Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-05-28
REDDdNG VOLCANO
BURSTS OUT ANEW
ERUPTION SATURDAY GREATEST
AND MOST VIOLENT OF CALL
FoRNIA MOUNTAIN PEAK.
LAVA WAVE OVER COUNTRY
Over SO Families Of Hot Creek Valley
Flee for their Lives-All Were
Reported Safe-Scientists Had
ForetoId Calamity.

nSPOTISO 0dTS"oC1entlSI8 T1dO
ForetoId 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 it's
wake. 1t covered the countryside
like tidal wave.
Thirty-six families, nearly the en-
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 and
steam were followed by two lesser
ones. A tremendous funnel-shaped
cloud shot skyward to an estimated
height of miles and spread out in a
heavy pail almost as wide. The big
mountain, 10000 feet high, was dwarf
ed to insignificant size.
Four BIackened Paths.
When the immense volume of smoke
and ashes had lifted above the noun
tain's crest four blackened paths, each
half mile wide, were revealed on the
western slope.
Seen at Sacramento.
Word was received that spray of
volcanic ash had fallen at Inlay, New,
huge burst of smoke was seen at
Sacramento from the cupola of the
n state capitol, ITS miles away.
Excitement at Redding.
Redding, AZ miles from the noun
tain, was pitched into frenzy of ex
element. Fire bells tolled, people
! rushed from homes and buildings
streets were deserted in the business
section, roofs were crowded and bust
ness was suspended until the activity
of the peak subsidized at Up m.
Four distinct streams which poured
over the peak united and converted
Lassen's peak, covered with fresh
blanket of snow, into blackened, des
olate waste.
Lassen's crater is reported to have
: been entirely leveled. Formerly II
had three distinct undulations, bu
these have been worn away and the
crevasses and dips filled by the con
tinuous cataract of erupted substances
A report from the power station
at Cow creek said that one side O
the volcano had been blown off ant
toppled into the lake near the mase O.
the crater, the water displaced adding
to the flood.
So far the volcanic flow has beer
. confined to Hat Creek valley, and ad
jacent valleys are considered immun,
from danger unless the subterraneal
forces hurl rocks and lava over tn,
natural barriers.
Mud Hardens Like Cement.
Hope that the mud floods would fer
t tilize their lands has been abandono
| as the thick substance hardens almos
J to the solidity of cement. 1t lies owe
, the farms and meadows from two t,
3 four feet deep, and it is feared tina
. the land can never be recovered. TIL
3 latest new development in the threat
: ened danger arose in the drying up o
! Hat creek. 1t was dry Sunday for tn
1 first time known.
| ForetoId the Eruption.
: San Jose, Cal-The eruption of Las
: sen peak was predicted by Professo
/. Albert Porta, mathematician, fol
merly of the University of Santa Ola
ra, in circular of warning May 9 is
9 sued to the mayor of Redding, Cover
nor johnson and various observate
ries.
The eruption, he stated, would b.
i caused by the magnetic effect O
!. planetary combinations on the SUI
and the effect of sun spots on tn
2 earth. This same circular predicte,
}. that there would be an outbreak O
: the volcano May 1921 and a secon,
eruption May 22-26, specially due t.
an opposition of Venus with Saturn
April Is, and quadratic conjunction
of Venus with Jupiter May 10. TIL,
circular also contained the note: az
believe the eruption of Lassen peal
MAY 1926 will he most yioIento