Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-03
JAVA'S HECATOMB.
Burying the Dead by Thousands
Throughout the Island.
NO FURTHER FEAR OF ERUPTIoNs.
Curious Phenomena Attending the Disturb
ances-Acid Vapors Which
Decomposed Rocky
Surfaces.

BATAVIA, September 2.-The coffee and
sugar crops of Bantam suffered severely
from the volcanic eruptions and tidal
waves. Several Europeans and officials
are among the dead and missing.
LONDON, September From the dis
patches received from Batavia it appears
that fears offurthef eruptions in the Island
OF Java within the immediate future have
subsided, and all the efforts of the govern
ment and the people are concentrated on
the work of burying the dead and pre-
serving the health of the living. All along
the shores from Point Lampon to the River
Paquise on the northern coast. and from
the River Tjemanderie TO Tsihaokok on the
southern coast, there are found
Corpses ThickIy Strewn.
In the forests OF the interior, from the
River Tjiedam TO the River Jietarrum, dead
bodies are lying at short distapc ces apart, in
some instances partially buried in the sui
phurous white mud or the hardened lava
that flowed from the eruptive crater.
About daybreak Wednesday morning an.
other of the startling incidents attendant
upon great disturbances was manifested.
With the cessation OF the paroxysms many
emanations OF vapor evolved themselves.
These vapors, as is usual, contained
AYarieiy Of Mutual Acids,
and as the lava cooled down deposited sa-
line incrustatiOns at the mouth Of the Fu-
rarole. The acidity OF these yapors iSsI-
ing from the assures in the divided noun
tains OF Papandayarang caused unusually
rapid decomposition on the exposed parts
OF the great rocks at the SUBMITS Of the
seven peaks. \ number of them split
apart suddenly Wednesday, releasing tons
OF depending earth. This caused several
Huge Land slides
during the morning, and they went crash
ing down into the valley carrying destruc-
ton and death with them. ON the edge of
the town of Nara some fifteen or sixteen
Chinese in a section OF the military corps
were burieI before they were aware OF the
cau,e of the deep rumbling around them,
4 few bodies were found to day at Ban
am, WGrouge aud faIatra. Most all the
COrpses on the lower part Of Batavia have
been disposed of,and.thcrc are now no fears
that the health of the city will be affected.
Four vessels arrived last Wednesday night.
One Of them had attempted to enter
The Straits of sunda.
but had barely got through the ent'aHce
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newly thrown up, and had hole stove in
her bows. She had great difficulty in keep.
ing the water out, by hard pumping long
enough to reach this port and put in for
repairs. No attempt will be made to nayi-
gate the straits until new surveys and
soundings have been made.
Large forces of men are busy at work in
all directions
Digging Ont Bodies
from beneath the beds of lava and rocks.
At Campang Boem there are many being
dug out. At Grogolt the Corpses seem to
be more mangled than in any other town.
most of the deaths having been caused by
falling rocks and debris.
Reports Just in from Tsiroeye give the
number OF dead at lS0; Sanjoor loses about
100 souls. or Dorian Siriboa's population
l3O perished. Many other villages and
hamlets reported large proportion Of their