ERUPTION IN ALASKA.
> 200 LIVES LOST. By Telegrapli.'^Prbss./ 1 .. -New York, Juno 11.. As a consequence of the activity ■! of three volcano^:':.iii.'/tiitf,. 'Aleutian''.Ranges,. r the town of'/Soward, lind lvcdiok ' Island are covered a."foot "deep jvitli volj canic ashes. ■: . [ The plight of the people is pitiable, j They aro without food aiid driiikin'g water. J-',;- '-"r J A United;]'"'States '. jre'y'en.uo: cutter has been dispaiched ,to • afford. :aui to the. stricken population. I Rec. Juno 12, 11:45 p.m.) 5 New York, Juno 12 > Keports from Scwayd, Alaska, sta!o that • the volcanic. distiirljances'Jliiiyo.'destrSyed three nati vo. yi]l'ag?s. ,witii'tKo ; loss : r,f '"200' 1 lives. A lpS3''^6f/^,lif©V>.has- ~:aIso jirobably • taken place; in Afojnak Island. ■ Soward is a.;to.wn of -about 500 irihobi-, tants in Insurrection - Bay pn tlie soutli sido of tho Kenai 'Peninsula, A lnika. itis _ four davs',, ;stoam - from - Seattle. ; A 1 railway is in,;;contemplatioiivfrbm'.;Seward- ! to Fairbanks';,'about 500^mile3'-ihlarid';'- j largest gold' caiiip -in'.: the interior,, which has a population oi'. nhncst-jIKK! and disputes with vNoinoy.''the'. most populous place in .Alaska.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1465, 13 June 1912, Page 5
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166ERUPTION IN ALASKA. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1465, 13 June 1912, Page 5
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