The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07
NEWS CONDENSED.
Telegpaphic Summary.
$4,000 LIVES LOST.

other calamities of this oalamitous year. and In
cts extent 10 unquestionably one Of the most
majestic "a we'll as terrible manifestations Of
Nature known In modern times. London dis
patches OF the 30th ult. give the following addi-
tonal details of the awful horror Further partic-
ulals OF the great volcanic eruption In Java which
have just reached here from Batavia show that
the disaster was even more widespread and
disastrous than was rerorted. At noon Sunday
the eruptions and shocks were supposed TO have
reached their height, but late in the afternoon
and In the evening the violence of the disturb
ance suddenly increased, and the island seemed
to be about TO be completely buried ia fire and
eulphurous ashes. At the same time enormous
waves began to dash with great force upon the
shores, coming in some places far up into the
interior, and great chasms opened In the earth
and threatened to inguif large proper
ton of the people and buildings About
midnight the most frightful scene Of
all took Place; Suddenly enormous enormous luminous
mountains which skirt the southeast OF the
island. This cloud gradually increased in size
ish gray over a wide extent of territory. Dur
ing this time the eruptions increased. aud
streams OF lava poured. necessarily down the
sides OF the mountains into the valleys, sweep
ing everything before them. Here and
there q stream of lava woIld enter
arm OF the sea or come in contact with the wa
ter of n river. Then the incandescent lava
would suddenly produce boiling heat and rapid
vaporiZation, but the superficial consolidation
that almost instantly ensued would prevent any
further contact with the water The assures
that opened In this, their crust, rs 1t soiidifed
on the stream of lava, emitted torrents of vapor
extending high in the air and making tremen-
dous seething sound, as if thousand locomo-
tiyeS were stimuli aneously letting Off steam
One OF the most singular freaks of the erup-
lion was the carrying in the midst of the molt-
en- lava of bed OF solid ice OF enormous size
(which had been emitted from one of the craters.
pt was carried along by the current and landed
on the extremity of point Sc. Nicholas, at the
northeast corner Of the island. The bed Of ice
was surrounded by n thick envelop of sand
and scoria, which are conductors of head.
supposed formed
OF some subterranean lake
About o'clock on Monday morning the
great cloud suddenly broke into small sections
and vanished At the time frightful
rumblings were heard, and the columns OF fire
and smoke over the southeast corner of the
island ceased to ascend while the craters in
other parts OF Java seemed to open their fiery
Threats still wider to let outst he greatest guam
tity of lava, rocks pumice and ashes vet vomited
forth. The kissing of the sea became so loud
as - be almost deafening The waves rushed
mp on the shore to an unprecedented height.
When daylight came II was seen that an enor-
nous tract of land had disappeared, covering
an extent OF territory about fifty miles square.
This section of the island was not 80 densely
populated as the other portions, and the
loss OF life was comparatively small, although il
must have aggregated fully $4,000 souls. The
entire kandang range of mountains, extending
along the coast in semi-Circie TO- about sixty
five miles, had gone out of sight. The waters OF
Welcome bay, the Sunda straits, ana Pepper
bay.'on the east end of the Indian ocean, on the
south, had rushed in and formed sea OF turbu-
lent waters. The debris Of the submerged and
destroyed buildings was tossed hither and
thither on the water-the only sign left
that there bad once been inhabited land there.
The town of Tanerang, within twenty-five
miles OF the city of batavia, was swept away by
a lava streak, and fully half of the population
mostly, Javanese, numbering about $780, per-
ished At Speelwyk, near Point Salcis, the red
hot rocks set fire to houses and swept away all
the thicky settled portion of the town. The
river Jacatra at the banks of which Batavia is
situated, was so completely damned by lava
and debris that Its course was changed. Figel-
linking, was almost totally destroyed, and
large number of lives were lost there. The
island of Onius, five miles off the mouth Of the
Targerang river, and twenty miles east of Ba-
tavia, was completely inundated Coataye,
Claps and Tronwers islands, off the portion or
Java which disappeared, are out of sight, and
not vestige Of them is left The aggregate
loss OF life must be fully $4,000 but the nnmber
Of those who persisted can never of course, be
accurately known
LONDON dispatch of the 31st ult says
that after the sudden subsistence of the dis
turbance in the kingdom of Bantam, on Mon
day, the eruptions seemed to lose their force for
time and the people of Batavia experienced
feeling of relief in the hope that the worst had
been PASSED. The quieter conditions continued
until about 10 o'clock, sghen the craters once
more began TO send up great masses of destruc
tive matter, although without the force OF the
former actions. The eruptions seemed TO be more
violent at night than during the daV. By IL
o'clock the Papandaying, which is 1904 feet
high, was In a very active state OF paroXysm
eruption. 1t was accompanied by detonations
said to have been heard many miles away in SUI
matra. Three distinct columns of flame were
seen to rise from the mountain tn vast height,
and its whole surface soon appeared as If COW
cred with fiery lava streams, which spread to
great distances on all sides. Stones fell for
miles around, and the black fragmentary mat
ter carried into the air caused total darkness.
A whirlwind accompanied this eruption, bv
which house-roofS, trees and men and horses
were carried into the air The quantity of ashes
elected was such az to cover the ground
and roofs of houses at DenamO to the depth of
several inches. or Point Cay the floating
pumice on the sea formed layer two feet thick.
through which vessels forced their way with
great difficulty. The rise of vapor produced the
appearance OF column several thousand feet
high, based on tho edge OF .he crater. 1t APP
reared from a distance to consist of a mass
of innumerable globular clouds OF extreme
whitcness, resembling vast balls of cotton
rolling one over the other as they assembled, inn
PEELED by the presence of fresh supplies inces-
sanity urged upward by the continued ex-
p!osiop. At u great height the column
dilated horizontally, and spread into dark and
turbid circular cloud shaped like an immense
umbrella. Forked lightning of great vividness
and beauty continually darted from different
parts OF the clouds Suddenly the scene was
changed. The mountlin was SPLIT into seven
parts without moments warning, and where
PapandaSing had st oil alone there were now
seven distinct elks looming up TO a great
height. In the seams opened could
b, seen Ssnr, gT tSa balls of molten mat
OF steam, and ths black elected IapillO flowed
In steady streams and ran slowly down the
mountain sides, forming beds 900 or 800
feet in extent. EXhalatons of carbonic- acid
gas were 80 abundant that birds and animals
In large numbers were killed by il, aud few
human beings lost their lives in the same way
This proved to be the turning point in the
eruption, for the great assures opentd seemed
TO act as safety valves through which the
streams of lava gently flowed down into the
valleys. The volcanic fires. though still burn
Ing at last advices had lest most of their fierce
ness. and the steam generated found vent with
out being forced through the comparative mar
row mouths OF the old craters. One OF the queer
incidents was the sudden rising during Tuesday
M U.,Ia9 .af. I'd.
the strait of Sunda, forming a complete chain
olas on the Javanese coast, and Hoga Point, on
the coast of Sumatra almost the
tops of what had been the Merak and Mid
die Islands, which sank into the sea on
Monday. The scene on the island OF Java when
the sun dawned yesterday morning was beyond
description. The worst horrors seem 10 have
so far surpassed all comprehension that the
citizens of Java and surrounding islands
dazed by the magnitude of their misfortunes
and are helpless in the face of the most terrible
calamity known TO history. The number of the
dead seems to be even greater than at first
reported. Indeed, many I'm Batavia think that
the victims will number nearly 100000. The
extent of the horror will never be fully known.
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