VOLCANO'S SUDDEN OUTBREAK
I PILGRIMS' AWFUL FATE. OVERWHELMED WITH LAVA. Tokio, June 5. The annual festival at the shrine on tlic summit of Asiima-Yama, a lofty volcano on the island of Hondo, has been attended by a great disaster. Hundreds of pilgrims had ascended the mount, and were going through some of tlic ceremonies incidental to the festival, when with terrible su Mcnness the volcano burst into a state of eruption. The outbreak was accompanied by a tremendous report, which was heard as far as Tokio, which is 00 miles away. Following this terrific explosion came an overwhelming shower of molten lava and ashes. Rescue parties had the greatest difficulty in making their way to the summit, and on arrival there they found that many lives had been lost.' Most of the bodies had been completely shrivelled up by the hot lava, while those of other victims had had all the clothes burned off them. It is not yet possible to say how many • perished.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 330, 17 June 1911, Page 8
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165VOLCANO'S SUDDEN OUTBREAK Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 330, 17 June 1911, Page 8
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