THE TAAL ERUPTION.
VHP DESCRIPTION OF DISASTER TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. Press Association.—'Telegraph.—Copyright. Received March 20, 9.9 a.m. BRISBANE, March 20. The chief medical officer of Manilla has arrived. He gives a vivid description of the recent" eruption at the island of Taal.: The explosion was heard at a distance of 250 miles, and was followed by a tida,l wave, which swept six miles inland, the inhabitants. being exterminated, the only living thing'found being a monkey. All the, bodies have been recovered, about 1500 being . completely naked. The seismic wave travelled to the town of Lemery, the country around subsiding to a depth of six feet.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13330, 20 March 1911, Page 5
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106THE TAAL ERUPTION. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13330, 20 March 1911, Page 5
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