A Great Earthquake
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES. A TOWN DESTROYED AND PEOPLE SWALLOWED UP. (per united press association.) Thursday' Island, August 22. Details are to hand concerning a terrible eruption in Japan. The Island of Bun Tig Yum, a hundred square miles in extent, was the scene of the visitation which took place on July the 14th. The shock was most violent, and almost paralysed the inhabitants who number about 2000. The town was virtually split in two by the upheaval, and large numbws of terror-stricken inhabitants were swallowed up in a chasm caused by the eruption. Many of the people rushed to the foot of the mountain, and were killed by falling lava and boulders. Nearly all the houses oh tbe Island were destroyed and most of the residents killed. The eruption lasted from morning until dark. It was in the panic' that ensued the most of the lives were lost. The mountain virtually fell on the town, burying a large number, and many who escaped were subsequently starved to death.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 31, 23 August 1888, Page 2
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170A Great Earthquake Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 31, 23 August 1888, Page 2
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