The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-14

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Another Volcano Active. u
Late. reports say stha4 d another
volcano HIM center aof Japan j.
in activeheruptionI destroying tsiif,
andlproperty. i.'v's.iriFot 4 % on
oIFugitiyes reaching the mainland
frontL Sakurashima said that full,
50e6 men. lwomenand children must
have persisted there. They. sait
that more than 10000 persons re
manned on the island in the harbo,
after earthquakes gave warning Of
danger. and of these, about half arc
supposed to have; persisted.
Die In Blazing Forests.
Many of the. Inhabitants of thu
stricken island and Kagoshima
who escaped the lava streams and
the showers of rocks and ashes, per
ished in. the blazing forests. whicl.
were setConnflre by the incandescen
ROCKS. ittP nf&i' .ioDs H,iL5Sti ~. Il
The entire, countryside was dc.
vastated. tp.sl ~, h, ~ d.. q, j,
The telegraph operator, who sent
thealast message out of the doome,
city said oyeEsthe wire that he wa
the only Lying person remaining ir
the, town,2and because. his, messag
was cut of yip the. .midst of an un-
finished sentence; Il was presumed
he died at his post.j,, "a. ., N
NAPLEs,IrJan. ,la.-seicn,ists to-
day eonneetedtthe VOLCANIC, eruptio,
in Japan, causing great loss of lir
with thelthreatened renewal .,of the
of Nesuyius, the. Italian
volcano, which has been Quiescent
for someu years. ,gunss NJ
Biologists have Yong agreed thai
there is connection In the earth's in
terror between the volcanoes of the
and Western Hemisphcres.
Smoke has been Issuing from
Vesuvius for several months. Elk
plosions take, place every few days
and the activity isyincreasing dali,
in force. ~ ,ta'iS9.te.
Sakura lima. ,whichfis destroyed
and devastating property over cx.
tended areas in Kiushiu. southern
most island of the main japanese
group, has ',beent quiescent. for mor,.
than a rcentury.valtlloughy it rearsI
itsHcreated. speak. inpag yeritable. land
oftyolcanoesS ,twis W. mgaugu,
'WDireotly to the south OF It on onG
Of the;athree 3lo@er alps; . OF Japan
stands Knimon- Dakea which, Dis n con !
stantly active; while directly, north
of It are'Kirishima-Yama and Shiras
'orisan. Doth are active and from
the former lin 1895 came. tire.
and destructive outburst.
The contourS of. hilksand'J valley
throughout the region tells of vol,
canic origin and activity and the
higher ridges are SCARED and serried
with runs of lava, marked by pre-
OF ash and cut and torn
by the convulsive earth shocks
which have attended the more seri.
GUS disturbances.
sakura lima occupies the almost
exact center of the round island in
the Gulf of Kagoshima aud directly
in front of the city OF Kagoshima.
capital. of the Privince Of Satsuma.
Around its base are several hot
springs, evidence $,subterranean
conditions and several draws in the
rugged sides show runs of lava
which extended to, lie sea.
The island and its volcano arc
scenically beautiful and both Jap
anese and foreigners in large mum.
bers constantly visitedstiein. ~ 4
! Kagoshima IS one of tie historic
cities Of Japan. 1t Is the old capital
Of the famous satsuma clan, so con.
spicuous in both the old and the
new Japan, and athe scene. of the
last battle of the satsuma rebellion.