The Volcanic Eruption in the Mediterranean.
• S_?_*rC2A__. TO .Pb_.ss AESGCIATIOH.J 80-VEE, ACO-.-T 7. The *whoie of tho Lipari Island?; | are in active eruption, but __o fatalities j are reported. I [The T__p.*_ri Islands ir dude, boskie^ i Stromboli, w hich \.e havo already referred Ito in detail, Lipari, Vulcano, Fanaria, ; Sr.lina, Filicudi, and Alicudi. These i_«.veu, with a few unimportant islets, aro all oi volcanic origin. Lipari, the chief island, about five miles in length and four in breadth, consists wholly o_ lava and scoria., and yields laige quantities of : pumice stove. Vulcano, the most southerly of tho group, has been almost quiescent, nnd cheisaical works wero established on it. \ fov the preparation of alum, sulphur, ! boraeii* scid, *«id sal ai-umor±i*ic. Ia I&71 ! the collective population cf the group \ra,_ .i 12,020, ancl of thin total liipnri claimod 7G71. Posscssiiig- *?. delightful eli_.-,ato, itx j v*aini spri::i;3 l.**vc been mueli resorti-d io ,* and its evid-;;.,..---. i**: progress included a | hospital, gymn*J3).v__}., castle, and au J_piscopsi paiar.*;. Capers, fish, and M_i"ima_*y wine are included in the exports.] i
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6312, 9 August 1888, Page 3
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176The Volcanic Eruption in the Mediterranean. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6312, 9 August 1888, Page 3
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