The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-31

tent, formed over the Kadang range ol
mountains which skirt the Southwest coast
Of the island. This cloud gradually in.
creased in size until 1t formed canopy oi
lurid, red and whitish grey over wide ex-
tent OF territory. During this time the
eruption increased and streams OF lava
poured necessarily down the sides OF the
mountains into the valley, sweeping every
thing before them.- Here and there a
stream OF lava would enter an arm OF the
sea or come in contact with the water oil
the river.
SINGULAR FREAKS OF THE ERUPTION.
One Of the most singular freaks Of the
eruption was the carrying in the midst oi
the molten lava Of bed Of solid ice oi
enormous size, which had been emitted
from one Of the Craters, carried along by
the current and landed on the extremity oi
Point st. Nicholas on the northwest corner
oi the island. This bed Of ice was sur.
rounded by thick envelope OF sand and
scorie which are .uch non-conduCtorS oil
heat, that red.hot stream ei'lava running
over it will not melt snow. 1t is supposed
vast subterranean lake.
About o'clock Monday morning the
great cloud suddenly broke into small Sec
tions and quickly vanished. At the same
time the most irightful rumblipgs were
heard, and the columns Of FIRE and smoke
on the southwest corner Of the Island ceased
TO ascend, while the craters in the other
parts OF Java seemed to open their fiery
throats still wider TO let out the greatest
quantities OF lava, rocks, pumice and ashes
yet vomited out. The hifsing OF the sea
became 30 loud as TO be almost deafening,
and the waves rushed up on the shore to
an unprecedented hight.
LAND DISAPPEARS.
When daylight came 1t was seen that an
enormous tract Of land had disappeared,
extending from Point Capucin on.,the
south to Negery Paiseerang on the north
and west to a low point covering an extent
Of territory about 100 miles square. In
this were situated the villages Of Negery
and Negery Babawang. OF the people in
habiting these places, and the natives scat.
tered through the forests and on the plains,
none escaped frightful death. This sec.
tion OF the island was not 80 densely popu.
lated as the other portions, and the loss Of
lie was comparatively small, although
1t must have aggregated fully To-.
600 souls. The entire kardang range
OF mountains, extending along the coast
in o semi.circ!e for about sixty.five miles,
has gone out OF sight. The waters Of Wei,
come Bay, the Sunda Straits and Pepper
Bay on the east and Of the Indian Ocean
on the south, had rushed in and formed q
great sea OF turbulent watera. Here and
there peak Of . high crater was exposed
for q moment by the receding Of a great
wave, and occasionally . puff Of brown.
i,h gray smoke or O slight shower of rocks
showed that the volcanoes still continued
In active subaqueous eruption. The de-
Iris Of submerged and destroyed buildings
were tossed hither and thither on the tu.
multous yater-the only sign left that
there had once been inhabited land where
all was now waste OF Teter.
.,, TOW IS RLoTrRD OUT.
The town OF lanerong, within twenty
miles Of the city Of Batavia, WIS swept
away by lava streams, and fully half the
population, mostly Jayanese, numbering
about 1890, persisted. At speelwyk, near
Point salcis, the red hot rocks set fire to
the houses and swept away all the thickly
settled portion OF the town. About ten
bazars belonging to Europeans were de-
stroyed. The loes Of property Is very large,
I'M: no lives are known 10 have been lest.
The river Jacatra, on the backs oi which
Batayia is situated, was 30 completely
damned by lava and debris that It's coutse
was changed, and from the Franieu bastion
Il flowed down through Tigers street and
ioined the, ,waters OF the river Emerades,
sgellipp that strasm to such an extent as to
Iise high on the Castle batteries. Fiielen-
king was almost totally destroyed, and q
large number Of lives lost. The island o.
Oneins, I've miles of the month ot the
Tangarana River, and twenty miles east ol
Batavia, was completely inundated, and
tSe floating dock there was totally de-
sroyed.
.-. NUMDER OF LIVES LOST.
The aggregate loss Of lie from the va!i'
ous elements Of the terrible disturbance
must be fully $4,000, but the number Of
those who perished can never, Of course,
be approximated.
A violent shock occurred in the Island oi
Snmatra Monday forenoon, and 1t was
feared other violent disturbances might fol-
low. Middle Island, ten MI es of the Java
Sea coast, and half way between the points
oi Java and sumatra, was almost wholly
en0ulfed In the tea. The small island oi
Singkel, probably originally only cone
blown up by IN eruptiye paroKyam, has en-
tirely disappeared. II was uuinhabited.
'7.,' ALI MIXED ur.
The condition Of the strait OF slnda d
dangerous to navigation. New islandi
have arisen there, aud the coast line is al
tered. The government ispreparing to OBJ
tain new sopndlpgs Of the strait. Sixteen
volrauoes appeared between the cite where
tbe island Of Kr,katoa formerly stood and
Sibiaie island. A portion ot the bsnk ts 81
ashy .deaet., The cattle are starving ana
The population are IN despair. Soengepar
volcano split in hye portiDns. SVEN nun
dred and four bodies oil thu victims ot thi
dIsaster were buried In the district O
TNnora, and three hundred In Coast villa
| rytI,qu.le e Wayes OF the PaeIne.
| WiSiliXor N, D. O, August 30.-Th'
following telegram has bven received b!
the Superintendent Of coas, and Geologi
1 cal Survey by Prof. George Lamsou, Assist
ant: 'f
SAN PaASc,Sco, August so -Earthquak
waves commenced On the Ian Celtic Haug
At one o'clock on the morning oi the Sgtt
They had increased in height aud yef
still exhibited yesterday. The height {