Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-11-27 | Page 2 | Sicily Volcano in Eruption

Volcano In Eruption CATANIA Sicily Nov 27 f UP I Mt Etna Etna Europe's highest volcano vol vol- cano spit cano spit boiling lava out of oC 37 of it its craters Monday in its heaviest heaviest heaviest est eruption in m 27 years But natural obstacles and cool weather slowed lowed the advance nd of the deadly lava after it pushed its way more than a mile down the I foot fool volcano's sides halting a serious serious seri serious seri seri- ous threat to the village of oC Fornazzo For- For Prof Gustavo Cumin of Catania university said no danger for or any Inhabited area is foreseeable in the next 18 hours But he lie pointed out that this forecast would stand bland only if accidents accidents accidents acci dents of terrain do not again change the course of the stream Monday morning the lava stream moved at a speed of only feet per hour because it was pushing uphill along along- the shoulder of oC Mt tt Fontana But the speed peed was expected to pick up again when the lava la reached a stretch of land ahead of it Scientists said the new eruptions started Saturday night Etna covers a total of square miles At its base it is 90 miles in circumference