The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-03
Bodies Lying Thick in the Forests and
Half Buried in the Lava-DanSerOCs
Navigation "a the Straits.
Preparations for the Funeral Sere-
monies of De Chambord.
The Recent Arrests of Irish-More Riotin e
Against the Jews-RepOrted Rupture
Among the French Monarchists.
THE VOLCANOES VICTIMS.


Rurying of the Dead Thousands in the Is
land of Java.
LONDON, Sept. From the dispatches re-
ceived from Batavia it appears that fears of
further eruptions in the island of Java within
the immediate future have subsidized, and all
the efforts of the government and the people
are concentrated on the work of burying the
dead and preserving the health of the living.
All along the shores from Point Lampon to
the river Paquise on the northern coast, and
from the river Tjemanderie to Tsihaokok on
the southern coast there are found corpses
thickly strewn In the forests of the inte-
rior, from the river Tjiedam to the river Jie-
tarrum, dead bodies are lying at short dis
tances apart, in some instances partially
buried in the sulphurous white mud of the
hardened lava that flowed from the eruptive
crater.
About daybreak on Wednesday morning
another of the startling incidents attendant
upon the great disturbances was manifested.
With the cessation of the paroxysms many
emanarions of vapor evolved themselves.
These vapors, as is usual, contained a variety
of acids, and as the lava cooled down
deposited saline incrustations at the mouth
of the Furarole. The acidity of these vapors
issuing from the assures in the divided
mountains of Papandayang caused unusu-
ally rapid decomposition of the exposed
parts of the great rocks at the SUBMITS of
the seven peaks. A number of them split
apart suddenly on Wednesday, releasing tons
of depending earth. This caused several huge
Iand-slides during the morning, and they
went crashing down into the valley, carry
ing destruction and death with them. On
the edge of the town of Nara some fifteen
or sixteen Chinese in section of the sani-
tary corps were buried before they were
aware of the cause OF the deep rumbling
around them.
A few more bodies were found to-day at
Bantam, Waronge and Palatra. Most all the
corpses on the lower part of Batavia have
been disposed of, and there are now no fears
that the health of the city will be affected.
Four vessels arrived late on Wednesday night.
One of them had attempted to enter the
straits of Sunda, but had barely got through
the entrance when she struck on a sharp,
sunken rock, newly thrown up, and had
hole stove in her bows. She mad great diff
Guilty in keeping the water out, by hard
pumping, long enough to reach this port and
put in for repairs. No attempt will be made
to navigate the straits until new surveys and
soundngs have been made.
Large forces of men are busy at work in all
directions digging out bodies from beneath
the beds of lava and rocks At Campaug
Boem there are many being dug out. At
Grogolt the corpses seem to be more mangled
than in any other town, most of the deaths
having been caused by falling rocks and de-
bris.
Reports just in from Tsiroeye give the
100 souls. OF Dorian Siriboa's population
| 130 perished. Many other villages and ham
lets reported large proportion of their pop
ulation gone.