The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

ent, writing from Tawang Redo, Boil
tar, Java, sends the Singapore Free
Press the following interesting account
of the recent eruption of the mountain
uated about fifteen miles away from
the above named place
About $3.50 a. m. one morning." he
writes, II was awakened by a slow
grumbling noise, gradually increasing
to q roar and finally resembling the
sound of the firing of big guns Dress
quired of the watchmen the cause of
the disturbance However, they knew
ncr hing, and, moreover, We're extreme
ly frightened. Afterwards, while speak
ing to the headman of the village, stones
began to fall around us, several of
which struck me on the shoulder. We
then went indoors and soon panic oc-
CURED among the natives, who came
running to my house and that of the
superintendent to inquire what was the
matter, and, not knowing, we were un-
able to calm them. AT Ais heavy
shower of stones began to fall, which
lasted until o'clock. The sky became
intensely dark, SO that one could
scarcely see a foot ahead. and to
add 20 The confusion now a shlwe OF
sand ashes commenced to fall The ma
tives grew pale with fright, their chill
dren trembling and crying, and many
feared that the end of the world had
come 1t was not until long after
a m that day dawned, and then the
sky was at first only partially bright.
and the natives We're still so terror
stricken that it was with the greatest
difficulty we persuaded them to go to
their quarters We have since heard
that the neighboring estates Jared
even worse than we did, for there all
the coolies left the plantations.
During the course of the day we al
so heard that two estates. nearer than
we were to 'Kloeth, We're almost burn
ed up. the burning lava having set on
fire the neighboring forests, which, in
turn. had spread to the plantations. An
assistant on cl- = of the estates endeav-
ored to find his way to the house of
the superintendent in the intense dark
ness. but was caught by the flames
and so badly burned that when he
reached his destination he fell in
swoon, from which he never recovered.
Very sad was the story of a superin-
tendent and his wife and family. They
started out with native woman and a
lhousekeeper in wagon to get to town
as the lava came pouring down from
the hill, nearly threatening their house
with destruction. Their course lay
through a stream with deep waters In
the darkness they missed the ford and
were swept away by the current. The
Superintendent and his wife were
caught in a most providential manner
| by the thick foliage of a bamboo tree
which overlapped the water, but the
| two children, two little girls of and
| 10 years of age. their nurse and horse
and the housekeeper were drowned,
| their bodies being discovered later.
about eight miles away from the scene
| of the disaster. In all the districts
| around the mountain in eruption the
estates were damaged by fire and wa
! ter. in some places the ground being
left quite barren and covered inches
! thick with a sand and ash deposit.
1--WE are now in constant fear that
there will be a repetition of the volcan-
| ic disturbances and we are the more
disturbed lest 'Kloeth' should set In
activity the neighboring hills, and thus
cause a dreadful disaster. I hear from
neighboring planters that when the
last eruption of 'Kloeth' occurred, in
| 1875, It was so terrible that half OF Boil
| itar was washed away, and thousands
| of lives were lost"
FOURTH OF JULY IN YOKOHAMA.
The weather cleared during Wednes-
day night and the Fourth turned out to
be a glorious day. Many and various
were the celebrations in Yokohama.
The foreign concession was amply dec
| grated with the flags of almost every
nation, and in the harbor the warships
| and merchant vessels We're all appro-
priately dressed. The annual reception
at the United States Consulate was
more largely attended that usual and a
great crowd partook of the hospitali-
| ties of Consul General Bellows. At
noon the United States gunboat Con-
cord, H NJ. S. Isis and the French
| cruiser Friant fired salutes of twenty
one guns. A unique display of day fire.
works followed.
| Outdoor sports were plentiful. A base
| ball game between teams from the U.
| S. S. Petrol and the Y c. & A. c. took
place in the morning, and there were
yacht races and other sports in the
Afternoon. In the evening the center of
attraction was on the Bund, in the vi
cinity of the Grand and Oriental Ho-
tells, where the usual display of fire
works took place, but on a more elab-
crate scale than last year OF the set
pieces the japanese and American flags
crossed called forth the most praise for
| their artistic beauty.
Then the evening was left to the bib
ulous, who made merry until grey
! streaks of light in the east announced
| the approach of the coming dawn Yes
terday all~the decorations had entirely
disappeared, and only the worn look
on the faces of the gay participants
reminded one that one more 4th of July
had passed into the annals of Yokoha-
ma history.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
! The authorities of both the japanese
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