Show VOLCANO CAUSES DEATH many VIII villages Ages are arc overwhelmed by Str stream earns of molten lava melbourne australia austral la dispatches dispatch e a from niumea capital of at the french colony of now new caledonia report that great destruction has been wrought by a volcanic eruption in ambram island of the new Ilu brides group six new craters were formed on tho the west coast december 6 tho the follow ingray ing day mount minnie collapsed and many villages were overwhelmed by streams of at molten lava jaya most of tho the inhabitants sought bought refuge in canoes and boats A fi teamer rescued of them no are reported among the white population who are few in number but bait it la ii feared that many lia tilles in the interior perished perie hed ambram to la about fifty miles I 1 in circumference and la Is somewhat sparsely inhabited |