A NEW ZEALAND STORY IN AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
This is how an American paper (Inscribes tho recent little frolic on tho part of Ruapehu mountain : Caused Wide Ruin.—Sudden Eruption of an Old Volcano. —Many Maoris Said to have Perished.—Australian advice by the steamer "Warrimoo says : An eruption has taken place beyond Taupo, in tho Hot Lake district. Mount Ruapehu, which has been in state of slumber for years, broke out without the slightest warning. Steam and water woro thrown up a thousand feet in the air, followed by lava and water. Lava belched forth for seven hours. All the tribes of Maoris which have had their camps in the vicinity of tho mountain are thought to have lost their lives, for tho destruction was widespread and the country was buried deep in lava. Steam is still furiously ascending, and tho sun is entirely obscured by which will bo in tho air for weeks. Tho outbreak has affected tho neighbouring mountains of Negarrio ard Tongariro. These volcanoes are rivalling Ruapehu, and every water-pool w'thin a radius of fifty miles has boon turned into a goyser, Details of tho destruction wrought by tho volcanoes are still very meagre and aro awaited, 'with anxiety, as one dispatch says that a number of white settlors have perished.
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 127, 10 July 1895, Page 4
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212A NEW ZEALAND STORY IN AMERICAN LANGUAGE. Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 127, 10 July 1895, Page 4
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