Ngauruhoe Ejecting Rocks And Smoke
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AUCKLAND, May 2. Surging from the cra'ter ofNgaUi uiioe in a great hlaek mass, smoke from each eruption today mounted to a great tower thou- . sands of" feet high " in the clear autumn sky. Yiewed from the air the sight was one of dark maguifieehce. " , Heavy . rocks were flung hundreds of ftet high by the forees inside the fuming mountain. As they lost velocity they . crashed red-hot against the mountain side, bounched high, crashed again and shattered into a shower of fra'g- - ments. • .When the aireraft approached th e mountain . ahoiit nQon,- erup - tipns were oe.eUrrifig hfLihtervals of only a feW>inhtes;; 'i;LL .To theRsouUfwesCpt:^ Mouftt Bnapeh'n stoofl qaiie't.tb,d^y, seren'e in her cldalr .of ^gleapiiiig snow, ; . "• " •' ,. "t ; ; ' '' •
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1948, Page 4
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124Ngauruhoe Ejecting Rocks And Smoke Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1948, Page 4
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