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Remarkable Volcanic Freaks.
LAVA Pouring from tho Volcano Of Omcfeps
-Yillages and Islands EnRulfed.

The Star and Herald OF Panama gives
tle following description OF some recen'
remarkable seisit,ie .6ommotions
"The volcano Of OmGtbthl in Luke
Nicaragua, is at present in erupii0t,
much TO tic slprm Of the residents on
the island, which is formed by the
mountain. On May /, at 10 a. H., A
frightful subterranean rumbling was
heard; which lasted between two and
three minutes, bit no Outbreak was
visible. On the following day htthbet
of people climbed to the summit OF the
voleano, and found that the crater had
increased in sizo, ard was about thirty
five yards in length and thiee IN width,
but its depth could not be calculated.
Around it were strewn large quantities OF
stones and rocks covered with slate
colored mud. Masses OF the some ma.
terials had poured down in a s6,!th.
westerly direction, forming bed 800 or
400 yards in length, and ashes were
scattered in all directions. Two days
afterward series Of terrifying erurtions,
accompanied by prolonged rumblings,
occurred. At about a. p. m. on May 4,
the earth and rock in the vicinity OF the
crater were seen to break, lava flowed
forth, and from it there burst upward q
thick column of lead-colored smoke Of
awe-inspiring magnitude, which sent
the terrified villagers flying to the
churches in the belief that the whole
island was about to be destroyed. For
tunately, however, no damage was done,
as the lava flowed In direction where
there are no inhabitants and the ground
is not cultivated.
"The valley of the Atrato, situated in
the State of CRuca, in this Sepublic, con-
tinucs to be centre Of that volcanic ac-
tivity which was first evinced there in
September of last year. On several oc-
casions we have called attention to the
disappearance of islands in that vicinity,
and the recent sudden changes the topo.
graphy Of the country has undergone
but really no full and authentic descrip'
tons from private or public sources have
as yet seen the light. That remarkable
phenomena are being presented there, nc
one can doubt, from what is already
known, and from information contained
in letter written to the President of the
State of Cauca in the last week of April
which is now made public, and which
states that at Rio Sucjo, about forty
miles from the Atlantic, the earth
cracked and opened in many places,
throwing out very fine sand in heated
state, while subterranean noise
was heard resembling that made
by boiling water. AT Turbo
which is on the Gulf of Uraba
the earth opened and water flowed ont
flooding the streets to depth of TIVE
feet. Many houses were shaken down
The small villages of Bujies and Nicuri
have been completely engulfcd. Tn
mouth of the river Leon, which emptie,
into the Atlantic, has completely close
up, and all over the district the move
ment of the earth is 80 continuous thu
the inhabitants are emigrating.
"On May 81, at Ia. m., slight eartl
quake was felt Mt Mompos, on the rive
Magdalena in the State of Bolivar, whic
was followed by a sharper one at 9 n. m
on the ODD, ON which day shocks wei
also felt at San Salvador and Guayaquil.