THE PHILIPPINE ERUPTION
FIFTEEN HUNDRED BODIES FOUND. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Brisbane. March 20. The chief medical officer at Manila, who has arrived, gives a vivid description of the recent eruption in the island of Taal. The explosion was heard at a distance of 250 miles, and was followed by a tidal wave which swept six miles inland. The inhabitants were exterminated, the only living thing found being a monkey. All the bodies recovered, about 1500, were completely naked. The seismic wave travelled to the, town of Leniery, the country around subsiding a depth of six feet.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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96THE PHILIPPINE ERUPTION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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