ETNA IN ERUPTION.
(Received September 14, 8.5 a.m.) ROME, September 13. Another crater has opened on Mount Etna. Lava descended at the rate of hialf a kilometer an hour. The eruption is a grander spectacle than that of 1910. Sixteen craters are belching fire and
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smoke, and the two lower craters are discharging lava, which is travelling four hundred yards 'hourly, ravaging the vineyards and destroying cottages. The pine forests are burning fiercely. There are incessant earthquakes, accompanied by noises like bombs exploding. The inhabitants are panic-stricken and are seeking safety in the plains.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10424, 15 September 1911, Page 3
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102ETNA IN ERUPTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10424, 15 September 1911, Page 3
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