New-York tribune., 1911-01-31
VOLCANO COSTS 800 LIVES.
Five Villages in Luzon Reported
Swept by Tidal Wave.
SOME ALARM IN MANILA
officials Believe Eruptions Will
Not Endanger City-Thir-
teen Dead at Talisay.

Manila. Jan. S.-Government reports now
-. that three hundred persons have been
,.n,nd No Americans. however, are among
e., number Twenty-one natives on the
,.est shore we're buried in the ashes and
ave were fatally burned.
Tho orsanized relief expedition composed
II army surgeons. the constabulary and
.,,ericsn and Filipino volunteers. now
have charge of the situation. The members
- ,be expedition are camped near the
lake Most Of the Inhabitants fed to safe
=, on Friday and Saturday.
rive villages were obliterated and three
sosr,lv destroyed by twelve-foot wave.
bich came soon after the four-foot wave
,to, followed the early shocks Coincident
,,ith this superheated blast from the vol
cs,c practically cremated those who es-
cspel drowning.
r<rnerv and Taal are believed 10 have
be.n totally destroyed. Many members OF
e.. oonsts bulsry were prostrated while at
ting 10 rescue a few semicrazed ma
lives who we're unwilling 10 abandon their
homes. Many deep assures have opened on
che north shore and preliminary soundings
,rdicate that the lake bottom is sinking.
Tho volcano Is mildly active, and frequent
shocks continue.
coustabulary relief detachment reports
nat twelve persons were drowned and one
t,ued bv lightning At Talssy and that
three persons were drowned at Lemery.
Tho government is hurrying relief trains
10 the scene.
All OF the towns within radius OF
twenty miles Of the volcano were more or
Ices damaged by the shower Of mud and
stones
The eruptions continued to-day. The sky
was cloudless and there was no wind, but
the muddy rain fell steadily. The natives
have abandoned their homes near Lake
Tasl and have sought refuge in the sur
rounding hills
Mount Taal rises IN the centre of Lake
Tssi 2 body Of water not more than fifteen
miles I'm circumference. II Is thirty-four
miles from this city. The dense clouds
~ smoke rising from the crater are plainly
visible from here.
The observatory authorities believe that
Manila is in no danger but there is some
ssrn among the natives, who recall the
aestruction caused by Mount Mayon, the
other volcano Of Luzon in 1897. So far,
however. Mayor has shown no threatening
disturbance.
Investigators OF the Bureau or Science
-leo-t that with the first violent eruption
r. Taal on Saturday the volcanic island
srreared 70 sink five feet and the waters
q the lake rose and swept the shores A
mile inland. carrying away the bamboo
eraCte The towns Of Taal Lemery and
.Tssy seem 70 have suffered most.
Mount Taal rises $50 feet from the cen
.-. of Lake Tasl province Of Batangas.
1~zon. II is the second volcano in i'm
rortance in Luzon. and has been in erup-
ION nine times since 1909. Its most dc
-.-uctive eruption occurred in 1854 and
'ested six months. causing much loss OF
,fa and great destruction of property
There were less serious outbreaks in 1905
ird 1873.
I'm 1863 Mount Msyon was IN eruption
f- two months destroying the towns OF
Cagsauaa and Mainao, and several vii
lopes In 1914 il burst forth again, de-
rtroying Eve towns Another eruption oc-
,,.--ed IN Nav 1897. when four hundred
,.ersons lost their lives. The latest out
break was IN Narcn, 1900.