THE NIAFOU ERUPTION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 296, 11 December 1912, Page 4

THE NIAFOU ERUPTION.

Mr. Tind—l, of the firm pf TiaA- ud Ross, who have a large tiding in the island of Niafoou, __.»t fttsai in Auckland. Mr. Tindall «——« d » "Star" representative to-day■« tt*t U» volcanoes which appeared during ti« recent eruption are now ahnbrtqwwent Though there were not. less tkM _*"'/ volcanoes active originally, in a fine ittending some four miles, the.l*u. ejects covered mostly old lava fieldl, •*• plantations damaged were •'HrniW i» extent to about fifty —lies. (Mc of *• volcanoes is just steaming, arid. »;■■#* others show Very faint signs of acthit/i but the remainder have apparent)? ■«_> 1 sided A peculiar feature of the ernpfi« was the ejection of a. large quantity ot coral. Niafoou is' situated ieit't* l * where a volcano Was a few year* •__>." very active eruption, but is now tttaoi and the eruption in Niafoou bably some connection with th* of the outbreak at Savsii. The e*f_ formed in the Nialoou ' l»« fi «J within a period of forty-eight h 0 "*!."! were very active for only about W - days. On the occasion of an e* rii * r 'y|, tion, which occurred about sixty. ago, a crater appeared in the * W "L, a native village, and about thfc&S&b ■were killed. On the last occasion »" was no loss of life.