The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-19

Showers Of volcanic ashes have been fail
Ing at Iliuliuk, the port OF Ounalaska, one Of
the largest islands of the Aleutian chain
which divides Bchring Sea from the Pacific.
They came from tho new volcano Oh
BogosIov Island, 1903 miles west, and the fine
debris from the crater or craters that APP
peared above the sea only about eight years
ago has been siftcd far over the ocean.
Bogoslov Island has long appeared on the
charts, but not in its present form In 1888
two navigators discovered that tho island
had greatly increased in dimensions, and
that it contained peaks never seen before.
Volcanic agencies were so very busy there
that the discoveries felt no temptation what
ever to closely inspect the curiosity. The
fact Is that the hidden energies of the world
had found q new Vent at tho bottom Of tho
sea and had poured forth n tremendous vol
ume OF lava and ashes, piinG the mass up
against the foundations Of Bogoslov, rearing
the heap of debris ever higher and higher
until 1t peered above the surface Of the SEA
over 1000 feet above the spot on the ocean
bed where it began to accumulate. Bogo-
slov had an annex, and fiery, sulphurous
sort OF an annex it was, too
IL is not known exactly when this addi-
tional area was thrust upon BogOslov but
the phenomenon is supposed to have oc-
CURED in 1882, the year before it was dis
covered that BogoslOv was progressive
and growing island. The conditions i'll
that neighborhoOd hnvo not been very
favorable to careful exploration OF this
new addition to our territory, but party
from the revenue cutter Corwin managed
to land on the new part of the island in
1884, and the same vessel visited the island
again in 1885. The party had very warm
reception. There were many ilssuresin the
great mass OF lava, but the clouds of steam
that poured from them batlled all attempts
at critical examination. An effort to
measure the heat in one Of these crcvasses
resulted in running good thermometer
without adding to human knowledge. Tho
colder fastenngs of tho instrument were
Instantly melted, and the astonishcd mer-
curry expanded with such violence and power
as to burst the bulb.
The COrwn's crew found that the annex
to Bogoslov is nearly circular in form, and
that in addition to considerable nearly fiat
surface, 1t includes two peaks, one Of which
rises about 400 feet above the sea level, and
the other is about soYenty-livo feet higher
bccn III II INSTANCE the new part OF tho Island
is II dull gray, irrcgularly shaped mass. As
they We're approaching the island tho party
were chcercd by the sight Of what appeared
10 be patches OF vivid green vegetation. but
upon closer inspection they proved to be
merely collections of condensed SULPHUR.
Tho most enthusiastic mountaiuccr would
not have attempted to climb those peaks.
From the sides and SUBMITS OF both, vol
umes of steam We're pouring and tho sub
arctic air was mingled to a worry unpleasant
extent with sulphuroUS fumes The photo
graphs OF our new territory were not salts
factory because its higher elevations were
swathcd in these clouds Of steam; ana vet
: the volcanic forces there displayed were in
their gentler moods on the occasion Of both
Of tho Curwin's visits. Tho discharge from
these countless vents WAS easy and regular,
and with hardly any noise.
But tho news that has reached US from
Ounalaska shows that Bogosloy has hcen on
another tear. Its ashes have darkencd the
sky for many miles around, and the pillar
Of lie aud molten lava has risen great