Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-28
.REDD|NG VOLCANO
BURSTS OUT ANEW
ERUPTION SATURDAY GREATEST
AND MOST VIOLENT OF CALL
FORNIA MOUNTAIN PEAK.
LAVA WAVE OVER COUNTRY
Flee for their Lives-All Were
Reported Safe-Scientists Had
Foretold Calamity.

Redding, Cal.-Lassen peak burst
into a new eruption late Saturday, the
greatest and most violent since the
mountain awoke one year ago. Anoth'
er flood of mud, triple the size of May
81, swept down the mountainside with
three steaming streams of lava in its
wake. 1t covered the countryside
like a tidal wave
Thirty-six families, nearly the en-
tire population of Hat Creek valley
had to flee for their lives before the
avalanche of mud and boiling lava.
Rescue Women and Children.
Fifteen rescue parties in automo
biles rushed from here to Cassel and
Round Mountain to pick up the refu
gee women and children. Men mount
ed on horseback frantically rounded
up cattle and other stock
Three eruptions almost simultane
ously and titanic bursts of smoke ant
steam were followed by two lesser
ones. A tremendous funnel-shapet
cloud shot skyward to an estimated
height of miles and spread out in ;
heavy pail almost as wide The biz
mountain, 10000 feet high, was dwarf
ed to insignificant size.
Four BIackened Paths.
When the immense volume of smok,
hoe hoH al fH<
tain's crest four blackened paths, eacl
half a mile wide, were revealed on tn,
western slope.
Seen at Sacramento.
Word was received that a spray o
volcanic ash had fallen at Inlay, New
200 miles from the peak, and that tn
huge burst of smoke was seen a
Sacramento from the cupola of tn
state capitol, IT'S miles away.
Excitement at Redding.
Redding, AZ miles from the mour
tain, was pitched into a frenzy of e1
element. Fire bells tolled, peopl
rushed from homes and buildings
streets were deserted in the bushes
section, roofs were crowded and bus
ness was suspended until the activit
of the peak subsidized at p. m.
Four distinct streams which poure
over the peak united and converte
Lassen's peak, covered with a fres
blanket of snow, into a blackened, des
olate waste.
Lassen's crater is reported to hav
been entirely leveled. Formerly
had three distinct fluctuations, bu
these have been worn away and tn
crevasses and dips filled by the col
tinuous cataract of erupted substances
A report from the power static
at Cow creek said that one side {
the volcano had been blown off an
toppled into the lake near the mase {
the crater, the water displaced adGiI.
to the flood
So far the volcanic flow has bee
confined to Hat Creek valley, and az
jacent valleys are considered immun
from danger unless the subterranea
forces hurI rocks and lava over tn
natural barriers.
Mud Hardens Like Cement.
Hope that the mud floods would fe
tilize their lands has been abandonet
as the thick substance hardens almoi
to the solidity of cement. 1t lies owe
the farms and meadows from two [
four feet deep, and it is feared thf
the land can never be recovered. TIL
latest new development in the threa
ened danger arose in the drying up {
Hat creek. 1t was dry Sunday for tn
first time known.
ForetoId the Eruption.
San Jose, Cal.-The eruption of La
sen peak was predicted by ProfessC
Albert Porta, a mathematician, TO
merly of the University of Santa CT
ra, in a circular of warning May i
sued to the mayor of Redding, Cove
nor Johnson and various observat
ries.
The eruption, he stated, would
caused by the magnetic effect {
planetary combinations on the su
and the effect of sun spots on tn
earth. This same circular predicte
that there would be an outbreak
the volcano May 1921 and a secon
eruption May 1926, specially due
an opposition of Venus with Satur
April Is, and quadratic conjunctio
of Venus with Jupiter May 10. TIL
circular also contained the note:
believe the eruption of Lassen pea
May 1925 will be most violent"
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