SIGNS OF ERUPTION
■ TIN CAN" ISLAND CRATERS Signs of the eruption uf the craters of Hina and Ahotakatau on Niuatoou. or ••'fin Can” Island, which occurred earlv this month, were observed by the officers of the Mariposa last week when the vessel passed within two miles of the island. “We were able to see distinctly a peculiar sulphur formation and countless small heaps of ash on the south-west corner of the island,” said one officer. Volcanic eruptions of varying intensity are not uncommon on the island. Niuafoou is really a volcanic crater 30 miles in circumference ami rising to 60()ft. at its highest point. 11 is cluthcd with native bush interspersed wilh (-uctHiul plantations. The population consists of .1200 Tongans. In the eruption of Decpffb ol ' <», it.u..,> was no loss <•/ life.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 2, 3 January 1936, Page 7
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