THE ERUPTION OF TAAL.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13050, 9 March 1911, Page 3

THE ERUPTION OF TAAL.

DETAILS BY MAIL. EARTHQUAKES AND TIDAL WAVES. SEVERAL VILLAGES DESTROYED [PnES3 Association— Copyright.] (Received March 8, 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, March 8. Eastern files contain details of eruptions of the volcano of Taal, situated in the centre of Lake Taal, 31 miles from Manila. They started at two 'iiYhick in the morning of January '29th, .simultaneously with two prolonged earthquakes. All the towns within a radius of 20 miles suffered from a deluge of stones and mud. The island of Taal sank several feet, and following the sinking a wave four feet high swept the shore over a radius of four miles, wrecking many houses. The Manila Observatory reports that a remarkable electrical storm continued for two hours, with deafening thunder. Lava and stones wore belched 300!) feet high. Tho Observatory ri:ci:rdi'd 332 shocks. The people in all directions abandoned the villages and lied to the hills in the interior. 'I'll" Southern railroad was damaged, and mud and ashes cover the tracks. The authorities say that Manila is funking- The Talsya district is pnitlv submerged, and the crops are ruined. An American school teacher who traversed the west short of Lake Taal reported that five villages were destroyed by the tidal wave, and that 300 persons were killed.