Show The Power of Etna pa I el The eruption of Mount Etna In elu march has led to of the u a study operations oper-ations of tho great Sicilian volcano 01 which present an imposing picture I srt of Its gigantic power When tho up strain produced by tho accumulating ins lava In tho Interior becomes too great to be borne tho mountain often splits nr open on ono sldo and there tho molten rock pours out and flows for miles down tho slope and across tho adjacent adja-cent country In the eruption of 1883 = tho southern slope of tho mountain was split and the Immense fissure has I served as an outlet for tho lava l during dur-ing several subsequent eruptions A curious fact Is that owing to tho gradual grad-ual filling up of tho fissure each eruption erup-tion has occurred at a greater elevation eleva-tion Thus In 1883 tho outbreak occurred oc-curred at an elevation of 3440 feet In 1886 at 4750 feet In 1882 at 6000 feet and In 1010 at 6970 feet Youths Companion 6 |