Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-09-11

as Il Does Regularly Once a Year.
Ii is singular how indifferent 10 4
persiStently threatened danger human
beings can become. even when the dan.
imperil their very lives. Harry II.
Dunn. In the Montreal Herald and
Star. tells OF 4 case in which whole
townful oS people lie under the con.
slant threlt of extinction by volcano.
The roof OF the little boxlike hotel in
Colima. capital Of the state OF Colima.
in Mexico. was freshly drenched with
water in a vain effort TO fight of some
Of September's heat think there We're
eighteen " US gathered there in the
cool. gray night The almost silent
town lay like black and white check
erboard at our feet.
Twenty miles away. across a valley
still green with the rains II summer
rose Il conical mountain. almost soil.
tary. Even by night it looked sinister
by day il was terrible. With its barren
lava coated sides, its -lS eNudiug tOue
stunned even by the vultureS which
haunted mountain and plain. IL wa>
the volcano Of C0lilua. the Old Faith
fur OF crater>. which eNplotieS re-u
larly once year-and il was almost
Gue for an exhibition
He should begin Soou,~ drone. The
horel keeper. Maybe today. maybe to
morrow. maybe not Tor wees bur il
is the middle ot September. and il i
his lime"
The cd maN had scarcely finished
when 4 buhb,c black IL uj-ht. crowd
yd Itself oul az The br,,Neu eud ~ the
mountain. which we Autw WAS Il 10; Oi
weiJtu stone. tweuty miles away. The
bubble. - dark that We could see il
plainly. >we,,t,tl Ike Il growing pu0b0ll
and then. pushes, out fron below. ro>s'
Ike Il giant umbrella. with iucrtNiible
speed. into the sky. Behind il came Il
straight tubular column Of smoke. such
smoke IS that ot which the bubble WAS
made. black alli thic& and oulinouS.
Up, w. up. rose the bubble. riding. il
seemed. On the column below it, II an
pearej 70 han. ike huge blanket Il
thousand teSc III the heavens: then
slowly. like >olue great octopus feeling
lis WAY Si0u- the bed " the sea. the
bubble ta1tensi and began 70 spread
cut. Probably it moved miles every
minute. bur il was far AWAY and 81
vonssruuS thsr We could NOT Judge it
by ordinary standards
/, seemed that the town below Us
heaveI 4 lous sikh. The thing for
which IFS ten ar twelve thousand In.
hahitaut> had been waiting WAS abcu,
~ happen. The mighty drama was
about 20 II, enacted before their eyes,
As il WIS before TIE Srani>h Cr,nGui>-
tsGtsrsS Sse foot cn Mexican soil Yes
20 them the spectacle WAS ever exei.-
Ing for ~ eng. might ee death. might
ne destruction ~ their tnwn. IS is had
been the destruction IL the many small
sr towns clustered rloce closely roUnd
the skirts ~ the :i>,s,,v pedS-
The roofs 6liej with people Herr
and there \ woman screamed: ulany.
both rnen and women. prayed; ausru-
leuS cries and questions from ch;ldrec
rise on Ehs nigh. air. ard che bells IL
che churches began - ring. slowly AZ
ir>t Sud then more rapidly. - tae Gre
spd began ~ plty sepu: the crest ~
Coli.ua
Ii&t> L w3cS-Spot,c o. RE CREST % =
lcfey rvlS- - >Sa. the smoke cViGUu
ana is >.-ea 2iu- ,op -e>-eti for i -i>s
-,eur oa tha vc,'A0o su,, then. with 3
ehuute-oji> 1-,c-,s>e ~ ar. wGich mas
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