Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-29
TUE JtTlt UORROR.
SODo" L"ier Nc,"s, sO0ie C8pgeuf IoUHegi
0nh sOWc HnrIhln0Le Dntn.

the island Of lava was in almost rs desola,ino
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P'p",''"" Iu''e a. uehse' II IS now con
coded That fully 1000 persons persisted in the
Ischian earthquake The latest accounts from
tho combined .,,r,;,o, ...,t.t 80,
:. i'''"'' "''' ',''''
waves !" ava ana oumatra' estimate the loss
lherc as luly 100000 with only mcagte and
7 unsatisfactory bulletins Of this almost un. under
! stendabIc disaster,
o"p'e "isP''ch "o'" ba'''a 10 London,
on The 81 instant, says
Fears Of further eruptions in the island of
lava in the immediate future have subsidized
and all the efforts of the peoplc are concen
tra,ed on the work Of hurying tho dc,J and
preserving the health of the living All ALONG
The shores, from Poin, Lampon TO the river
Paguise, on the northern coast. and from the
river ljemarderic To Isipan Kok, on the south
ern coast, there are found co,nses tbictIy
strcwn In the forests of the interior ron,
the river ljiedom to the river Iiietarr,tm. dead
bodies are lying closely together. in some in
stances only partially buried under the sulpbur.
Gus white mud or hardened lava that flowed
from the cruptic cratcrs
With cessation Of the paroxysms vapors
were given off containing variety Of acids,
and as the lava cooled down salt was deposited
these vapors issuing from assures in the divided
mountains caused an unusually rapid decom-
al ,br summit ' o( ill., n', ., ,ne s,ea, rocks
~ ,h '"'in" W VIC 'S'e1 PEAKS u number
Of ihem spin! apart, releasing tons Of depend
nb eu'n. rus caused several hundred slides
during the morning. and they went crashing
down into the valley carrying destruction and
death with them. On the edge of the town of
Nara some fifteen or sixteen Chinese in a
section Of the sanitary corps were buried before
they were aware Of the cause of the deep
rumbing above them. A few more bodies
were found to-day at Bantam, Warning and
Palita. Most Of the corpscs in the lower part
OF batavia have been disposed of, and there
are no fears now that the health of the city will
be effected.
No attempt will be made to navigate the
Straits until new survey and soundings are
made Large forces OF men are at work in all
directions, digging out bodies from beneath
the lava and rocks. AT Campagna Boera
,be co,nsoY ca. nav -, p La uus out az Sfogo
any other town. Most of the deaths were
caused by falling rocks and debris Reports
J"' " "on isnoeya give the number OF dead
= c!.;i,. we. ',op"s 'ooo Suu's' vi
the VILLAGE ,pd ha,,,Io, ~ Pe,iI ,
Ma ~ ,b.ir rgr,,ia,;e,, - ''' ''' &c
prDrtion b f'p'''''o" so"e'
ord Union has the fol-
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hwag interesting note g., I'll,
The great disaster in "a s' iS".''u III
9s'lilical and commercial anmPo''anee III tne
i Pay Archipelago Javal WI rank ai'of'e the
N"fhll of which the W hd ; history makes
JNn q ,"lei eoloiy' Is the
Siano III s'ae VI 'i,e group US area peihs
Il, 10 square mics, WIN Iioo miles Oh coast
y,
,'". ., 'nes. n"e "oM oeen ues''oyeu, ., d.
!, ~ e'''seu Dy 'ne avn, CONFUSION Una.
-, H. -, s"e 'i'o'I .ie n.m I'''' Ee
=, '"e 'neuo'nses eau DC ue'e'mineu' FROM
o t, guy VI VIC S''"u ~ .''e o'her cA'e',us
nam VI ',oul,'a ms WIN Peah' yaiylng rom
" - &c, III "''''uue' III .iiis eiAin
-; ','''' ''N so'e'','o's' .We',y "
"'iiSn nay , oeen ao',v 10, many years one
y, uiese, iutse,' mas .ne largest crater on tile
~, ~'N1 VA. VI N,r"uel' ~ 'le 9u''oMion
Is',os IN '''e ieeeil' c'Sp,loh no less thah
""''J o'''"eSe "o""'''"s o' h'e were III "c'ioh'
ne oan francisco bu'ie'ln-one oil the
.'''o'S Oh w"''h spent several years IN java
mas long editorial ON the erupuonS, IRON
"ne" "'Nen Paiast'Pn
In july, 1852, no less than 10000 persons
lost Their lives 10y an eruption OF the volcano
6alunggons' The island Is one OF the most
denseiy populated areas in the the world. In
1872 the population OF Java was sci down at
t7,aoo, 200, or S,7 persons 10 the square
mile, Java has abou, $4,000 squere miles OF
territory. California has iSS,oSi square miles.
IL the latter state were populouS as lava il
would contain not less than fifty million
people The former however, has tropical
aifluence of vegetation, it being situated only
about hive degrees south of the equator. A
great deal OF the land has been made sterile
by volcanic action. Still, II IS one OF the most
productive Islands IN the world. ava coffee
Is known in every commercial city. Rice,
coffee sugar, pepper, tea, and tobacco are the
principal products, There is a large Chinese
element IN Java, as there is in all the islands
OF the Indian Archipelago. There are pro-
badly not more than twenty thousand Euro
"L; In !" ."e 's''Iu p", u,e na',pe' o'
could not have been much short of a quarter
OF a million, OF this number twenty five
Thousand We're destroyed 10y the earthquakes,
volcanic ernptons, and tidal waves.
MIR. Frank pixley in the san Francisco Al,
,on,,, nhilosonhi.a. ,n, ~, 1's.lc., ,..',.
e'"' f"'''P"Ae' 'P'" '"e "e"o'" ''i'e
as follows
And Il the worst account is less than the
truth, and the calamity has overwhelmed and
destroyed this island, with its busy industries
its ,ecming population, its thousands Of Euro
peans and hundreds OF thousands Of Asia,es
It's millions of native population, how little
will it influence us in our daily pursuit of
pleasure, our enjoyments of social life, our
money making ,ooations and our race and
struggle to attain small ends II the island
OF lava, with all its wealth and millions, shall
have sunk into the depths Of ocean, the
Messrs Babcock, OF the commercial house OF
John Parott \ CO., may have to re-cast their
many specula,ions upon the market price