TERRIBLE DISASTER IN JAPAN.
By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright,
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Thursday Island, August 22
Details are to hand concerning a terrible eruption in Japan. The island of Bun Tig Tun, a hundred square miles in extent, was the scene of the visitation, which took place on the 14th July. The shock was most violent and almost paralysed the inhabitants, who number about 2000. The town was virtually split into two by the upheaval, and large numbers of the terror-stricken inhabitants were swallowed up in the chasm caused by the eruption. Many of the people rushed to the foot of the mountain, and were killed by falling lava and boulders. Nearly all the houses on the island were destroyed and most of tho residents killed.
The eruption lasted from morning till dark, and next day fire sprang out from the crater. It was in the panic that ensued that most ol the lives were lost. The mountain virtually fell on the town, burying a largo number of persons. Many who escaped were suascquently starved to death.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 860, 24 August 1888, Page 17
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