HEKLA ERUPTS WITH NEW FORCE
RKYK.JAYIK, March .11. Monnt llekla eni]»ted with new J'oree; today. Boiling lava streams froin 12 to l."j I'eet wide erawled down ihe faces oi 1 he niile-high peak with a roar that could he heard 12 iniles awav. Seven 1 een fanns 20 to .Ul iniles south of tlu voieano ftice devastation, due to layers of voleanic rock several inches thick and also an ash hhinket, which is set 1 1 i iij» over the grazing areas, killing all veget at ion. t'attle tuni sliee}) in tio ali'ected areas have to he innnediatelv killed, and fariners will lmve to evacu ate tlieir holdiiigs. The count rysidt inniiediately surruiindiiig .Mt. llekla i> iiow u hlack desert.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 April 1947, Page 5
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