Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-09-05

The population of Europeans and
Americans in Batavia suffered loss per-
haps of 500 souls out of 35, 900 whites
living there. Many of the bazars in
the higher portion of the city were de-
molished, and it is impossible to make
any estimate of the great pecuniary
loss The Exchange and the military
hospitals suffered great damage. At
Anger the European and American
quarter was first overwhelmed by
rocks, mud aud lava from the craters,
and then the waters came up and
swallowed the ruins, leaving nothing
to mark the site and causing the loss of
somewhere in the neighborhood of g.
900 lives of the inhabitants and those
who, had tried to find refuge there.
Bantam, once prosperous and
hourishing native city, but practically
abandonded many Years ago, was en-
tirely covered several times by the
waters, and there must have been from
1900 to 1000 people drowned.
While there can be no accurate esti-
mate formed at present of the loss oflife, it
must be apparent when it is considered
that the island has population of over
10000 900 people, that the death list
will foot up far into the thousands.
MORE APPALLING.
LONDON, August 30, 1920 P. NJ
Further particulars of the great volcanic
eruption in Java have just reached
London from Batavia. AT noon on
Sunday the eruptions and shocks were
supposed to have-reached their greatest
height, but late in the afternoon and
evening the violence of the disturbances
suddenly increased About midnight
the most frigh.ful scene of the whole
disturbance took place Suddenly an
enormous luminous cloud, similar to
that which was seen over the Cunning
Gunten but much greater in extent,
formed over the Kandang range of
mountains. which skirt the southeast
coast of the island This cloud gradu-
ally increased in size until it formed a
canopy of lurid red and whitish gray
over wide extent of territory. About
2 O'Clock Monday morning the great
cloud suddenly broke into small sec
tions and quickly vanished At the
same time the most frightful rumblings
were heard and the columns of fire and
smoke On the southeast corner of the
island ceased to ascend.
VILLAGE AND INHABITANTS DISAPPEAR
The Kissing of the sea became so
loud as to be almost deafening, and the
waves rushed up on the shores to an
almost unprecedented height. When
daylight came 1t was seen that an
enormous tract of land had disappeared,
extending from point Capucin on the
south to Negery Pafsoerang on the
north and west, to low point covering
an extent of territory about fifty miles
square In this were situated the vii
lagos of Negery and Negery Babawang.
Of the people inhabiting these places
and the natives, scattered sparsely
through the forests and on the plains,
none escaped. The loss of life must
have aggregated fully $4,000 souls.
The entire Kangdang range of noun
tains, extending along the coast in a
semicircle for about sixty-fve miles
had gone out of sight. The waters of
Welcome Bay, the Sunda Straits and
Pepper Bay on the east and of the
Indian Ocean on the south had rushed
in and formed great sea of turbulent
waters. The town of Tanerang was
swept away. Half the population,
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At Speelwyk, near Poins Salcis, the
red hot rocks set fire to the houses and
swept away all the thickly settled
portion of the town.
$4,000 LIVES LOST.
.Fijelenknig was almost totally de-
stroyed and large number of lives
were lost. The island of Onrus, five
miles off the mouth of the Tangerang
river and 20 miles east of Batavia, was
completely inundated and the floating
dock there was completely destroyed
Caataye, Claps and Tranwers islands,
off the portion of the island which dis
appeared, are out of sight, and not a
vestige of them is left. Baby and
Cherilo islands, off the north coast,
lost their few houses and inhabitants.
In Batavia the loss has been largely in,
creased since the former reports The
town of Bridge was destroyed, the
Diamond and Pearl bastions badly
damaged, and the Burran redoubt was
destroyed. The town Of Faggal was
severely shaken snd few buildings were
left standing The aggregate loss of
life from the various elements of the
terrible disturbances must be fully 49,
600. A violent shock occurred in the
island of Sumatra on Monday forenoon.
Middle Island, 0 miles off the Javanese
coast, was almost wholly engulfed.
The small island of Singkel has entire
ly disappeared. 1t was uninhabited.
- No woman really practices
economy unless she uses the Diamond
Dyes. Many dollars can be saved
every year. Ask the druggist.
james Williams, of Anderson, S.
c., is not yet 81 years of age, but he
is in Jail for bigamy. He pleads in de-
fense that two years ago he was con-
verted to the doctrines of Mormon by
missionaries preaching in that section
of the State, and claims that as poly
gamists in Utah are not molested he
should be set free.
MIR. Jas. W. Rewalt, Wrights-
vile, Pa, says: 81 suffered from dys-
pepsia and heart burn, which Browns
Iron Bitters entirely relieved"
The claims against Allegheny
county arising from the riots of 1877
have all been settled or are now barred
by the statute of limitation, except
those upon which suits have been en-
tered. The total amount asked by
those who haye suits still pending
against the county is $4,000, but as
consequential damages for which the
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