MT. ETNA ERUPTS
No Threat Imminent (N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) CATANIA (Sicily), Jan. 17. Mount Etna erupted yesterday, sending out a mile-long tongue of molten lava. But vulcanologists said the lava posed no imminent danger to the villages and farms that dot the sides of the volcano. The volcano’s north-east crater was exploding about every two seconds and hurling red hot rocks up to 900 feet in the air—higher than at any time since the new eruptions started last week after two years of silence. Scientists said they feared a major explosion might be brewing inside the 11,000 ft mountain.
Mount Etna’s eruptions have killed an estimated one million people over a period of 2400 years.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19660118.2.101
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CV, Issue 30961, 18 January 1966, Page 11
Word Count
116MT. ETNA ERUPTS Press, Volume CV, Issue 30961, 18 January 1966, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in