VICTIMS ROASTER ALIVE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1937, 20 December 1913, Page 5

VICTIMS ROASTER ALIVE.

THE AMBRYiII ERUPTION. OYER 400 NATIVES FEARED TO HAVE PERISHED. "MAGNIFICENT AND GHASTLY SPECTACLE." By Tclcsraph—Press Ai'eociation—Copyrijrlit (Rcc. December 20, 0.15 a.m.) ; Sydney, December J&.v Later details of the volcanic e-ruption. at Ambryn Island, to hand by 'tho French steamer l'acifique, indicate that; there has been a heavy, loss oi life amongst tho natives. Tiie steamer La France mado - two. trips to tho island, rescuing, over , 400, but it is feared that between .four and. fivo. hundred havo perished. It is reported that a iargo party v of natives wero surrounded by the lava ilow, and their relatives, who wore unable to reach them, saw them slowly roasting to death. Tho captain of the Pacifiquo describes tho eruption as a "magnificent' and ghastly spectacle." There wore continuous detonations. Great red-hot boulders were thrown into tho sea, causing tho water to rise in columns, scores of feet high, while the air was' filled with a choking dust. The whole island was lit up by the unearthly light. ''" V-

GERMANY AND THE PANAMA EXHIBITION. ; I — 1 ' REPRESENTATION COMMITTED * DISSOLVES. . By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrielit Berlin, December 13. Herr Ballin states that the nonofficial committeo set up to organise representation at the Sail Francisco Exhibition wilt bo dissolved owing to considerations of national tact, 'ami tho impossibility of organising l 'without financial support. « BRITAIN DEMURS AT EXPENSE. Londdrig December 18. Cabinet has decided against official participation in tho Panama Exposition at San Francisco on tho ground of expense. Herr Ballin proposed a scheme for n German manufacturer's exhibit at tho San Francisco Exposition without Government aid, and it was reported that he hud secured unofficial Government .support. The German Government decided last week not to participate in the Exhibition, 01) the grounds "that there is insufficient time to prepare a. -worthy exhibit, and oiving to the danger to the exhibit from earthquakes while traversing tho Canal."