VOLCANO STILL ACTIVE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1960, 17 January 1914, Page 5

VOLCANO STILL ACTIVE.

ANOTHER OUTBURST FEARED. BOILING TIDAL WAVE. C; APPALLING DEATH ROLL By Tfliffrcpli—Prtse Assot-talion-CoDTriCht Tokfo, January 15. ; A second cruiser squadron has arrivvd at Kago-shnno. <. For miles tlio. aspect of Nature, lias been completely altered. .. Kago-eliima is., buried fifteen feet in ashes. !, '■.:-,■- '.-A- refugee from Kaßa-shitna states that tiro rumblings began on January 10. There woro 'hideous noises and nobody slept. AH . prepared food was packed ready lor emergencies. . On January 12 lijo wjsen aiid cliildroti wero sent avay. Then ■ Saluira-shi-ma erupted. 1%0 mountain s was ; rent ior ono-third of its height, and fire and smoke bclcliod to a height of a thousand feet. . Thrco other rents appeared. Bed-hat.rocks were ejected and fierce flames swept the whole of the island, KefHftces in dozens chin? to the gunwales of overloaded boats, Kn.c;o-slnma resembled a- battlefield, ! buildings being shattered in oyory direction, whilst there was mi incessant Jiaii of volcanic matter. Belief trains' were, dispaleattl witu refugees clinging to the outside of thecals like (lies. A boiling tidal wavo has again swept over Kngo-shima. The fall of ashes lias, been so heavy tljafc it lias been impossible- to opeii one's eyes. ' ■ llio Observatory . predicts furtlier eruptions, worso ihaii before. V; 5 X FATEOF THE LOST, ' 100,000 HOMELESS REFUGEES. ■■"■'. (Roc. January 17, 0.35 a.m.) TOklo, January 16. Of the- whole- of the population in the neighbourhood, of Mount SakuraiShimu, 12,i500 have been accounted fur. Tho fate of tho rest is unknown. One hundred thousand people arcs homeless on tho mainland.. ■ . ' liava and ston-ss flocked tho railway j 230 miles away. Hugo blocks of lava, tho sizo of houses, were thrown into the air. Although tho principal volcanoes in Japan arc act ire no further disaster is feared, as Salcura-Siuma is regarded as a safety valvo. The foreign missionaries in the district nre safe, REMEF FUNDS IN SYOr.EV. Sydney, January 16, The Sydney "Daily Telegraph-" has opened a subscription list to assist suf- ■ ferers by the Japanese disaster. j Tho Ixird Mayor has also opened a fund , PRESIDENT WILSON'S SYMPATHY. (R«c. January IG, 11.4.0 p,m.) Washington, January 16. President Wilson, in a message, to tho American poopio inviting subscriptions in aid of tho sufferers by tho Snkura-Shima earthquake, in 'Japan, refers ■„ to -Japaji. in friendly terms,, do--1 scribing'Wr'as a "sister'iiatioil." '; NO BELIEP"t?BQJI WELLINGTON. .The Mayor of Wellington (Mr. J.. V. Luke) was asked last night whether ho intended to open l a, relief fiijid in Wellington. JIo stated that he did not intend doing so, for the reason that Wollinffton had recently imissetl 'through «i very bad time, both oil t'lic employers' and employees' side. Tho industrial troubles in Now Zealand daring tho Inst two months must result in o. considerable loss. Ho thought tho call ; pUt ujiqii tlio people not only in the matter of con trinities towards the relief: of trgubla 1 which they were not a patty to in tho beginning, but in. the restricted tratfo which resulted, Md, in many -.-respects, been <v considerable burden to thorn. Ho was quite prepared, if anvono wished to contribute, to receive donations, and. would undertake to forward them to the propert quarter. Under tlio circiim* stances lio had outlined, ho did not think New Zealand was called upon to open up public subscripti6ft-lists. If an? further word camd that further help. Was needed, then, of course, tiro citizens would lay themselves »tit to give it. They could not get away from tho fact that this country had tan suffering from <i great disability which tho people themselves did not uri!!3 on, but which they; would suffer for, for some time.