ISLAND ERUPTION
MAGNIFICENT SIGHT HUNDREDS OF NATIVES PERISH. By Telegraph—Proas Association— Copyright (Received December 20, 0.15 a.in.) SYDNEY, December 19. Later details of the volcanic eruption on Araboym Island by tho steamer Pacifiquo indicate heavy loss of hto among tho natives. The steamer La Franco made two trips to the island, rescuing over four hundred, but it is feared that between four and five hundred perished. It is reported that a largo party of natives was surrounded by lava, ine relatives were unable to reach them, ami saw them slowly roasting to dentil. Tho captain of tho Pacifiquc describes tho eruption as magnificent, but detonations occurred, and great red-hot boulders were thrown into tho sea, causing tho water to rise in columns scores of feet high. The air was filled with choking dust, and the -"whole island was lit by an unearthly light.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8609, 20 December 1913, Page 5
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143ISLAND ERUPTION New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8609, 20 December 1913, Page 5
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