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A VANISHED ISLAND

DISAPFEA.RANOE AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE,

>O TRACE OF LAND LEJ'T.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. J<). A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in the city of San Salvador, <apital of the Central American Republic of Salvador, yesterday. When the tremors ceased it v.- t ; seen that an island which formivly stood in the llopango Lagoon, dose to the city, had absolutely disappeared, no trace of it being l<?It above the surface of the water. The island carried a population of learly 200 persons, and boats were quickly despatched to its former location in the hope of effecting a u>s;ue of some of them. The boats sailed right over the spot where the island formerly stood without finding any of its unfortunt ate inhabitants, or anytiiin^ to nark where the lost island had been situated. Salvador, one the the small-.'-it of the Central American Republics, las always been a centre of great volcanic activity, with geysers, liot lakes, and mud volcanoes in much jreater number than in New ZeaIhiul. Frequent and terrible i-urth-luakes have occurred there, San Salvador, the capital, having seven times been destroyed. The population of the capital is about (iO.OOO, and of the Republic a million, consisting mostly of Indians and mixed races.

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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5593, 23 December 1910, Page 3

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A VANISHED ISLAND Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5593, 23 December 1910, Page 3

A VANISHED ISLAND Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5593, 23 December 1910, Page 3