After having"been1 comparatively quiet for a considerable period, White.lsland, off the coast of New Zealand,'and Vesuvius towering above the Gulf of Naples, in Italy, have both broken; into activity during the present .week. Towards the end of last year the western side of tho eruptive cone of Vesuvius burst, and a stream 6f molten lava poured iinwn dnstrovina the north-east observatory and the wooden steps used by the guides when descending near the: cratr.r. Professor Maladra, the Director of the Vesuvius Observatory, calculated that about, 2,000,000 cubic metres of lava were ejected in sixteen hours. There was a series of internal explosions, which threw incandescent stones, to a great hciaht providing a wonderful spectacle at night, watched by hundreds of tourists. A later message stated that, after a lull 'there had been a sudden, recrudescence, of the eruption, and a new stream of lava had begun to flow down, findin'a its way into the Infernal Valley. The lava moved in the direction of the village of Terzigno, but its advance was fortunately slow. The internal explosions at the same time became more violent. They were accompanied by deep rumblinns and the slopes of the volcano were covered with cinders and incandescent stones. Tourists were forbidden to annroach the summit, on .account of the dense and sulphurous gases. White Island became more active towards the end of last week than it has been for some considerable time. On Sunday night last the island' became violently active an enormous volume of steam being seen on Monday issuing from the blow-hole. The steam rising to a height of 2000 feet,.stretched across the sky to Cape Runaway, and has so continued throughout the.week. The top illustration gives a view of: the steam clouds Issuing from the main crater on White Island during the recent comparative-; ly quiescent period. The illustration below • shows the lava formations in the interior of the crater of Vesuvius. . ' ' from which fresh floods of lava are again being ejected. \ •

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 17

After having"been1 comparatively quiet for a considerable period, White.lsland, off the coast of New Zealand,'and Vesuvius towering above the Gulf of Naples, in Italy, have both broken; into activity during the present .week. Towards the end of last year the western side of tho eruptive cone of Vesuvius burst, and a stream 6f molten lava poured iinwn dnstrovina the north-east observatory and the wooden steps used by the guides when descending near the: cratr.r. Professor Maladra, the Director of the Vesuvius Observatory, calculated that about, 2,000,000 cubic metres of lava were ejected in sixteen hours. There was a series of internal explosions, which threw incandescent stones, to a great hciaht providing a wonderful spectacle at night, watched by hundreds of tourists. A later message stated that, after a lull 'there had been a sudden, recrudescence, of the eruption, and a new stream of lava had begun to flow down, findin'a its way into the Infernal Valley. The lava moved in the direction of the village of Terzigno, but its advance was fortunately slow. The internal explosions at the same time became more violent. They were accompanied by deep rumblinns and the slopes of the volcano were covered with cinders and incandescent stones. Tourists were forbidden to annroach the summit, on .account of the dense and sulphurous gases. White Island became more active towards the end of last week than it has been for some considerable time. On Sunday night last the island' became violently active an enormous volume of steam being seen on Monday issuing from the blow-hole. The steam rising to a height of 2000 feet,.stretched across the sky to Cape Runaway, and has so continued throughout the.week. The top illustration gives a view of: the steam clouds Issuing from the main crater on White Island during the recent comparative-; ly quiescent period. The illustration below • shows the lava formations in the interior of the crater of Vesuvius. . ' ' from which fresh floods of lava are again being ejected. \ •