Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-10
Shipping
IF LAVA AND tidal
WAVE FOR THESE FILIPINOS
REFUGEES From Frghtu Taa Volcano Holocaust Seek to
Carve New Fortunes in Hawaiian IsIands-America Maru
Passed Through With Small Number of Passengers
HonouIan Sailed for the Coast.

Passing through veritable baptism
of boiling mud, lava and at last barely
escaping a horrible death through the
thrush of many feet of water of al
tidal wave, a number of Filipinos now
in Honolulu had a mighty close call
from instant death through the terri
Bile eruption of Mount Taal, when
continued from January 29th to Feb
ruary 1st, causing the death OF fifteen
hundred people within fifty miles OF
the city of Manila according to con-
sentative estimate.
Displaving in some instances the
distinct marks of suffering, several
Filipinos who arrived here yesterday
afternoon to take up work on Ha-
waian plantations, will again resume
the battle for existence. The Taal
disaster is said to have wiped out
their homes and in many instances
carried off relatives and friends.
Thousands of refugees have flocked to
Manila and it is believed that many
of these are now willing to seek their
fortunes elsewhere.
Taal volcano went up in a blaze OF
pyrotechnic glory. and came down in
crop-destroying rain of grey mud
The waters of the lake heaved them
selves greedily beyond their bounds
snatched life and property, and mud
died back over the beaches. The earth
quaked and beloved under the tread
mephitic gases poisoned the air, and
from towns and villages in the neigh
borhood the frightened and supersti-
tious people fed by all the roads to
escape from a wrath to come.
Filipinos living within radius of
| twenty miles lost all of their homes
came within range of the death deal
| ing rain of mud and lava that covered
the land. The refugees report that
everywhere was an atmosphere OF dull
| despair. Thousands of people had
lost everything, and were without the
| food which means life. The cry for
relief measures was instant and urg-
| ent to relieve a very real and acute
distress, for the outlook of the ruined
Filipino was as grey as the mud which
weighed down and blighted his pro-
duce.
A wailing people and ruined coun-
try has been left in the wake of the
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| pondent natives are said will take a
new life in southern islands. To 9th
ers little persuasion is necessary to
induce them to emigrate to Hawaii
Or any other lands. Following the
eruption, boats from the lake had
been carried far inland, dead animals
Uttered the beach, the heavy volcanic
mud lay thick over the dead crops OF
onions, sugar, garlic and corn, and
the people were feeding on the fish
which the receding wave had left to
die. The roads were alive with fee
ing figures, making Slang, lndang
Amadeo Santo Tomas, Tanauan -
anywhere beyond reach of destruction
Dust was still falling, the cloud oil
smoke still lay heavy over Taal noun
tain, and the shores of the lake were
black with people.
Seventy-four little brown brothers
and sisters recruited in the Philippine
islands under the direction of Messrs
Pinkham and Steven stepped ashore
from the Togo Kisen Kaisha line
America Maru shortly before fiv'
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and wer'
lined up for general inspection. TIL,
Filipino immigrants soon were on thei
way to the Hawaiian Sugar Planter
stockade where they have been pro
vided with quarters and meals pend
ing their assignment to island plan
tations.
There has been decided chang
in the style of uniform" given tn
Filipino of late. The lot that arrive
here yesterday were decked out in
very dark blue texture which border
ed closely on the black. The usua
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