VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
NORTH PACIFIC ISLAND.
SEA SHOWERED WITH LAVA.
DUST ON STEAMER'S DECKS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright,
(Received May 13, 11.05 p.m.) VANCOUVER, May 12,
Some volcano among the Aleutian Islands has become so active that the North Pacific has been showered with lava.
The captain of the steamer Kentucky, which is in mid-Pacific, 2000 miles west of Vancouver Island, reports by wireless that half nn inch of dry sand fell upon the decks of his vossel.
Tho Aleutian Islands stretch about 1650 miles west from tho narrow peninsula of Alaska and belong to the United States. They are treeless, grassy and mostly mountainous, with numerous volcanic peaks.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20563, 14 May 1930, Page 11
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