Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-18
EFFECTS OF A WAVE.
A STEAMER STANDS HIGH AND DRY
OVER TWO MILES INLAND.

a Tidal wavs That carried Away Every
thiug but n Lighthouse aud u%cstruycd
u,or Io.OOo Li,os-fhc stcsuvr intaot
but II In tho Mdst of = Jungle.
Tourists TINT visit Batavia nowadays
are quito out Of the fashion Il they fail
to mako tho passage through suuda
strait aud see nll that's lcft Of kuikatun
aud tho vcstiRcs Of the ruin wrought by
tho terrible eruption Of 1889 II thoy
push NJ the Bay Of Lampoug, on the
Sumntra side OF tho channel, they are
likely 20 land on tho low shores occu-
pied By the village Of Toiokl.Bcturg.
aud hiro cats llr n short i,unt into tho
interior. and when they have gone about
two miles thoy will pause 20 take In tho
curious scene p%rascntcl' Tor here Is seen
ono Of the most interesting results Of tho
great wave o. krakutnu.
There was just ono uun amid all that
wild scene Ut death aud devastation who
was not overwhelmed Ia tho common
ruin. lie escaped whilo 5000 persisted.
He was the lighthouse keeper, who lived
alone On an isolated rock In the strait.
Il was broad daylight whcn Kratatau
burat usuudor. bEt iu a few moments
the heavens were go den.oly shr0udcd by
dust. mud and smoke that Tho darkness
OF midnight covered an tho channel.
The guardian Of tho lighthouse was Ia
the lantern 100 feet above tho sea lcvol.
Here he remained safe and sound ia the
midst Of tho terrible cummotion
Ilo fclt tho trembling Of tho light.
house, hut Il was so dark that he could
not see tho threatened danger lie dill
not know that u tremendous wave had
almost overwhelmed tho lighthouse,
and that it, crolt had nearly touched
tho baso Of the lantern llo did not hear
1t because ho was doafcucd by tho awful
dctonution II Krul,atua.
In n fow moments tho wave, over n
hundred foot In height, had swept along
u coast limo Of a hundred miles On both
sides Of the channel
Scores Of populous villages were buried
deep beneath tho avalanche Of water
Great grovcs Of -cocoaunt palms wcro
lovclcd 20 the ground. promonturius
were carried away. New bays worr dug
ont OF tho yielding littoral. Every w0rl;
Of human hands exc,pt that llghthonfs
waa DESTROYED. and 10000 persons Dor.
ishol In the dcluro that mounted from
tho sea or beneath tho rain Of mud that
filled tho heavens.
A Httlc sidowhcei steamboat was borne
on the top OF that ave through forest,
and i@unrie. oyer two muesinto the ID
try. and was lot as tho wayo roccded
IL will be remembered that for weeks
before tho in, ultncly.m az Krakntau
tho volcano was Ia "a state Of cruptiou.
Pleasure ptr,,os woro made up at Bs.
tayia 10 visit the volcano. Not a fow
pcoplo landed ON the island, little dream.
ing that In the twinkling Of nn eye two
thirds of 1t was TO be- blown into tho air
rs though shot from Thoy wished
10 got az near as tLcy Thought thoy misht
smelly venture to tho growing, steamiug
crater.
This little steamboat, on tho day bo.
foro tho explosion, carried n Of theso
parties TO tho island. There were only
twonty on board besides tho crow. Ihoy
spent a couple Of hours around tho Is.
land and then steamed M the deep and
narrow Bay Of Lampons. and II i sup.
posed they anchored for the night Ia
q - 4 ~. u. $500. "a mH.N.NnN. 10 -.