Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-20
SLAIN
IN ERUPTION OF
VOLCANO IN JAPAN
Whole Japanese City of 5000
Buried by Ashes and Lava
Floods.
kAGosHlMA IS WIPED OUT
Neishboring Island is Also Swept by
the Fiery Stream-lmpossIble to
Estimate the Loss at Iris Time
Quake Destroys Island.


Nagasaki Japan, Jan. IA tidal
| wave added its terrors to the earth
| quakes and volcanic eruptions which
| struck Kagoshima, in southern japan
| Monday. according to official advices.
! II is believed the Kagoshima disas-
! ter will prove to be one of the most
serious in the history of Japan The
| loss of life and property increases as
fuller details are received. and indi-
| cations are that the death list will
| run into the thousands
| The full extent Of the disaster
! could not be ascertained, as all com
! munication was cut off from the
| stricken district south of Kumamouo.
| so or 80 miles north of Kagoshima.
! The navy department was unable to
obtain a wireless report from the war
| ships sent to the scene, although many
| messages were dispatches to them.
Six inches Of Ashes in Miyazaki.
| Ashes to the depth of six inches
| have fallen in the seaport of Miya-
! zaki, on the east coast OF Kyushu.
A postal employee who fed from Ia
goshima says the big postoftice build
ing there collapsed during the earth
| quake and tidal wave and that many
residences were ruined, while many
people and animals were killed or
| injured
The navy and army departments are
fastening succor and supplies TO Ka-
goshima.
Government authorities declare that
any official estimate of the extent
of the disaster will be impossible for
several days
The population of the city of Kago-
shima, which is almost completely bur
led in volcanic ashes and stones, was
10000 at the last census. The popu-
lation CT the adjoining island of Sa-
gura, the center of the disturbance. is
given as $4,000.
On this island hundreds are re-
ported to have persisted beneath the
streams of molten lava of Sakura-
Jima. Many more were undoubtedly
drowned while attempting TO es-
cape
Doctors and hospital attendants
have been sent to the scene, but it
is difficult to reach the spot, as rail
road communication is impeded by
the heaps of ashes, and the tracks
have been dislocated by the earth
quake.
Ashes Carried 90 Miles.
The violence OF the eruption Of Sa-
kura-Jima is so great that showers of
dust are falling here today, although
the distance between Nagasaki and
the island of Sakura is about 80
miles.
A refugee who arrived here from
Kagoshima gave the following &C
count of the disaster:
The eruption started suddenly with
columns of thick black smoke and
| flame from the crater of Sakura- lima.
| Hundreds Of the inhabitants Of the
small island in the Gulf of Kagoshima,
where Sahul a-Jima is situated, rush
ed to the beach and leaped on board
| junks and steamers, which carried
them across three miles of water to
| Kagoshima, ashes, stones asd parti-
| cles of white hot lava falling all the
while on the decks.
AT Kagoshima the heat was in
tense. The constantly increasing hail
of glowing cinders made it impossible
for the citizens to remain.
Earthquakes Add to Terror.
The horror was increased by the
shaking caused by incessant shocks
Of earthquakes, which rocked the
| houses all day More than $50 earth
quake shocks were recorded before
| nightfall
The people fled in disordered
droves along the highway leading
west and north of the city. They had
abandoned everything in their fight,
and soon they were suffering from
| lack of food and drink.
When / left Kagoshima the vol
cano Tesembled an enormous setpiece
of fireworks glowing from the foot
of the mountain to the summit. Dur
ing the night the glowing lava illumin-
ated the entire district The volcano
| NiilAlCu tIillucIOuS Ca
plosions."
The burning rock and ashes set fire
to several villages. At Moi, on the
Kiushiu railway, 100 persons were
killed. Several villages along the foot
of the volcano were buried in streams
| of lava
Earthquake Wipes Out Island.
Victoria, b. c., Jan. 1.-THE entire
western part OF the island of Am
brym. New Hebrides, has been de-
yastated by volcanic eruption, accord
ing to news brought by the Canadian
| Australian liner Makura.
Word was received at Sidney prior
to the departure of the Makura that
on December 6 six new craters we're
observed in active eruption.
The steamer France succeeded In
saving 500 natives Most of these
were old men. omen and children left
behind by young. able-bodied men,
who at the first sign OF danger took
flight in canoes.
Protects Floors.