ERUPTING FROM 77 CRATERS
THE VOLCANIC ETNA. DISTRICT FLOODED WITH LAVA. GREAT DAMAGE DONE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Rome, September 14. Etna is erupting from 77 craters, pouring out smoke, and throwing incandescet blocks 'to a considerable height. The central crater is furiously hurling rocks weighing many tons. The lava is advancing 120 metres (l.'JOvds) an hour. The stream is 500 metres (-540 yds) broad. The railway is flooded with lava and impassable, and a number of villas have been destroyed. The rain of ashes continues at Catania. The estimated damage is £250,000. Crowds of English and American tourists are ascending Etna. Earthquakes are reported from Florence, Vienna and elsewhere. Lava from Mt. Etna has destroyed the fertile district called Imbrophimento.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 73, 16 September 1911, Page 5
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120ERUPTING FROM 77 CRATERS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 73, 16 September 1911, Page 5
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