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SUMMIT OF AMBRYM ISLAND ' AN IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE FIVE HUNDRED NATIVES TAKEN OFF. (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received December 16, 10.40 a-m.) SYDNEY, Tliis Day. The captain of the eteamer Pacifique r/eports that the volcano at the summit : of Ambryin Island (New Hebrides) was - in eruption on 6th Decembor. , Six new craters formed. On Sunday, the 7th December, Mount. Minnie collapsed, threatening the mission station, Dr. Bowie's hospital, and Carmichael's property at Dip Point. Next morning the people were compelled to take refuge in boats, two now crateirs overwhelming their late holdings. The church and the omission at Crajg'B •Cove were abandoned. There were no casualties among the •■vphite population, but many natives are Supposed to have perished. The steamer France saved five hun- • -dred natives, who were taken to Port Sandwich. Thoy wore mostly women and children, the able-bodied men being left behind. The western part of the island was all afire, making a most impressive spectacle. The steamer Hawkeshead, which has arrived at Newcastle. Teports-that when ,J240 miles off Fiji sho became thickly covered with pumice dust, presumably fr^om the Ambrym outbreak.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1913, Page 7
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186IN ERUPTION Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1913, Page 7
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