Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-11-23
AyoECANIC EPISODE
showers of Red Hot Stones That Measured Over
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Showers of Red Hot Stones That Measured Over
SIX teetin Diameter.
Inc fo!IoNlnG Is letter IN the Pail Mall
Gazette describing the recon. volcanic
eruption il the island of yulcsno. The
letter Is signed "A. E. Narlisu," and dated
Lipsri, Aug. 80:
"Oa the Sr6 inst. We had an outbarst in
the crater, with stones, flames. thunder,
and ligh,nings- 1t was strong enough
70 throw stones of considerable size to
the sides, of the mountain. We had often
seen sGch eruptions during twelve or
thirteen years l nave been on the island,
and L hoped 1t would end like former
eruptiops. Towsrd evening however, the
PUSHES of smoke, steam, and ashes (which
used 10 be proiecsed into the air to about
twice the height of the mountsin) had
completely ceased. As the night sp-
preached the leading fumarole (which was
very active, giving off sn offensive sme !
for months before the event) had begun
TO show lsar, high flame much pale
than the flames produced by the burning
OF wood, sud somewhat gresaish or blush.
his phenomenon, together with the sud
den stoppilg of the smoke, was not evil
IDENTIFY good omen. Consequently |
spent ali tbs night dressed on sofa IN
the drawing room, Toward morning |
wss oyerpoSered by sleep and went to
little bedroom which looks toward the
mountain, rested GU the bsd, and soon
was evidently sound asleep. Soon after
ward L was awakened by q tremendous din,
which can harlly be d. scribed.
"As jumped up from my bed l felt
stones falling on the roof ss hail-such
cannonadlEg going Ca. l un6erst GOD
what was the matter and ran to the oppo.
site room, where | made my children
sleep that night. They were also up in
consequence of sn indescrioaole roise of
thunder, rush of gases, fl mes, falling OF
huge powders, rocks, etc. | took them
to The drawing room, but a. toe door vas
opened big stone, red no, (au these
stones were T. q With heat) fslt through
the roof, calling, and floor g few yards
from us, smashing ell, setting IRE TO
everything. Now l TOOK ny children
back 20 the bedroom which looks on to
the verands, and tried to Gain the terrace
| by that side. The house doors were
shivering and shaking, so that it was \
| difficult matter 60 open tnSm. At last
| succeeded, but before we were out in the
yeranda another stone fell at our feet,
was smashed to fragments, ana burned
! the feet and legs of my boys. Nov We
| passed through the verands, regainiug
| the house at the top of the stairs; here
another stone fell very near rs (none OF
| these stones was less than two feet in
dismeter). This last stone (which is the
| fourth that struck the house( has nearly
| blocked our way out in the rubbish that
it brought from the roof. We passed
| through over the heap of rubbish and
| were now out IN tine open to the north OF
| the house. BY this time mot many
| minutes after ALL the whole place was
lighted up; woods, grass buildings, hedge;
| all WAS on fire; the huge powders and
| stones were ijttrslly raiuipg everywhere
| about us-what confusion? Natal, the
| faithful boy, had by this time come &c
the help of my little boys. We all beg an
| to run to VulcsnellO and away from the
dreadful, laundering mountain. Toward
noon boats of rescue reached US from
Lipari, and we thus ended one of the
most eventfu' days of our life.
"On revisitiug the spot saw the Who'll,
plains below the mountain to the distauc,
of one and a half miles, especially in tn
neighborhood of the house and the men
habitatians, literally covered with bowl
| ders and rocks OF ell sizes, wh'cN hav
imbedded them selves in the ground Il
| various depths. The most huge of then
is nesr the well of the house which IS II,
less than ten yards in diameter "r be- e
Length, and IN some parts ten o" Il WI
feet deep in the ground. THIS IL thou
three quarters of mile from The o7ate r
Another of nearly equal dimensions is OF
the shore near the Quarantau4, At the yu,
Of the bay of the Layante. Rocks "f on,
yard il diameter are as plentiful as cal
be, as far as the middle OF the Vdlcanello
near the Punta SamossG. No dOub
many of these powders are from ten t,
fifteen yards across and are projected a
far as the sea, but often fan back in til
crater itself. This state is continuing in
oessantly aud uninteTru ptedlv, causing
further damage and frightening every
body.