The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-09-13
Remarkable Volcanic Freaks.
LAVA Pouring from tho Volcano of OihetepS
Villages and Islands EnguIfcd.

=, The Star and Herald of Panama gives
the following description of some recent
remarkable seismic connections:
"The volcano of Ometepe, in Lake
Nicaragua, Is at present in eruption,
much to the alarm of the residents on
the island, which Is formed by tue
mottntam. On May 1, ut 10 n. m,
irlghtfu subterranean rumbling was
heard, which lasted between two and
three minutes, but no outbreak was
visible. On the following day number
OF people climbed to the summit OF the
volcano, and found that tho crater had
increased in size, and was about thirty
five yards in length and three in width,
but Its depth could not bo calculated.
Around it were strewn large quantities OF
stones and rocks covered with slate.
colored mud. Masses of the samo ma.
terials had poured down in q solth-
westerly direction, forming bed 800 or
400 yards in length, and ashes were
scattered in oil directions. Two DAYS
nfterward a series of terrifying eruptions,
accompanied by prolonged rumblings,
occurred. At about q p. M. on May 4,
the earth and rock in the vicinity of the
crater were seen to break, lava flowed
forth, and from it there burst upward q
thick column of lcad-colored smoke of
nwe-inspiring magnitude, which sent
the terrified villagers fl ying to the
churches in the belief that the whole
island was about to be DESTROYED. For
tunately, however no damage was done
rs the lava flowed in direction where
there are no inhabitants and the ground
is not cultivated.
"The valley of the Atrato, situated in
the State of Cauca, in this "epublic. con-
tlnues to be centre of that volcanic ac-
tlvity which was first evinced there in
September of last year. On several oc
caslons we have called attention to the
disappearance of islands in that vicinity.
and tho recent sudden changes the topo-
graphy of the country has undergone.
but really no full and authentic dcscrip-
tlons from private or public sources have
rs yet seen the light. That remarkable
phenomena arc being presented there, no
ono can doubt, from what is already
kno,n. and from information contained
in letter written to the President the
State of Cauca in tho last week of April
which is now made public, and which
states that at Rio Sucio, about forty
miles from tho Atlantic, the earth
cracked and opened in many places
throwing out very fine sand in heated
state, while subterrancan noise
was heard resembling that made
by boiling water. At Tmbo
which is on the Gulf of Uraba
the earth opened and water flowed out,
flooding the streets to a depth of two
feet. Many houses were shaken down.
The small villages of Bujies and Nicurio
have been completely cngulfed. Tho
mouth of the river Leon, which emptie2
into the Atlantic, has completely closed
up, and all over the district the move
ment of the earth is so continuous that
the inhabitants are emigrating.
"On May 21, at Ia. M, slight earth
quake was felt ut Mompos, on the river
Magdalena i'll the State of Bolivar, which
was followed by a sharper one at 2 n. m,
on the 22d, on which day shocks were
also felt at San Salvador and Guayaquil."