an hour
showers of stones began 10 fall. All through
the ujght showers O. red hCC rocks
and ashes fell, making complete darkness
in all these towns In Batavia there w2'
m occasional fal and it was ditjcult 10
keep the street lights burning in the
European quarter. BY the mex. morning
al Communication with An er was cut OF,
al the bridges having been destroyed by
The descending rocks agd ashes aud the
road rendered impossible.
Sunday MOrhing's Contribution.
On SUNDAY mO--,nS the disturb InCes
had extended beneath the waters OF the
st-ait and they wee SON boiling aud his
ing yiCl-nIv, whli@ "re2t waves dashed
/ upoa the JavcuessC shores. and the tenn
/ pt-atUIe Of me s~4 went up nearly twenty
| derrece. From as far away from tie
/ original pOuJ OF dis urbanCe as Madura
! the furious wave were lashed intO nom
. t..ns of loan a. hey Were rolling n.
Spread O'Ihe ErrIpttOG.
The threatening rumble gradually be-
came more and more dis,'nCt aud bv rOOu
the Maha Meru the largest of tire volcTnOs
OF Java. was pOg'ir- tOrtN flames al very
alarming rate Tn, eruption sCoq spread
to the Cunning Tengger, the crater o.
which is lhe largest in the world, Oeirg
nearly four miles ia diameter, the cunuOg
| Guu,ur and many other minor mountains,
until moe thar a third o. the - orators OF
/ Java were either in active srruption or ssri-
ors'y threat ming il.
Natives TerrOrSIricken.
Men women and children rushed in ter
r". rfom their tOtiering dwelling places,
ul'ing the air with their shreks Of horror.
Hundred were unable To &c, out before the
houses iell and were BURIED beneath the
greIt masses Of rocks anU mud that We're
IueG up. wkere q few hours before all had
been peace, happiness and fancted
SECURITY. There the waves came
uheIuiug over a marShy plain along the
shOre, Supdenly engulHng hem.et o. fish.
p-men's rude houses, ana turning sudds l.
" bICt. swept away alWO-t eye~y vCs,ge
Of vha, he'd moment before been scene
~ hus.GUg activity, where family a'le-
family had been rushing around II tie
vain erdeayo- to save their effects and
set away with their lives from the awful
continuation of elements threatening them.
What a few hours before we're fertile va
Ievs covered with louriShing plantations
Of coffee rice sugar, indigo or tOO:ccO, tue
staulcs OF the Island, werc soOn but mud,
stone aud luya-COverCd fields ~ ruin and
destruction. Probably not a single crop Of
'8'" Probabiy 81. 900 Lives Lost.
Atthe entrance 70 Ea,9via was a large
ground OF house extending along the shore
and occupied by Chiname1. Tuis portion
o. the city was eIrtrC : swept awsV, and o,
tie 25,UOO Chi~Cge who lived on this
swampy plan, it is hardly prool-
bic that more tnsn 5,C"J man
srrI 10 save their lives. Tley
suck to their home untl the waves IA.
washed them avTy ClTe fCl-i1g the tor.
rents OS the flame and law Of tie interior
rrOre than tie tos,ents Of wafer iron the
exterior.
The population o. Europeans and Ameri-
cans in batavia suffered loss OF perhaps
100 souls ont Of the $50 whites !YlnE
there. Many OF the baz'ars Ia the
demolished, and il IS impcsSjble to make
any estimate of the nCcuniary loss. The
Exchange ard the Mrlil ~ Hospital sui
ferCd great damage. At AMER the Eu-
rOpeau and American quarter was first
oyerw helmCd by rocks nud and lava from
the craters aud then the waters came up
end swallowed the ruins, leaving
nothing to mark the site aud Caus-
ing the loss of something in the neigh
borhoOd OF 2,OC0 lives Of the inhabitants,
and tho-e who had tried to find a refuge
these. Bantam, Olce a prosperous and
flOurishing marine city, but practically
abandoned many years ago. was entirely
ed several times by the wa,ers and
there mu taye been from l,2C) to 1000
people drowned The island of I~lnS, Just
on the COST, was completely inundated !
and not soul remains to tell the tale OF
disaster and death.
Later Details.
later dispatch from Batavia. Java, says; !
1ue towns of AMER, TjiriHgue and |
Telsoktelong were destroyed by volcanic /
erupto ons. All the lighthouses in Sunda |
St ats have disappeared and where the |
mountain krsmatlu formerly s,DOi the |
e. Dow flows. The aspect Of sunda Straits
$ much changed, and navigation is dan
ssrCus.
The tidal wave completely DESTROYED |
AujC~, ard many persons were killed. The !
o. nI lie sTO0g Europeans and .iives |
at Nor,h I lntam i enormous. Since room !
yesterday eyerytb g is quiet, CIV clear |
and CON muuicdt'OI wi h S;r..rg =, ,st0red. |
Tue temperature fell 10 degrees |
Monday, but is now normal |
TIE town Is covered with a thin |
layer uf sshps. which Yves so hot when fall |
irc that Il killed birds. Telegraph line !
men report that while repairing the line
near A15er sss.y Monday u0rn.ng they |
Jaw = bish column Of sea approaching with |
a roaring noise Tnpv Np I without lPlr1- ]