MT ETNA ERUPTS
LAVA STREAM A MILE WIDE.
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—. Copyright).
(Received this day at 12.25. p.m.) ROME, November 4.
Following heavy rain storms Mount Etna has become active from a crater of 0,500 'feet, made by the 1805 eruption.
A lava stream a mile wide is advancing on the village of Saint Allio, devastating forests on route. Ceutury-old trees are Haring up like matchwood. Isolated farms on the mountain side have been evacuated and the inhabitants of the threatened village are ready to llee at any moment.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1928, Page 5
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91MT ETNA ERUPTS Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1928, Page 5
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