THE ERUPTION AT TAAL.
DEVASTATION BY TIDAL WAVE
{United Press Association.—Copyright.)
BRISBANE, March 20
The chief medical officer of Manilla, l.as arrived. He gives a vivid descripiion of the recent eruption at the island of TaaJ. The explosion was heard at a distance of 250 miles, and was followed by a tidal wave, whicli swept six miles inland, the inhabitants being lerternunated, 'the only living fthing found being a monkey. All the' bodies have been recovered, about 1,500 bein^ completely naked.
The seismic wave travelled to the -town of Lemery, the conn-try around subsiding to a depth of 6ft.,
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12709, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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