Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-11
new VOLCANOES
BREAKING OUT
Cannonade of Aleutian Peaks
Is Heards Hundreds of
Miles Away
FALLING ASHES OBSCURE SUN.
Revenue Gutter Rescues Five
Hundred Inhabitants of
Kodiak.

by Special Leased Wire to New Mexican
Fairbanks, Alaska, June 1l-Per
sons arriving from the south bring re
ports of heavy cannonading in the
foothills of the Alaskan range and il
is supposed that volcanoes are in ac
tion. The sounds come from the
vicinity of Mount Hayes.
Ashes are falling here and the sun
is obscured.
Mounts sayes is 14,000 feet high
and is situated 100 miles in a direct
line southeast OF Fairbanks. The
same direct line continued would
reach Mount Wrangell, which is q
smoking volcano. The Mount Hayes
district has not been looked upon as
subject to volcanic eruptions.
The cannonading OF the AIeutian
range and the reports hearu on the
northerly slope of that range must
have been caused by volcanoes not
yet identified. So far as known
Mount Wrangell has given no signs
o, disturbance durin gthe present out
break of the Aleutian peaks.
Hundreds Are Destitute.
Seward, Alaska. June 1.-THE Ko
diak Relief Committee of Seward has
issued an appeal to the mayors of all
cities to send money to relieve the
needs of volcano sufferers. The com
mittee expects that it will be called
upon to care for many hundreds OF
destitute people.
Loss of Life Feared.
Seattle, Wash, June 1.-THE arri
val of the tug Printer at Seward AL
aska, with dispatches from Kodiak
gave the first authentic details of the
conditions on Kodiak and the adjOin
ing islands which were buried under
more than a foot of ashes from Kat
mai volcano.
A message to the Associated Press
from Captain Perry of the Revenue
Cutter Manning, which afforded ref
uge to the 500 inhabitants of Kodiak
and the nearby villages of st. Paul
and st. Meridian, said there was NJ
loss of life at Kodiak, hut Captain
Perry feared for the safety of those
in the settlements near the volcano.
The people on the island who sur
vived the hail of hot ashes and stones
are confronted with a serious prob
lem of obtaining drinking water anC
food.
Crop Destroyed, Fish Killed.
Seattle, Wash, June 1l.-All th'
crops were destroyed and the fish up
on which many depended for food
were killed, resulting in the pollution
of the water supply to such an exten
that there is great danger Of pest
lence.
Steamers and tugs of every sort ar
hurrying to the island from the town
, on the mainland to give relief. Tn
destruction of the wireless station a
Kodiak and the inability of the Mar
ning's wireless to communicate wit
| the naval station at CordOva, makes
difficult to get news to Seward, tn
nearest cable office and it probabl
will be many days before details o
the disaster are available.
! Washington, D. c.. June 18th
| federal government is moving swiftl
for the relief of the volcano sufferers
/ Captain Bertholdt, commandant of th
revenue cutter service, has issued OIL
ners to rush the cutter Tahoma or M
Culloch to the assistance of the refr
gees.
+ Villages Burned BY Hot Ashes.
! Captain Perry of the revenue cutie
Manning reporting to Washington say
st. Paul and Wood Island villages
buried under one foot of ashes, san
and hot pumice stone, doubtless are i
a terrible condition.
| Captain Perry in his dispatches urs
IS the need of government emerger
cy fund for supplies for the destitute
The havoc wrought on the easter
coast of Kodiak island caused officer
Of the revenue cutter service, familia
with Alaska, to believe that vastl
greater damage has been done on tn
western side.
$4,000 for Volcano Sufferers.
Washington, D. c., June 11.-Dele
gate Wickersham of Alaska, Senate
Jones of Washington today both in
troduced resolutions for the immed
ate appropriation of $4,000 for the re
lief of the volcano victims. TIL
House adjourned before action on tn
Wickersham resolution could be takel
DESPERATE CUTTING AFFRAY
IN A DEMING SALOON