VIOLENT ERUPTION.
'.-V THIRTY CEATERS ACTIV.K ',: By TeieEraDti-rPress Association—CODyrlelit ! ■ ; - , ; .'■-. ; .Sydney,. October 31. ; The Union Steam Ship Company's Island steamer Tofua, which has arrived here, brings news of extraordinary vol- ■ Ojinift Hishirli.'llK'ts nt. N'illilt'll. , : Thirty volcanoes were erupting on; this, island simultaneously, the topography of the island being altered thereby. . , Ah inland lake dropped 2ft.. below normal, and one'side "of* the island has risen .3ft-' .■■■-'.•.' ~;'"■,'■_. '■■* .'Niuafu is an outlying island of the Tongan Group. It is volcanic, and there was a serious ernption on it in 18SG. At tho same tiine' the.Falcon Reef, in the group,, w'hich is normally awash at high water, discharged .sufficient pumice and scoria to form a new island 50ft. high. By 1898 the island had been washed awoy. From'lßls to 1857 volcanic eruptions were frequent in the group, and islands once fertile were devastated and almost destroyed. A ".new island rose from . the sea, and was at once named "Wesley," but disappeared again. ;
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 5
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157VIOLENT ERUPTION. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 5
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