The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-05-29

"a noesi E.ps. vhish cas- in s.sa s'
unpiien 10 lT92 . vhols year viihou'
deiss any dsmss,. creep, that tho lava
shieh hossi devn isio the valley form
ed sio1y crnsi more than thirty ise,
,hlst, which made suecssslnl isrmins
rather dlhsul,. Ba, uhsu the moisture
which &C., is,o ihs monatalp nssss
more ,is.m than can dad It's xsy ont oi
the crater. semsitins hu TO eivs vsy,
s1d tho top OF the aide 10 torn osi OF The
uount.ip, spd the brs snd lava leap hish
into the cir and then come dosn upon
the snrrosndins eonnlsy,
Bat ~ people tnew THE shy do sbsy
live 10 places near volesIossf
Ne ono can ssplsin that They are
ihs ,hs men Who try 10 get toto moving
usins or Who play With loaded firearms
They read OF accidents sv,rr day, bat
do not take tho waning. A voiesns 10
some times inactive for years, and 10 that
lins people hts eoursse to build their
houses nssr il, End then some day II breaks
forth spd duhoys ,vsry thire in the viein
~.
yaavins 10 the name ole srest volcano
en- the souih ssst.rn shore Of Italy, This
volcano NUT have bees on lie good os
bsyior Ter m,sy centuries, because 10 The
early Ramsn hlsttry ii wS Eot known -
. volosns. Bsibg 10 . beautiful part oil
the country, ths bill HeU became veil
populated. Gardens and vineyards we're
TO bs seen on ell sidss OF the moantsip,
and even The depression st the top which
wN ssveral miles 10 srss, and st ose
time tbs sneiept crater, vas covered With
viaeysrds. Bat 10 the year 63 there wsre
several earth qSsbss in the vicinity, Iheas
warnings IRE not understood, or, II they
we're. we're not hssdsd, Tor ths peopls 70
msinsd there aud the oitiss increased 10
pop nlstiou. 10 the yoar 70 . terrific OK
ploeion took place. and following this
came % eruption oi fire and lava wtioh
de.,royed the cities OF Herculsntum am and
Ponpsii. ard buried them so deeply that
even their sites were forgotten. Alter
this terrible sstastrophs, ] believe Vesn
wins WIS quiet stout two hundrsn yesrs,
How many people we're killed that
iinsi
Nobody knows that. We can only
Judge by what has been found in the
shape OF ruiss. BY these We know that
Hsrcuisnsum and Pompsii were large
towns and beautifully built.
What other places have been destroyed
in that wsyi
Ia the East Iudies volcano on an lie
land between Javs and Sumatrs destroy
cd sbout 10000 psople in 1888, and
many other plscss have suffered in that
way,
You told me some time ago about Lii
boa and Caracas being destroyed by earth
qu.ku. Did volosness have anything to
do With accidents like tbesef
Earthquakes may follow great volcanic
srap.ioss Ths explosions may be %
great ths, big rents are torn in ths ssrtn
miles away. OF course that would msks
,hs house shaky. But 10 other instances
there have been earthquakes 10 parts o'
the world where there are no volcanoes,
and some scientific people think that II
there had been volcsuoes ths destroy ins
force would hsvs gone out through them
and there wonld have been no earthquake
30 you $40 even il the volcano does del
troy on one side. IL may be the means oI
preventing destruction on the other,
There arc pisces in Iceland. New Zs'
land aud ia the United States, where thsrt
are no signs Of so.ing volcanoes, and sill
ws know thsrs we're volosnoes there once
upoa time. Wherever gases arise from
natural openings 10 the earth. whore there
are bs. springs OF the shafts OF water
shooting high 10 the sir ksown ~ ssyssrs'
ws know that there are volcssic forces al
work, The gsyssrs 'rs highly interest
iss and some day hops to tell you sbonl
this fern OF volcanic activity. OF which
thsrs are soma Ace specimens 10 the
Ysllowstons Park.