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mans, N1alabar Al sas streets, the princi-
pal avenues of city, the damage Is very
great Fort Aatkl is entirely destroyed.
The town of Taggal was severely shaken
and few buildings were left standing.
The aggregate loss of life from the various
elements of the terrible disturbances must be
fully 10000, but the number OF those who
persisted can never, of course, be accurately
approximated.
A violent shock occurred in the island OF
Sumatra Monday forenoon, and 1t was Tear
ed other violent disturbances might follow.
Middle island, 10 miles off the Javanese
coast, and halfway between the extreme
points of Java and Sumatra, was almost
wholly engulfcd in the sea. The small is
land of Sngkel, probably originally only a
cone blown up by an eruptivc paroxysm,
entirely disappeared. 1t was uninhabited.
| Tho Disturbed District.
The island of Krakatoa is one Of the
Dutch dependencies in the Strait of Sunda,
lying midway between the extreme westerly
point of the island of Java and the southeast
erly part of the island of Sumatra. 1t is
| about six or seven miles in length and four
or five miles in width. Like the surround
ing islands of the East Indian group, it is
very mountainous and volcanic. Upon 1t
he Dutch government have established
fort with small garrison. Aside from the
soldiers in the garrison there are but few
residents, and these are entirely native. The
island is not cultivated and Is devoted en-
tirely to the occupancy of the soldiers at the
fort. 1t is under the rule of the resident
Dutch governor Mt Batavia.
The Strait of Sunda is about sixty miles in
width, and serves to connect the Indian
Ocean with the Java Sea- which is connected
with the Chinese Sea by means of numerous
passages or straits between the numberess
islands Immediately to the north of Java and
Sumatra. The Island OF Kraiatoa is sur
rounded by groups of little islands, many OF
which are nameless.
Kramntnn.
The mountain of Kramatan, which has
sunk into the sea, was very high peak, one
of n range of mountains running through the
southeasterly part of the island of Sumatra,
and was situated at its extreme southeast
erly point, about 30 miles from "Thwart
the Way" Island, and about 100 miles direct
ly north of the island of Krakatoa. As the
bird flies, this mountain would be about 1870
miles from Batavia. Its immediate neigh
borhood was uun habited
The Destroyed Towns.
The town OF Telok Belong is small port
on the southerly side of Sulnatra, and aboHt
one hundred miles to the northwest of
krakatoa.
Tjiringin another of the destroyed towns,
is on the west coast of Java. 1t is an i'm
portant seaport, and is the residence of many
descendants of the former rulers. The prin-
cipal building in the town is the Regents
residence. Comparatively few Europeans
reside there, and the population all told will
not exceed one thousand. Between Krakatoa
and the CITY of Batavia, on the northerly
coast of the Island of Java, there are numer-
Gus little islands and many little villages the
principal OF which is Bantam.
Batavia.
Batavia, the seat of the Dutch government
in its Eastern dependencies and the residence
of the Governor, is situated on the north
coast on a strip of low ground. Behind it
and all through the island run enormous
ranges of mountains, all of volcanic origin.
1t is situated at the mouth of the Jakatra river
and is free port. 1t is the great centre of
commerce in the Indian Archipelago and alb
serbs the greatest portion of the trade of the
entire island. 1t has population of about
100, 900, who engage in Cutivating the pro-
ducts of the soil and exchanging them for the
imports of Europe and America. OF the pop
ulation about $500 are white, 10000 Chinese
and the balance natives.