The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-02-18
Too Long For Safety and
Met Death
By AWFUL VOLCANIC DELUGE
Horrors AT Sakurajima Dur
ing Terrific Eruption
of intake.
xADpENISG rush To ESCAPE

san Francisco. FEB. 1.-THE first
detailed account Of the eruption Of
intake. on the island Of Sakurajima.
Of the southern coast OF Japan. vas
received here to-day by mail from a
Toxic correspondent. The account
says
While a Toxic audience was as
sembled at the Imperial Theater,
viewing moving pictures Of The
Last Days Of Pompeii." the subter-
ranean fires Of their own empire.
imprisoned for more than a century.
sere surging upward beneath the
Isle Of Sakuraiima, ia the southern
most part of the realm. Soon began
An eruption so fierce and terrible as
n take place at once with the his
-oric demonstrations OF Vesuvius.
The $4,000 inhabitants OF saku-
-ajima fed wildly in all directions
IN a pitiful quest for shelter. From
rhickly settled villages and from
houses embosomed in groves Of or
anges. peaches and plums, the farm
srs ran 70 the shores OF the bay.
Horses neighed and snorted in
terror. Many freed themselves and
began a Wild stampede over their
human companions.
Many old men refused 10 Try 10
save themselves and had literally TO
De dragged along by the younger.
Women and children were sent OF
arst, the women carrying their in
lants slung japanese fashion across
heir backs. their hands filled with
portable household goods. IL was a
cid. pelI-mell rush-a. fight Of in
describable panic.
For all that the catastrophe was
20 oyerw helming in its descent,there
had been preliminary warnings. Two
months before. a traveller on the
summit Of the long mountain ridge
Of Yoshinogahsra was surprised TO
see smoke drifting from new gullies
n the sides Of the open peak Of Mi
take on Sskurajims.
The next warning came on Jan.
II in the form Of severe earth
quakes. accompanied by cannonad-
ing from the heights OF Sakurajima.
with increasing violence came shock
after shock Houses toppled. walls
erumbled and from far beneath rose
4 horrible sound OF grinding and
roaring, up through the quaking
crust Of the earth.
BY Monday morning the glow
that had spread like a scarlet cano-
~ over the vent OF the volcano
changed 10 a lofty column OF twist
ing smoke. laced with flames and
shot with the trail OF fiery missiles.
Dawn changed 10 twilight A
great shower OF ashes rained on the
Danic-stricken population. The ashes
became glowing cinders and the Gin
ders flaming rocks. Sparkling lava,
gushing from the mouths of the sew
eral craters. leaped down from cliff
10 cliff and ledge to ledge.
Volcanoes long supposed extinct
in other portions OF the realm
sprang into sympathetic action and
ashes fell like snow. Distant Toxic
itself was mantled IN a sinister, yell
low cloud. carrying terror no the
pOpuIace.
by this time the cascades OF lava
and ceaseless rain OF meteors had
set FIRE TO the sugar cane and bam-
boo forests. Houses burst into
fame.
Arrived at the shore. the viii
layers flung themselves into sam
pans mOored on the beach, or plung-
ed into the gulf The mountain was
now roaring furnace and the heat
was unbcarable. From Kagoshima
dozen steamers came to the res
cue. Their prompt aid and that of
sailing and rowing craft saved
thousands from drowning.
AS soon as the authorities at To-
kio had an inkling of the serious ma
ture OF the disaster. several war
ships were dispatched 10 the gulf.