The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-09-14


1880 .---- M ..--~- 80
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r1.......a s1x~- n<.tr.x~i- f,rarhic - |
<rr.psion ID me Awful Calamity.
NxU yonx- An. =.
.ncria1 callrrra,n from London Eixc.
>he details az Che volcanic erurfions in |
Iaxa. Tie ara crurtions were on Safur-
49, n,ri., IN ~ island ~ Kraokatro. AZ
.,r..,. VA sunday ~. u.ba neru Mountain
l..gnn n ,,rich forth tirc ana lava. and the
..r,,..i.n >..cc soreni 4. tlc Gnnunr Ienr-
.Aer- the crater ~ which Il the largest In
| ~. World. hr;nc nearly four niles III diam
! Ter. thc Cunning Gnntun and D, Ter minor
..,o,,ntain<. until Nv Monday morning near
1 ~ 4 t.irl IL me forty-five craters Il lava
/ -. Y, 800. ~ .ct,xitv
<.-
WINE 'ns-e r''''e $3.50 ...-
were ~ #'fk "a t'r i'H@ 80 "''-
sympathetically boisterou~ The cir was
~ s,rchnrr.i vrirl. electricity that AZ one
| .,.~ c.--~r -.,- -......- .-.-. .... HIM
Time ni.s.n "'.F' 'P'.'' y.
drfds o. the untortur1tr Fr'p'r. t'@".r ~
escape from their dwellings before they
were crushed beneath the mass Of falling
4 $500. 49,, -. ,.r~;.hei- On the ton 81
Stones ana 49,. I,.'.'n a..
the unn"nk ient<e', '''-"- r.-.---
made scene OF tErrlnc GRANDEUR fiSr1.r
after assure appeared on the mountains
"a. 80 mere ~ri fh~r. n the valley .
vawnin< cha<m opened The tracts 81 70
49, n tie northern portion 81 Kraok4iec
80. .,,., =, . hl,~e ~ ,.me. ma im,ncns
| trees. some az them centuries old. toppled
<--.- ,.f,~- ~ !. .x.ncinr eea Of IRE like
r,.' :, r~r< - -,- ~ ~. ~~,,ntio~- II.
| <r..eed =, xiolenr-< and frequency the dis
.-.-s---. - ~. ~...xs xnrxouriinr The
80 ~-.s -. ,,;.,cr@ The
waves rushed with terrific force mp me
sfeep. rocky incline, and meeting the burn
; 49,. .r.,.5 - f..h;oned II info the
-"e 49, S.-.~ur-.-.- -. ~.r.,;,,~ -
most ecosn.f'e rnnir '--,r II.
ters carried a"1t many .-@.-.--..-r
. tie sea overwhelmed. running growing crop:
Of coffee. rice, sugar, indigo % tcpacco; ana
II Is probable that not single crop vii %
saved.
Late Sunday AFTERNOON ana ~ ne ey.ni Il
increased ana the island seemed obe ABOUT
- be completely buried n mass q lre
: ma snlphurous ashes Al the same tlfne
: the enormous waves began = hurst wltn
, greater force upon the Shores coming y
some places far up into ne ,n,sr ,pr..,rss
!. u engulf large proportion q the islands
( peopie and buildings. About midnight ~
2 most frieltful scene y the whole ni>f'ir
N Dances took place. Suddenly IN enormous
: luminous cloud similar = that wnisn
SEN over the Cunning Gnntur. but murl
greater in extent, formed over the knnla
; "a range o. mountains which xii ~
Y south coast of the island This cloud Er.n
4 uaiIy increased in size until Z formed
4 canopy Of lurid red and vhi'iSn gray oys
\ wide extent Of territory. During -
= time the erupfions increased. and stream
a ii lava poured necessarily down the side
7. az the mountain into the valleys; sweep
Il inc everything BEFORE them Here ~
there 4 sfrcam Of lava would enter an arr
= II the sea ar come in contnc. with fbe water
y II 4 river. Then the nearest incar
descent lava = II prctruded from the Eren
a stream would suddenly produce boilin
i, heat ana rapid vaporixation- But the =
n pcrfne consolidation that almost Instant
y ensned would prevent any further contac
le The assures that opened in this thin cru'
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