The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-06
THE cFJEL caaTER gOHITIFe
FORTH FIRE ON TIE DEVOTED
HEADS Of THE laNaNEeE.

straits Of Sunda is daagerous 90 uagi-
cation. New islands have arisen
therein aud the coast line Is altered.
The government Is preparing10 take
new sOuudinEs Of the slraita Sixteen
VOLCANOES appeared between the site
where the islhBd OF Krayafoa formerly
stood and Lfbisic island A portion
Of Bantam IS an ashy desert. Cattle
are starving and the population are IN
despair. Toergepar volcano "a split On
five portions. Seven hundred and
four bodies Of victims or the disaster
are buried IN the district Tanard, and
800 In the coast village Of Kamat.
The -. Louis Repll5liednis special
cable gives the following additional
newC:
Further particulars Of the great vol
canic eruption IN Java, which have
just reached London from Batavia,
shew the disaster 10 have been more
Widespread and more disastrous than
reported ia yesterdays advi0es. At
noon Sunday the erupii0ns had sup
posed 10 have reached their greatest
height, but late In the afternoon and
evening the disturbance suddenly in
creased and the island seemed to be
about completely buried In q mass Of
FIRE snd suiphurOus ashes. At the
same time the enormous waves began
10 burst with greater force upon the
shores, coming In some pisces laF up
into the interior.
Great chasms opened IN the earth
and threatened to enguif q large pro-
portion OF the islands people and
buildings. About midnight the most
frightfui scence Of the whole disturb
ances took place. Suddenly an enOT-
nous Luminous cloud, siIniiar 10 that
whick was seen over Die GunsnnR
GnntuT, bat much greater In extent,
formed over the kandage range OF
mountains, which skirts the south
cOast Of the island This cloud grad
ually increased In size until it formed
a canopy Of lurld red and whitlsh
gray over a wide extent Of territory.
During this time erupii8ns increased,
aud streams of h4ya poured incessant.
d. down the mountain into the valley,
sweeping every thing before them.
Here aud there a stream OF lava would
enter 80 arm- Of the sea or cuine in
contact with the waters Of q river.
THEN tie nearest incandescent lava as
ID protFuded from tire great stream
would suddenly produce boiling heat
and rapid vHpOrizatiOn. But the SUI
peTiine consolidation that almost in
stahti9 ensued would prevent any
further contact. The fssures that
opened in this thin crust as ID soiidi-
fed would emit torrents Of vapor eX-
tending high intO the air and making
q tremendous kissing aud seefhing
sound as II o thousand locomotives
were simultaneously letting OF steam.
Here and there in the lava streams
were innumersbie thin, plate-like
crystals Of feldspar Arranged In trains,
Op1 behind the other, In the direction
af the flow Of the current, and field
spiric spherOiites were radidly formed
Ga the vitreous matter, resembling
those which form I'm the Stag Of a
glass furnace One Of the most singu-
lar freaks Of the eruption was the car
ryimE IN the midst Of molten lava Of 9
bed 81 solid ice or enormOUs size,
which had been emitted from one Of
the craters, carried along by the cur
rent and landed on the extremity of
Point st. Nicholas ON the northeast
corner of the island T'hb bed OF ice
was surrounded by a thick envelope
Of sand aud sc0riie, which are such
nOn-c0uductors of heat that a red hot
stream Of lava running over IL will
not melt the snow. II j. supposed this
ice had formed the crust Of some vast
subterranean lake
About . o'clock Monday morning
the great cloud suddenly broke into
small sections and quickly vanished.
At the same time the most frightful
rumblhgs. were heard and the col
umns Of Gre and HnOkeOn the south
east corner Of the island ceased To as
cend, while the craters In the other
parts OF Java seemed 30 open their
fiery Threats still wider 10 let out the
greatest quantity of rocks, lava pum-
Ice and ashes yet YOmited out
The kissing Of the sea became 50
loud as 60 be almost deafening, aud
the waves rushed upon the shores to
an unprecedented height. When Gcy-
light came II WIS seen tEat an enOr-
NOUS tract Of land had disappeared,
extending from Point CapuUin on the
south, 10 Negery PafsPerrang on the
north, and west 10 a low pOint, cover
ing an extent 81 territory fifty miles
square. In this were situated the viii
lagos Of Negefy and Negery BAHIA
waug. or the people inhabiting these
places and the natives scattered
sparsely through the forests and on
the plains, none escaped.
This section OF the island was not so
densely populated as the other pOr-
tiOns. aud tue loss OF life was conpar-
ntiyely small although it must have
aggregated fully 800 souls. The en-
tire KaHdang range of mountains,
extending along tine coast ia "a semi
circle FOR about siXty-aYe miles. had
gene out Of sight The waters OF
Welcome bay, the Sunda straits and
the Pepper bay on the east and Of the
Indian ocean on the soutlillad rushed
in and formed a great sea Of turbulent
waters. Here and there the peak Of
high crater was exposed fora moment
by the receding Of great wave and
occasionally putt at brOwnish gray
smoke or a slight shower OF rocks
showed that the volcanoes still con
tinued in active subterraneous erup-
ton The debris 81 the submerged
and destroyed buildings was tossed
hither and thither over the inhabited
land where all was now a waste Of
water. The town uf Tanerang, within
twenty-five miles Of the city OF Bata-
via, was swept away by the lava
streams aud full half OF the people,
mostly Javanese, numbering about
1850, persisted.
At Sneelwyke, near Point Salcis,
the red hot ROCKS set flre to the
houses, and swept away all the thick
Is settled portion Of the town. About
ten bazRars belonging 30 Europeans
were destroyed. The loss Of property
Is very large, butno lives are known
TO have been lost. The river Jacatra,
on the banks OF which Batavia Is sit
uated, flowed Gown through Tigers
street and Joined the waters OF the RI
yer Eileradei. swelling that stream 20
such an extent es1t0 rise high on the
Castos battlements.
Tljelenkh z was almost totally de-
strOyed. and large number OF lives
were lost.
The Islands Of Queus Eve miles or
the mouth 81 the Tangerang river,
and ss-Snty miles out Of Batavia, was
completely Inundated, and the float
ing ieek there was completely de-
slrOFed- Gaataye. Cia0s aud rroRoTers
islands. or the portion Of tile island
which disappeared, are out Of sight
and not q vesuge Of them is left Baby
and Cheribo islands of the north
coast. bus small IN eKtent, lost the
few houses aud inhabitunts upOa
them. Ia Batavia the iUss has been
largely Increased since the former re-
ports The roof u the governors
house was crushed in by a heavy mass
oim0d and Three ~ the retainefs were
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