VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE
VILLAGES EXTERMINATED,
[PBEBB ASSOOUTION—OOPTBIGHT.]
Brisbane, March 20,
The Chief Medical Officer at Manil i has arrived. Ha gives, a vivid description of tho recent volcanic eruption at the Islands of Taal. The explosion was heard a distance of 250 miles, and it was followed by a tidal wave, which swept six miles of tho island. The inhabitants wore exterminated and the only living creature found was a monkey. All tho bodies were recovered, and about 1500 people were complete!; naked.
Tho seismic wave travelled to the town of Lemer-y, the country around subsiding to a deptii of six feet.
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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13060, 21 March 1911, Page 3
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105VOLCANIC ERUPTION. Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13060, 21 March 1911, Page 3
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