Show EFFECTS OF A WAVE STEAMER STANDS HIGH AND DRY OVER TWO MILES INLAND tidal wave that carried away avery thans but s and Doi troyed over steamer intact jant I 1 la the midst of a jangle tourists that visit batavia nowadays re quite out of the fashion if they fail lo 10 make passage through sonda strait and see all that is left of Kraka tua ind the vestiges of the ruin wrought by iba terrible eruption of 1683 if they up the of on the sumatra side of the channel they are likely to land on the low shores occupied by the village of abetong and hire carts for a short jaunt into the interior and when they have gone about two miles they will pause to take in the scene presented for here ia seen sue of the most interesting results of the preat wave of Krak atau there was just one man amid all that arild acene of death and devastation who was not overwhelmed in the common ruin ha escaped while perished be was the lighthouse keeper who lived lone on an isolated rock ia the strait it was broad daylight when Krak atau buret asunder but in a few moments phebea vans were BO densely shrouded by aust mud and smoke that the darkness sf midnight covered all the channel fhe guardian of the lighthouse was in ahe lantern feet above the sea level aero he remained safe and sound in tho of the terrible commotion he felt the trembling of the lighthouse but it waa so dark that be could not see aba threatened danger he did fiot know that a tremendous wave bad almost overwhelm ned the lighthouse ind that its crest had nearly touched the base of the lantern he did not hear it because he was deafened by the awful le of Kraka tua in a few the wave over k bundred feet in height had swept along i coast line of a hundred miles on both rides of the channel scores of populous villages were buried seep beneath the avalanche of water areat groves of palma were leveled to the ground promontories were carried stray new bays wera dug out of the yielding littoral every work bf enman hands except that lighthouse kas K as destroyed and persona perished in the delugo that mounted from the sea or beneath the rain of mud that tilled the heavens A little eidew heel steamboat was borne an the top of that wave through forest and jungla over two mika into the country and was left as the wave receded it will be remembered that for before the final cataclysm at Kra atau the volcano was in a state of eruption pleasure were op tavia to visit the volcano not a few people landed on the island little dreaming that in the twinkling of an eye two thirds of it was to be blown into the aar as though shot from a gun they wished to get as near as they thought they might lately venture to the growling ete amina crater this little steamboat on the day before the explosion carried one of cheso parties to the island there were only twenty on board besides the crew they spent a comple of hours around the island and then steamed up the deep and narrow bay of and it is supposed they anchored for the night in front of the big town of abetong which was ona of tho largest settlements on the south chaat of sumatra the ill fated pleasure party was never heard of again it is supposed thai the boat was turned over and over like an eggshell in abo every appearance pe arance of such rough usage when it was found some months later tho machinery and furniture were badly broken ind were strewn about in the greatest confusion but the vessel held together and was finally sc t down in good erect on her keel only two bodies were found in the vessel they were of course below fleck As it was morning when aha was picked ap by the wave it is supposed that nearly everybody was on chore not a vestige remains of the villages that lined the water edge but the bulk of this little boat catill stands battery and broken though aa erect as when iha plowed the channel and eha is the most curious and interesting relic of the volcanic eruption of modem san |