THE SUBMARINE VOLCANO.
[By Telegraph.] Wellington, July 20. The Marine Department have received the following telegram from Captain Fairchild :—“ There is no mistake about the volcano reported by Captain Anderson, near Channel Island, off Cape Colville. We found it without any trouble. The water is boiling up like a spring for a space of about one hundred feet, Channel Island bears N. by W. three quarters of a mile. The water is muddy and yellow. The yellow water drifts away with the tide, and is in shape very much like the tail of a comet. There was no change in the sounding. The least water we found was 24 fathoms, so navigators need net be afraid to go their usual tracks when passing there. I took the Stella on the spot - and dropped the lead into the centre of the boil, and then found 24 fathoms. I left the lead down as long as I could to see if it would come up hot, but it came up quite cold, and brought up broken shells.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2600, 21 July 1881, Page 2
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175THE SUBMARINE VOLCANO. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2600, 21 July 1881, Page 2
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