The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-21
NE IS.N0TED
FOR ERUPTl0NS
= Volcano Terror to fnlpL
Is Fer Centuries Past.
y saoRN BY EARTHQUAKE.

- About $4,000 Feet In Height Il
oaek end Became Lake and During
Z letee Outbreaks Reappeared From
!. v3aase In Present Fo,.m-Notsd For
n Thsse varieelorsd cratsrs.
- volcano of Taal. the recent erup-
- Of which killed many hundred
IlIiplnos and destroyed several towns
~ villages. lies about thirty uiIes
18th Of Manila on the island Of In.
-. When It is specially active the
e1noke Of the volcano can be seen from
- Luneta drive at Manila.
n natives say the volcano was once
nueh greater than 1t Is now. The geo
loglcal formation of the country bears
"a this theory The volcano itself Is
= Island from I've to eight miles east
ma west and ten to fifteen miles north
"a south. rising out Of the center Of
MA which 10 about twelve miles east
"a west BY fifteen miles north and
9TH The lake lies In ring Of noun
61nD - II II were the floor Of crater.
1hese mountains start up gradually
Ssm the sea level and curve up in a
nIaeeful sweep until they are from
400 to 3.000 feet high and then drop
g almost sheer to the lake. which is
alnost At the sea level.
Once High Mountain.
Dv1dently before the eye Of man ever
ossod upon It Taal was q towering
slant rising 1O.O0O or 1900 feet above
- - and sending out its Ore and
smoke and ashes The native tradi
t1oo b that the lake was originally
esates Of IRE with walls many times
. haghef than those that now surround
e One day there came a terrible
auption. The walls OF the crater sank.
and the sea rushed in and oiled the
crater. forming the present lake. For
many years there was no other erup-
ton In place. Of the crater Of fire
tAsre was a beautiful lake that emit
Aod loud rumblincs. 50 that the ma.
) 0ves gave II the name Of Rom-bom.
q Boom boom. which Is still the native
name for both the lake and the VOL
ean0
This was the condition in which the
Spanish found It. Where the little
0lTeam ran out the Spanish built the
towns Of Taal and Lemery. Taal was
. port Of call for all Spanish galleons
eeGnlng from Mexico A great church
Was built At Taal for the Virgin OF
Oaysaysay pronounce II kay-si-si,.
witch was the special patron Of the
0a1lo60 and was always saluted BY tho
vessels going to or from the islands
/. - their long voyages across the Pa
ot1c. . ...~-
Volcano emsresa From Lake.
But the giant Of the volcano was
1srs,y sleeping and gathering strength
1pe . mighty struggle. One morning
WHEN. the priests were at mass they
hard reverberations like thunder, but
fancied It was the salute Of a passing
Ghip until It was followed by a series
q the most terrific earthquakes. Then
came the great eruption. one Of the
most terrible in the history of the vol.
cano.
The Spanish records tell that for
SoAC0 Ouy tuC uttu " Oc tlSutVO
Ill day in Manila. When the eruption
was over the present volcano had
thrust its head a thousand feet above
the surface Of the lake and number
Of lesser craters showed their heads
above the water line. This time the
volcano had changed to water volcano
and It was thus that the Americans
found II when they took the islands
The natives had built cities around
he lake. and the luxuriant vegetation
had wiped out all traces Of the terri
BE eruption save here and there q BIT
old stone wall where some large
building had stood told Of the giant'a
o2uGgle The town Of Talisay. re
Gently destroyed. was built at the yer!
o0go Of the lake. "a II in defiance 81
~ terrible power of the volcano.
Crater 10 vArieeIored.
The epaniards obtained sulphur frou
- volcano and left a very fair trai
y IT. side. The trip up the volcan
= readily made. A. one climbs tb
cdr Of sulphur becomes stronger an
u smoking cliffs are seen. The viev
NON the edge Of the crater IL mos
he11ant To the south are the smot
NJ cll6s. which constantly send on
eseat clouds Of white sulphur fumes
IAev are gray and white with sulphu
81 ass constantly rumbling and hiss
: ~ IKE the escape Of steam froI
0AAy engines
Directly below one are the craters. Of
sotAee. the three divisions Of the mai
crater. The walls are a brilliant ir
descent redEvery much like cinnaba
covered with green's and yellow'
sparkling and shining The norther
division Of the crater is the most a,
i've. It is called tie white crater an
constantly gives or steam and sulphu
smoke.
Just south Of the white crater is tn
due crater. This crater is not so a,
I'VE. 1t Is light blue in color an
constantine piViO$ off S,1tvtnr Snnk,