THE SANGUIR DISASTER.
Description of the Island's Present State,
[united press association.]
Sidney, August 23. News from Sanguir Island, the scene of the recent terrible' eruption, shows that tbe volcano is quietine down.
Hundreds of bodies have been found on the lowlands.
A portion of a crater broke away, and a swift torrent of boiling mud rushed down the mountain side, Enormous volumes of smoke are Still pouring from the several craters. The island is now covered with furious boiling wells and springs of mud.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4200, 24 August 1892, Page 2
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85THE SANGUIR DISASTER. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4200, 24 August 1892, Page 2
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