The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
SAW AN ISLAND CREATED.
WITyESsRS TO THE BIRTH OF AN
ISLAND IN SOUTHERN SEAS.


British Cruiser stood By Waiting for the
Land to Cool and Then to Annex II.
Fo,oor Is,o,d ,vhiob hoe ,u., duoDro go. -,
the mana never Ind much chance 10 m,Lo ,
raoord In ooogranhv II ponned int oxis,onoo
In tho south pociac without o,v wornInS. -
has dropped out Of its lonely ocean without
making anv narticuIar stir There ia a whnIe
lot NJ this nro temnore ooooranbv going On
much more than ia Imagined nv tboso vbosa
sole geographical in Information consista In
ability IN hound tbe Statea and N n,mo enc
canita,s no we'll aa tho rivera +bov NJ On
| Geographic ia Inv M peana ~ tho most Nor
manent nature Int Il ia only whom Arm, land
,akes header With tbo snoctocrlor too,rraa
If KraLatoa wheaton that gonsrai o,,an,ion
4. e,citod IN tho On nisbino noints ~ solid o,r,h
Falcon Ialand never ala amonnt tn much /,
VINO in a mart q, tho South paciec ,yhora II VIVA
out NJ the steamer Inca and where tho r,an
with scbooners rarely passed Even ittbov Ind
gone that w.v the man Of the South Sen IsIond
schooners arc used 10 TAXI no care NJ them .elves
md do NOT m ind sucb a mera triea no tho .ud,or
diacovarv 10 a hrond ,ay iala, ii In n nlooo H..
Tho ch,rt. g;va dean w,ter No ono ,y,s sori-
ous,v inconvenienced when Falcon Is,and mado
;ts onnooronoa bat vean vii ami Tn,g, ond No
ono 10 heneated NV tbe aelf obliterntion ~ th,,
obstooIe n Navigation Tbie dona not rooiIy
mean that this hant,ing ;slet NJ tbo south s,o
cot In tho nav ~ ooofa rine nuro,ito-tho nhr..,
10 one invented INV tbe man who mato tho
ob,rta Tbov Inv. No otbor term soroyon az Inv
nortant n nort ~ tbo would as North Amorioo
q 10 onlv n vorv ,aroa obstacIo to noy,ootion
Vol tho hoo,nninos ~ EoIoon Is,ana 80 nnro.
taohnio onoroh 70 attract ottontion anrn,haro
Thora hnd oIu,yo haor n ehoaI In that nart -,
| tho aeo Tho uatar vas dea, enough 70 eoot
ory sbin. tho .bo,, wos ono y, thosa thinos
that naval on,oors In TINA q, neaoo do,ight 10
discovor and for which tbov waato az mrcb
time esbino with n niano ,vira and n holt ~
.oon irst 60 saa hor, far Jown tha hotton -
| tho saa Ia and what sort ~ tbingo ora thoro
So ,opg no this shoa, had n,onty - uotor ,or
ali Tho south Son trAsIno sohoonoro and an
LONG ,s q nover brote ahoya n rho sohoor.r
mon djdn,t cara NJ nil 70 tnow that Tho COO mat
there wna onlv ooo ,atboma desn insteod -,
o Ooo ,s IL uos oil .rornd this sho,I A.,
oil tho .ohoonerm man we've r;ohf. I 900 foot Ia
far too daon 10 90 esbino I, ard notbi,e lilo
ahallow anonoh "a ,ntarfer, With tho noyi,,-
o.t,o, ., ~, oonra trador rho tno. 80 ,ho
oxietanoo ~ tho sbo,l woo sat down on tho "A
uiroItv ohorto. u oarvod 70 chow thot thara
una n foundation ~ so,,a sor, down ho,ou
Al long intervaIs som. stray Rritisb gnnhoat
would drift over the sboaI % ashine with mora
soan and nisno wire Tor n somnle ~ tbe hottom
and diacover that n VIVA mat as deon az uben IL
vas erst dlecovorod This unoh,noo,hiIit
endurad until weu along in 1ss5 Then n vac
ooon tb,t souatb;n, ,,nsuol voe civ, on
How long tbese nrelimiparv MANIFESTATION
ware In nrogress thor 10 M vav NJ estimating.
nrobnblv not one yessel q year crossed the
lonely strotob ~ se. wbero Tho sboal woo Tho
cbance Of vanderinp brought n scboonor
across tho shoaI II wac clear that things wore
not eXactlv as thew shou,d he Tn frat mani.
fsstation w.s that ~ deod esb They ,yore
everywhere in the hollows of all the waves
thew were secn floating with the uobt sides IN
~.
onder ORDINARY circumstances q single deau
go othon esh ST. sohoaIs - daad AL
80, Iara ,..noaS ,aot ~ -
would nave attracted vast numbers oil sharks
| and bonitos in the sea and wrangling nocks OF
slbatross and fripate birds in the air: vet not n
80 a.lu .ilsase Nv vs. Sau n.y."
but q light draught OF the trade wind. There
was no reason why there should be any sea on
W" ""'
yet there was a most racking cross sea. one
that made steering very difficult. Suddenly all
those on board the schooner were thrown VIC
lently 10 the deck with as much force as II the
vessel had been in collision or had gone ashore.
me latter was the more natural suppos,tlon.
but the blue water around the ship proved that
such was not the case. still further proof COM
ing IN ,ne 'oss,na Oh tne vessel IN a succession
direction. The shock had been single. 1t was
feIt AZ q blow from below directly nnward nr
~ u ~" y CIV uie,'s "pNa'u'o
as II the schooner had settled Town on a solid
At the moment Of tho shocl. which, os has
AZ ,"e nomch' y .no enocA' WHEN ~ MAJ
been stated. was suficiently severe to knock
all the men down.. the card in the compass was
opseiseu ~ snIn iapluIy arouhu' anr was d
considerable hme IN coming 10 rest Inc only
circumstances thus observed was that tbe SHOCK
tnueo snooN
was an earthquake. or rather a seaauake.
sea, but at this time they seemed larger and
more numerous, and when they broke there
yapor. In addition. there Seemed N Fl light pani
sight could reach.
Taking into consideration all these nantes
tations Of the unusual, IL was safe to conclude
that some sort OF Volcanic activity was at work
below. That part OF the world has all been
made by volcanoes. built up by the eruptions
and cracked and shaken down into place by
in FIJI, Tonga. or Samoa. but there is a lively
two aTehipeiaeoes, last named, and nearer to
impossibie to suppose a drowned-out ERUPTION