INTO STROMBOLI'S FIERY DEPTHS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12256, 5 June 1914, Page 8

INTO STROMBOLI'S FIERY DEPTHS.

900 FEET DOWN CRATER TO .GET ■FILMS. '".-. Milan, April 24.' An exploit which throws into the shade Professor Malladra's daring descents of the slumbering crater, of -Vesuvius has just been achieved"'by"' a Hungarian engineer, Arpad, Kirner, who -has descended into Stromboli to a depth of 930 ft. while the volcano was in a sta.te of activity. ./ ..... . The engineer is here on route for Paris, where he will.publish a scientific report of-the. expedition..: ~.;..,. ;Hy. ""<iy of preparation for the descent Kirner donned; a..complete- .suit of asbestos material,-with an asbestos; mask and; a metal. jhehuet. for protection against the rain of volcanic material. He was also provided with. air.oxygen breathing apparatus; Upon him was installed :a system of electric telegraph, wires which ran. through the rope, used in the descent., By pressing a button in hisr; waistband an electric lamp-at. tho top end signalled to,his-companions on the. :C.dgo,.of. the crater. He was.four hours in the crater,. : and : when : finally hauled-to safety was in. a.state of. .'col--lapse. . . ..■„.-. :: ; ..During the latter stage of the returndim h ijipside the : crater his - supply ..of oxygeirgave out, ,and he was tormented by the powerful funics..; ..Ho ;wa's,..'moreover., covered with: ; wounds and bruises caused by stumbling.among: the : stones. and lava detached from, the walls o£.the' crater., . : , .'.;.'.-.'

One of the instruments lowered iutp the crater : was a cinematograph;machine, and. members pf-.the expedition-;state that. the. iviews obtained are. : of; unexampled interest. -..;...... ......