A Volcano Lighthouse.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 8, 23 August 1911, Page 13

A Volcano Lighthouse.

“What do you think of a perpetual lighthouse, neeifing no keeper and yet as regular in ‘its flashes nf light as one maintained by the Government?” “I his natural light never fails, and that means much for navigation. It is a volcano on the Island of San Salvador. This volcanic lighthouse is about eight miles inland from the port or Acajuila. It is a veritable pillar of cloud by day and the

flash of its light by night lias been valuable to mariners for years. It can be seen far out ad sea and a burst of flame has gone upward every seven minutes without var 'fieri of a second for many years. A li 'h‘’oti< ( . fee t« collected of all vesse's that put *n at the harbour nearest the volcano end no skipper objects. He knows that the volcano is more reliable than the lighthouses kept by human beings on other coasts and the novelty of the light is worth the price charged bv the Government.”