1212 FEET INTO VESUVIUS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 71, 13 March 1914, Page 1

1212 FEET INTO VESUVIUS.

A FILM ADVENTURE,

Fresh from a during \mi{ descent n. thft cratiir of Vesuvuu for the puis \m« ol taking kinenifttograpU pictures, fV" 'W BurhMßjuini, o( the Uriii •»h and Colonial Kinenuuograph Com. J»iW, retyped to London yesterdfltf and dcwfilwil Ins lent (statvi ''% A man mimed Vincent (htUuino was* J ,il on '» cl tf the «hh4, which were only used us hand-guides. Tha party, cu.itiiuug of An- uunimjlum, fU , Italian named Aitm>m> Saunino, and A voainteer named JJbereeto Fornmano, descended without •i 1 '? had t0 cnr|, y about eaib nf"?tl ?».- n pP arat »*.- At the bottom « the third precipice, about 200 ft down, they were delayed by the sulphurous fumes. The onl/ way to nn e ,l i 8 w "? b y P^ng-doth over tho nostras and mouth. „ ." 1 A M fl,r ' ,ier I .descent of about 500 ft," said Mr Burhnjtham, "saw us passim between two eAumns of fumes, a"3 Here there was great danger of slipping,, while the heat began to get opleached the floor of the crater. Wo succeeded in descending ]2l2ft altogether, to within 2ft of the abvss. The nolo goes down about two miles u »d we could hear the lava boilino- near tho mouth. lh© heat was verv (treat Cure for Bronchitis. ' "I took nearly 2000 ft of aim, and we were in the cone for about 20 mini!l i 1 oro was a 2° 0(1 '''"a l ( »f '<*- fleeted light from th- smoke which lormed u. dome above us. 'Die ascent was the most difficult part, and took us two hours. Altogether the expedition lasted four hours. One of the chief dangera was the looseness of tha stones and rocks." ( Mr Burlingham added that all tha time they were m the crater they could hear the roaring noise—"like a might? blast furnace." He added that his ad* venture had .cured him of bronchitis^ 'The crater is quite a health resort." ha said. The aim baa bees dtvtioaod