The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-03
HISTORY OF VOLCANOES
TERRIBLE RECORD OF LAVA STORMS
IN THE PAST.
During the worlds Existence Many I'm
portant Geoe raphical Changes Hav"
Reen Made Through Earthquakes and
Nolcanoes-Many Islands Volcanic.

portant Geoe raphical Changes Hav"
Reen Made Through Earthquakes and
NoIcanoes-ManyI Islands Volcanic.
Volcanoes ana earthquakes have al
ways been the most dreaded by hu'
manity Of all calamities that could be
fall Il community.
The causes producing the two geo
logical disturbances SO prolific of fear
and terrific havoc are practically the
same.
They result from the fact that the
interior of this globe Is still intensely
hot. radiating heat into space and con-
sequeutly contracting in bulk. Por-
tons of molten rock are from time to
time elected and sudden seismic dis
turbauces occur which cause destruc.
ton like that at St Pierre from vol
canic eruptions, or the earthquakes
which have recently killed hundreds Of
people in several of the Central Amer
lean countries.
During the existence of this world
many important geographical changes
have been made through this natural
phenomena.
Scientists have found traces Of this
in many quarters Of the Slooe where
there have been no heavy earthquakes
or volcanic eruptons for ages and
ages.
Volcanoes range in size from a dimin-
utivc cone to a huge mountain. In
both cases they are formed from mate
rial which has been belched forth from
the earth'S interior
They can break through any Kind of
geological formation. and have come
through granite of immense depth,
and also through Silurian rock, such
instances of their awful power beng
demonstrated by extinct volcanoes
that have been discovered III France
and Scotland.
Ihos" known rs Luna ana NesuVlos
emerged from beneath soft marine
strata.
They are generally c4a>Sed as acuNe'
dormant and extinct. III many cases
however, 1t IS Impossible 10 oiSlA'
Suish the latter TWO and many lha'
have renamed QuIso7ht TOT huhufeos
OF centuries have been known TO SUD
denly break form III Inc m0Sl Nio'eh'
manner.
Such q one was >orhena, "nlch al'el
helnS dormant aIlAo>' "e!oHu 'IANs
lnimemorial' netaIae ACTIVE III 'He MS
century OF the SAFls'Ell' era ana uil''
mateIy produced NesuNluS.
IAe Ia'ler III :" a. II. FonIj'u 1ol ~
lava ana deadly gases III such Slsalllc
volume ana so fapiuI! tAaI Inc lnh"b!-
tants OF the city OF fomPelI ana sew
oTal other ad1acent towns We're oe-
stroYed as WeT" the people OF -
Pierre,
But Pel,e. the volcano which 50
quickly ended ST Pierre and irs PEG
pie. was another one which was always
considered extinct.
Nj. EpOmeo. on the island Of lschia
furnishes another illustration Of the
uncertainties of these dread creatures
Of the earth's hidden mysteries. II
remained dormant for about seventeen
centuries and then. in 1902 burst forth
with the utmost violence
In operation q volcano emits gases.
,aporS, ashes. boulders and lava.
Sometimes the acids are rs destruc-
i've ia life as is the lava and ashes
The orator Of Idjeu. q volcano n Java,
turned loose huge lake Of acid water,
which rushed down the mountain side.
and the poisonous properties of the
LIQUID caused widespread destruction
among human beings. cattle and BIRDS.
The ashes sent forth by 4 volcano