Show MOUNTAINS FALLIN fALL fALLIN IN QUAKE ZONE lONE Extent of Volcanic Damage B Becoming coming Known i VALDIVIA Chile March March- 31 mountains were destroyed in the lent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions which took place In southern Chile e n near the i Argentine border last December say says saya visit Eric I to the tho desolated who edh has district s returned I Details from fl 01 of a i ithe the volcanic disturbances which destroyed I pasture lands forests and cattle are only now becoming known here The center of at the disturbance was In Inthe inthe inthe I the region known as the Cordillera Pe Fe lada southeast of Puerto Montt Mr said The lava composition is almost entirely volcanic covered ered with hot rocks whose heat had parched the forests and destroyed pastures Tho surface is strewn with flaming gases and steam from which arises a a. strong odor of ot wood vinegar The rocks have no consistency and the lava field about feet above sea level lo appan still is in ln process J of formation Subterranean rumblings are aro still very Violent is sparsely populated The affected area and no casualties have been reported The waters of ot the river Mr reported l. l have been poisoned by the gases and acids derived from the eruptive material including huge hugo stones th that fell In Its bed lie He said sad a another nother eru eruption p- p tion had occurred In the Los LOll cordillera cordillera cor- cor also in the Pelada valle valley I The eruptions In In Chill Chile last December were attributed to tho the volcanoes of ot Caulle Caune and They were accompanied accompanied by violent earthquakes es and it was stated that deep crevices had formed IT lt the mountain sides from which steam was nas pouring Enormous damage was caused to grazing grazing- lands on the tho Argentine side of ot the frontier which for thirty leagues was covered ored with cinders and andI volcanic ashes from the the- erupting peaks which swept across Argentina obscuring the sun Bun Ashes were reported to have I fallen all the tho thenay way nay across to the Atlantic ocean |