The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-08
ERUPTION OF KRAKAfOA.
Volcanic Explosions In East In
dies the Most Terrific In
History.
Vast VOiunses % Ashes Blown Twenty
Niles Above Earth - Detonstsons
lieard Three Thoasaad Miles Dis

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Until the year iss3 few had ever
heard Of KrakatOa- II vas not In
habited. hut the natives fTUm the sur
rounding shores Of Sumatra and Java
used occasionally Co draw their canoes
up on It's beach while they TUamed
through the jungle In search Of the
Wild fruits. The island SEEMED 20 owe
its existence To some frightful eruption
10 bygone days but for a couple at
centuries there had been 10 fresh out
break.
In 1859 Krakatoa suddenly spraRg
into n0tOriety. insignificant though Il
had hitherto seemed. the little island
Was SION Co compel by its tones Of
thunder the whole world Ia pay Il in
slant attention II vas Co berOme the
scene Of a volcanic outbreak 80 appall-
ing that u h destined Co b. rcmem-
barred throughou, the agcs.
Al first the eruption ava not threaten
Ia be- &c any serious typ" In fact. the
good people Of Batavia. 80 far frum BE-
,ng terrified al what Sas IN progress
In krakatua. thought the display was
such an Attraction that they chartered
a steamer and went forth for a pleas
ant picnic Co the island Many u Us.
| am sur. would have been delighted
10 have D~on able to Join the party
who weTp o. witness ga interesting a
spectacle. With cautious. steps the
more yeuturesOme 81 the excursion
party clambered up the sides uf the
volcano. guided by the sounds which
we're issuing from its summit. There
they beheld a vast column q steam
pouring forth with terrific noise from
a profound opening about thirty yards
IN width.
As the summer Of this dread year
advanced the viEor Of krakatua stead
ily in,Tsased The noises bevame more
and more vehement. These we're pres
entity audible CA sh0rcs ten miles dis
tant aud then tweuty miles distant
until the great thunders &c the vol
canO. nov 80 rapidly developing. as
tunishei the Inhabitants that dwelt
over an ARA a. least As larEe as Great
britain. aud there were other symp-
toms Of the approaching catastrophe.
With each successive COnyulsiun
quantity 10 fine dust vas projected
aloft into the clouds The wind could
h0t carry this dust away a. rapidly rs
it was hurled upward by kTahatua. and
accordingly the atmosphere s~came
heavily charged With suspended parti-
clrs. A pail 10 darkness thus hung
over the ADJOINING sDas and islands.
such Was tn thickuess aud the density
e
Nrakatua dust that for a hundred
niles srDund the darkness 90 midnight
prevailed az midday Then th" awful
tragedy 20 krakatua tuok place. Many
thousands Il the uufortuuatD .nhIb-.
.tants uf the adjacent shur'- uf Su-
matra AMI Java wpTe destined never 1u|
behold the sun aEain. They w'r. pres
entity swept away to destruction iu au
invasion of the shore by the trrm"n-
dOus waves with which the ~sas sur
rounding krskatoa were agitatci
The development 81 the volcanic en-
ergy pruCee,ied and gradually the ter
rDT - the Inhabitants 81 the surround
ing coasts ruse "a a climax. July had
ended before the manifestations ~
krakatoa had attained their full yiO-
lence by the middle ~ August the
panic was widespread. for the supreme
catasi nOphe was AZ hand
Gu the night % sunday. August IS.
lisa. the darkness OF the dust clouds.
nOW much thicker than ever In the
Straits - Sunda and adjacent parts %
Sumatra and Java, vas only OCCASION
ally illumined by lurid fiashes from
the volcano. The krakatna thuuders
were on the point 81 attaining their
complete development 81 the town ~
Batavia. n hundred miles distant. there
was no quiet that night. The houses
trembled with the subierranean Vio-
lencc. and the windows ratified a. II
heavy artillery were bring discharged
In the streets. and still these efforts
seemed 90 b. only rehearsinE fJr the
supreme display. On the morninr ~
Monday, August e. 1853. the rchears-
ais Were over and the performance bc-
San. Az overture. CONSISTING uf tWn
az three Introductory explosions Was
succeeded BIZ a frightful con,u'sion
which tore away a large part ~ the
island of Krakatoa and scattered O. Co
the winds % heaven.
This supreme effort u was which
produced the mightiest noise that. -
lAT a. W can a.ANlNAAus uAe WV NH-N
heard On this EiOte. u must have been
Indeed a loud noise which could travel
from krakatoa To batavia and pre-
serve It's vchemcnce over 50 great a
distance: but ne should form a very
conception Of the energy
% the eruption of Krakat0a II Ne
thought that It's sounds were heard By
those mercly q hundred miles OF. This
WOald b. little indeed compared with
what l. recorded. On testimony which
q q impossible 10 doubt.
Westward from Krakatoa stretches
the vide eApanse % the Indian Oscar.
On the opposite side from the Straits
Of Sunda lies the Isiaad % RodrigueE.
the distance from Krakatoa being al
most 1.ooo miles. II has becn proved
BY evidence which cannot b doubted
that the thunder % the great volcano
attracted the attention % an intelli-
grnt coastgaard on Rodriguez. Who
carefully noted the character % the