The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-15
THE END OF KRAKATAU.
Swept from the Earth in the Space
Of a Moment

of a Moment
-
a., s.,,,.,t-, Vo,st Dcpopu-
-, ~, ,nc Great Tidal wave oT
80. nryy Ono survivor out of
Forty Thousand s'copIc.
tourists VINO VISIT '''i'.'' i' .'''' '-,'''' =,
are quite our "i lic i"S'',"' - ''''
TO make the passage through .''li''''
strait and see an 1ii''L - i''' "i N
tau and the vcsugeS oI tne rum Nto1.sii'
10y the terrible eruption "t 1883. II 1ilv}
push up the bay OF Lamp'ng, ON lic
SumatTa side OF the chahhGL' L''S "'o
likely TO land on the low shores 'ccu-
pied by the village OF lcl"ilh-bel'liE
and hire carts for short Jaunt mt" the
interior. and when they nave gone
about two miles they VIII pau~" I" take
il the curious scene presented in TINS
picture. for here Is seen ono # the moss
interesting results still visible ~ t-'n
great wave of i>ra35ataI.
There was just "ae men, saF t'.t
Chicago Herald, auEd all that wild
scene of death and devastation VINO E.-i'
not overwhelmed IN the common tsl-1
lie escaped, while forty th"INau& per
ishcd. He was the lighthouse keri'@t-
who lived alone on an lA2'a'c'I roc -
the strait 1t was Df"ao Gay 'l-.''
krakatau burst aShil"eF' "u' III q - w
moments the heavens were :" (''''l'7'
shroudel by dust 'nu" ana Sii'''N' ''.., ,I
the darkness OF lhl,llHhI c"'''',' ''''
the channel. / ne u,iI''i'''' 81 '--,
house was III 'ls 'h''''i '''
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Latau the volcano was in a state of
eruption. Pleasure parties were made.
up ut Batavia to visit the volcano. Not
a few pcoDlc landed ON the island. liitl,,
dr,antua that in the tyfnIlinr of an
eve t,v.-tafrd, of it was to he blown
into the air as though shot from gun.
They wished to get rs near as they
Thought they might safely venture
10 the growing. SteamlHg crater
This little steamboat. on the
day before the explosion car
ried one OF these parties 10 the
island There were only twenty on
board besides the crew. They spent .
couple "l hours around the lN,ah"' ana
I"''' H.'r-l''N'' up 'ile ,'.P anu "ii"',