DEATH IN CRATER.
FEARS AT RABAUL. VOLCANOES LESS ACTIVE. RABAUL, June 3. It is feared that a man named Elsworthy perished to-day while climbing the old crater for the purpose oi photographing it. Four hundred natives have been engage ' by the Administration tor cieTuiii."* up Rabaul, which is likely to continue as the capital. Radio messages from Rabaul, New Britain, to-day stale that the volcanoes are less active. Hie Vulcan Island crater, however, is belching smoke hundreds Of feet into.the air. Aviators report that there is still a passage into the harbour, although there is a considerable depth of pumice on the harbour bed. Small parties of men froig Kokopo are revisiting Rabaul and collecting valuables and important documents.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 4 June 1937, Page 7
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119DEATH IN CRATER. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 4 June 1937, Page 7
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