The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-07-12
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Yzalco, in the little republic Of San
Salvador, is in many respects the most
remarkable volcano on earth; first, be-
cause its discharges have continued 60
long and with such great regularity;
again, because the tumult in the eartt's
bowels is always to be heard, az the
rumbiings and explosions are constant,
being audible for a hundred miles, aud
sounding like the noise which Rip Van
Wrinkle heard when he awakened from
his sleep in the Catskills. and finally, it
is the only volcano that has originated
on this continent since the discovery by
Columbus, says the author of THE Capt.
tails of Spanish America" 1t srese sud
denly from the plain in the spring OF
ITO, in the midst of what had been for
nearly a hundred years the profitable es-
tate Of Senior Don Balthazar ErazG, who
was absent from the country at the time,
and was greatly amazed upon his return
to discover that his magnificent coffee
and indigo plantation had, without his
knowledge or consent, been exchanged
for a first class volcano.
In December, 1853, the poems on the
hacienda were alarmed by terrific rum
blings under the ground, constant trem-
blings of the Garth and frequent earth
quakee, which did not extend over the
earth as usual, but seemed to be confined
to that particular locality. They left the
place in terror when the trembl!Egs and
noises continued, and returning g week or
two later, found ,hatall the buildings had
been shaken Down, trees dpYooted and
large craters opened in the fields, which
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craters smoke and steam issued, and
occasionally flames were seen to come
out Of the ground. Some brave vaqueros
OF heldsmen remained near by TO watch
developments. and February "a, 1910,
they were entertained by a spectacle that
no other men have been permitted to
witness; for about 10 O'Clock on the
morning Of that day the grand upheaval
took place, and it seemed to them as they
fled in terror that the whole universe
was being turned upside down. First
there was a series of terrible explosions,
which lifted the crust Of the earth several
hundred feet end cut of the cracks issued
flames of lava and immense volumes OF
smoke. An hour or two afterwards
there was another and grander convul-
sion which shook the country for hun
dreds Of miles around. Rocks weighing
thousands of tons were hurled into the
cir and fell several leagues distant. The
surface Of the earth was elevated about
5000 feet and the internal receases were
purged Of masses of Lava and bliste1ed
stone which fell iu q heap around the
hole from which they issued.
These discharges continued for several
deys at irregular intervals, accompanied
by loud explosions and earthquakes,
which did much damage throughout the
entire republic, the disturbance was per-
ceptible in Nicaragua and Honduras. In
this manner was a volcano born, and it
has proved to he a healthful and vigor-
GUS child. In less than two months from
81 level field rose a mountain more than
4 600 feet high, and the conciant dis
charges from the crater which opened
then have accumulated round its edges
until its elevation has increased 2, GOO feet
more. Unfortunately the growth of the
monster has not been scientifically oh
served or accurately measured, but the
cone Of lava and ashes, which is now
(. ECO feet from the foundation of the
esrth upon which it rests, is constantly
growing by the incessant discharges of
volcanic m0ytPr