The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-09-06
NEWS CONDENSED
Telegraphic Summary.
$4,000 LIVES LOST.

Awful Work Of the Javansss Volcanic
Eruption-The Most Horrible Catas-
trophc Of the Century.
The great volcanic eruption In Java and
tho adjacent island. ovcrtops In horror all the
other calamltics of this liamitous year. and In
its extent IL unquestonably one Of the most
majestic ~ we'll ~ terrible manifestations II
Nature known In modern times. London dis.
patches of the b,th nit. give tho following add.
tional details OF the awful horror Further pArtic.
have Just reached here from Batavia show that
the disaster Was even more widespread and
disastrous than was rei crtcd. At noon sunday
reached their height, but late In the afternoon
end In the evening the violence OF the disturb
ancr suddenly Increased, and the island seemed
y be nbont to be completely buried in Are and
euipnarOns ashes. Al tie same time enormous
waves hegan to lash with great force upon tho
ss a. coming IN some plac's far up into tho
interior, and great charsns opened In the earth
and Threatened to ingnlf large proper
,1da q the people and sail ,ns Asou:
ali took rlaee Suddenly enormous mormon, luminous ar Z.
clouds formed over the Kandang range Of
mountains which skirt the southeast 81 tho
until II formed canopy Of ia i'd red and whit.
ish gray over wild. extent of territory. Dur.
.ne this time the efapt.ons increased, aid
sides OF the mountains into the valleys, sweep
Ing everything before them. Here aud
snsre = stream OF lava wo.ld enter an
Ger af river. Then the incnndcscen. lava
would suddenly proiu boiling heat and rapid
IMPORTATION. but tho superb ial consolidation
tnat almost instantly cnsucd would prevent any
inrther contact with the water. The assures
that opened In this. their crust, rs II solidihed
ON inc stream OF lava, emitted torrents Of vapor
extending high In the air and m lkin1 treinen.
deus scething sound, az II a thousand losomo.
uves we're stimuli aneously letting OF steam.
A. One OF the most singular freaks Of the crup-
In I'm mi AZ s,f tha H.
en- lava of bed OF solid Ice OF enormous sire
Wnlcn had been emitted from one OF the cratcrs.
on the along by the current and landed
northeast corner Of the island. The bed Of ice
wss surrounded by thick envelop OF sand
" Il supposed this ice had formed the crust
ofsome subterranean lake.
About O'Clock on Monday morning tho
eTeat cloud suddenly broke into small sections
and vanished At the sane time frightful
rumblings were heard. an the column. OF fire
snd smoke over the southeast corner OF the
Island ceased TO ascend, while the crasers in
other PARTS Of Java seemed to open their fiery
tnroats still wider To let out the greatest guam
sl.y OF i.ya, rocks pnmice and ashes vet vomited
Iortn. The kissing OF the sea became 70 loud
- " De almost deafening The waves rushed
VIZ On the shore 70 an unprecedented height.
when daylight came Il WAS seen that an enor-
nous tract OF lani had disappeared covering
sn extent OF territory about nifty miles square.
This section Of the island was not 20 dcnsely
populated a. the other portions. and the
must have aggregated fully 1900 souls. The
entire kandane range OF mountains. extending
sionk inc coast IN ,mi-civcle 10. about sixty.
W. miles, hAu s n. out OF sight. The waters OF
Meicomc DAY, the snnda straits. and Pepper
bay. on the cast end Of the Indian ocean, on tho
lou ou,a. naa rushed IN and f"rmei sea Of tnrbu,
destroyed buildings was tossed hither and
thither on the water-the only, sign left
tn. town OF Taaerang, within twenty Ave
mnes OF the city OF hata.ia WAS swept away BY
eiass streak, ana fuliy half OF the population.
mostly, Jayansse, mum bertne about 800, per-
ished. At spee,Myk. near Point salcis, the red
not Iocks eel nrc 70 houses ana swept away all
inc snckiy-settied portion OF the town. Tho
snaa.sl, was 30 completely damned by lava
ana debris that Its course was changed Ffgel-
inknE, was almost totally DESTROYED. and
{s.ge numper OF lives We're lost there The
Island OF Onius, nvc miles on the mouth OF tho
IArgerane river, ara twenty miles east OF Ba-
LAVA. was com,leteiy inundated Coataye.
Java which disappeared. are cut OF sight, and
not yestige OF theya Is left The aggregate
loss OF iifc must DC fnlly $1,000. but the number
OF those VINO perished can never, u course, b
accurately KNOWN
A LONDON dispatch OF the 3lst ult says
that after the sudden subsidence Of the di,.
S. wy "s" 'uossueuoc " shu uAs
turbsnce In the Kingdom Of Bantam, on Mon
day. the eruptions seemed to lose their force for
time. and the people Of Batavia experienced
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