SAKURA SHIMA ERUPTION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 15, 17 January 1914, Page 5

SAKURA SHIMA ERUPTION.

MANY PEOPLE MISSING. THEIR. PATE UNKNOWN. 100.0 GO PEOPLE HOMELESS. (Times-Sydney Suu Special Cable.' TOKYO, January 15. Another boiling tidal wave again swept Kagoshima yesterday. The fall of ashes is so heavy that it is impossible to open one' eyes. The national observatory predicts further and worse eruptions. TOKYO, January 16. (Received 0 a.m.) Of the population of 12.000 people on the Island of Sakura Shima, 0.000 have been accounted for. The fate of the rest is unknown. A hundred thousand people are homeless on the mainland. Lava and stones blocked tbe railway 230 miles away from the outbreak. Blocks of lava the size of houses were thrown in the air. Although the principal volcanoes of Japan are active, no further disaster is feared as Saksura Shima is regarded us the safety valve. The foreign missionaries in the district are safe. DEATH ROLL EXAGGERATED. WOMEN GO INSANE. CAVE SAVES THIRTY LIVES. (Received 1 p.m. i TOKYO. January 16. The chief of the Seismolosrienl Department has nrriv.-.'l at Kagoshima. De believes thai the eruption of Sakura Shima wis due (o the activities of the volcano Hig.v-hi Kiri«hi>nn. on which, according to the legend, the Emperor's Divine anocsiors descended from heaven. Invc.-ligatioi proves thai ihe death roll has \-.-n exaggerated. Tin majority of 1!..-- i.-.luiid,-,-.. have been rescued.' ".Mil. ...i,. of the 30.000 houses that stood round Kagoshima Ray retains its shape. There is a jrro;>i. scarcity of food. Many women went insane through separation from or loss of their families.

Thirty-three persons found alive I huddled up in a cave on Sakura- Shima | Island «civ rescued. | The eruption has changed the entire ! shape of ilie islam!. | AMERICAN HELP. I I WASHINGTON. January Hi. j In a message to the i 'cited States j people advocating subscript ions in aid of the sufferers by the earthquake in j Japan. Presiden' Wilson refers to Japan] in friendly term--. j