VOLCANO ACTIVE
STROMMJ ERUPTING
FIVE PERSONS DEAD
tremendous explosion
“ALT/ CONE NOT BLOWN OFF
Unit**! Pre<w Annooiatiou —B} Electric Teiegrspi Oopyright.j Received 11 a.m. to-day. ROME, Sept. 12.
Stromboli is in eruption, the worst since 1907.' Five are dead and 15 seriously injured. Two of the victims perished in a river of burning sand, while the body of another disappeared, in lava.
An earlier message said: There was a startlnig and tremendous explosion from the crater of the volcano Stromboli, which broke into extraordinary activity yesterday. Showers of flaming stones andj molten matter started fires throughout the country. A destroyer and two torpedo boats have been despatched from Messina. It is denied that the entire cone of the mountain has been blown off.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 13 September 1930, Page 5
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123VOLCANO ACTIVE Hawera Star, Volume LI, 13 September 1930, Page 5
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