The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-17
10000 NOT ACCOUNTED FOR
Scientist Believes Volcanic Range
Has Entered New Period
of Activity
TWO MORE VIOLENT ERUPTIONS

Toxic. Jan 1.-THE loss of life ol
The Island of Sakura, which was de
\astatcd 10y the eruption of the volcan,
Of Slkuia Jima may be much larger
than at first supposed, according to q
ropoit received from an official of IN,
interior department. whc was sent (,
Kaloshima and vicinity To investigate
lie reports that nine thousand out o
Sakura's population of nineteen thou.
sand were accounted for up To tho
evening of the siNteentn. other rcfu-
gees. II Is expected, VIII he found n
otucr directions. but the loss Of lif,
evidently will be extremely heavy.
rumict stones three To hvc feet
hlgh were lomited from the bowels oi
the earth. There are lava mounds for
~ feet high
Measures for the relief of the suffer
ors from the famine i'm the north and
oruptions in the south are rapidly as
suming shape \ relief association. ma %
tional in scope, has been organized
here and has ISSUED an appeal for do
nations. Bishop Andrews of the Eng
lish church in iIok- kaido, the famine
stricken district. writes that the Suf-
frrine everywhere is intense. Farmers
were hit the hardest ana their ramil-
e, are eating soup made of chopped
straw leaves, rotten potatoes, ana
more rmrtunatc have thin Cruel of
rive or wheat. Snow covers the
ground
There have been many deaths from
cold aLd starvation, and an increase
in crime and beggars. Many girls, he
declares, have been sold into slavery.
he tells of many childion fainting in
;iD schools for lack of food.
Finds Pronounced Physical Change.
Eucoshima, Jan. 17.-Professor ONO
H. .cismologist, circled the Island of
Sakura today and found a pronounced
physical change. Huge molten rocks
lomcd range into the sea. practical
h hlockiu" The hay across To Asumi.
Man, dwellings remain perfect ON the
northern coast, but tie devastated
eastern coast is covered with ashes,
The lava reaching the caves OF the
houses, Many new hills have sprung
in existence.
The professor saw woman on the
shore but when he spoke to her she
"'d wildly into the interior. She un-
was insane. Horses, cattle,
dogs and eats swarmed the vicinity of
one of the damaged houses he saw.
ScN'u-tcnths of the island is desert
"I lNa, ana the remaining land is in q
hopeless condition. Fifteen hundred OF
Inc two thousand houses on the island
Are buried. II Is estimated the damage
'n his account is five million dollars.
How To- deal with the islander is a
Hiru problem, and he must migrate.
iH' Professor says. lie thinks the en-
'nr volcanic range OF the km-Shi has
'0i'rfd upon period of activity that
VIII rc"ccur every sixty years, and
'h't cruptions may he expected at any
Time, especially from the volcano of
I men, IN prefecture of NaEasaki. New
''JirrS on the Sakura Jima are still
pouring out smoke.
Two More Violent Eruptions.
NdEoShlma, Jan. 1.-Two further
''i'ni cruptions of the volcano Sakura
''ml' accompanied by severe earth
quake, occurred late las: night causing
n' collapse of many more buildings
y number Of inhabitants who had re-
turned, fled again in terror from the
NV. Ashes are falling thickly today.
he sun looked like "A ball of blood
''''H' nut II gave no light Night
S''ilS were employed by the rail-
''''s Flying dust was so thick that
81 was necessary to cover mouths and
"'S'S with towels to prevent sufroca
ton.
Nc sea in the Gulf of Kagoshimn
.'''n'd boiling, the quantity of float
,"E pumice stone being so great that
: prevented navigation. Lava is flow
''S steadily down the sides of the vol
'""o To the sea, increasing the area
we island rs is soidifies on reach
ing the water.
~. WIS st'li impossible to give any
ing :, IKE an approximate estimate of
wv victims of the recent eruptions.
'iuakes and tidal wave. Profes-
:. 'r "mort pointing to the village of
''i''la ON Sakura. whore 400
gu',S We're buried in lava. said, Are
''oi'e buried there as in Pompeii?'