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CurHn Curling up In the smoke v . wliich wliichrises whichrises hlch hlchrIses rIses from the C'lter Clter ed , & ' crater ' tter of Mlhara MlharaJapan's MlharaJapans Ihara , Japan's Japans ' famous suicide volcano , the theghoot1y theghostly theghostly ghoot1y ghostly ; Images Im'lges Imlges ' of three girls were wereseen wereseen wereseen seen by terror ten or stricken strichen villagers v1l1agers on ontho onthe ontho tho the Island of Oshlma OshIma . nemembprlng Remembering nemembprlngthat Rememberingthat Itememberingthat that Mlhara Mihara rose to fame as a lovers lov lov- lovcrs lovers - ers crs ' death trvst tryst following folIowing suicides of ofthree ofthree ofthree three high school girls , the vllhgers villagers vllhgerssaId villagerssaid villagerssaid saId the thc specter sp.ecter . of or the girls was W'lS WlS ' an anill an111 111 ill omen . Frightened I'rlJhtened IrlJhtened Friblitened ' , the superstitious saId saidthe saidthe the volcano's volcanos ' "nushi nushi "nuslll nuslll " ' ' ( master ) was wasabout wasabout wasabout about to " "rise rise " from the land of fire flre"to flreto " to lure visitors to "jigoku jigoku "Jlgoku Jlgoku " " " ( the theabode theabode theabode abode of the dell ) . devil de\ll de ll \ ) . Three days later visitors from fromTol.yo fromTokyo fromTokyo Tol.yo Tolyo Tokyo . , just across the bay , S\\ S Sarmed swarmed smarmedto swarmedto \ armed armedto to the Island , partly p'lrtIy plrtIy ' out of curiosity curiosityand curiosityand curiosityand and partly partIy because It " was "as as Sunday Sundayand Sundayand Sundayand and the island's islands ' natuial natmal natural beauty and andwarmth andwarmth andwarmth warmth attracted themAt themAt them themAt At 10 30 a m about 100 spectators spectators"ere spectatorswere spectatorswere "ere ere were " gathered on the spot from fromwblch fromwhich fromwhich wblch which persons committing suIcide suIcideplunge suicideplunge suicideplunge plunge to their death . Suddenly a ayoung ayoung nyoung young man m'ln mln gran ' , , scarcely sC'lrcely sClrcely ' twenty twent five , ran ranforward ranforward ranforward forward and flung fiung himself headlong headlongInto headlongInto headlongInto Into the crater . As the spectators spectatorshorrified , horrIfied and speechless , ] looked oohed at ateach ateach ateach each other otber , another man , a few years yearsolder yearsolder yearsolder older , came out from the throng tbrong and andwithout , wItbout without saying a word , walked as asthough asthough asthough though In a trance and anrl dropped Into Intotbe intothe Intothe tbe the flery fiery pit . . Nervously the spectators moved movedaway movedaway movedaway away , afraid that some unseen hand handmight handmight handmight might pull them Into the smolderIng smolderIngInferno smolderingInferno smolderingInferno Inferno . Suddenly another youth youthabout , about twenty three , ran to the tbe edge edgeof edgeof edgeof of the crater , stripped himself ot of othis ofhis ofhis his kimono hlmono and , with wItb nothing on ex- ex except except ex except - - cept shorts , stepped over the brink brinkInto brinkInto brinkInto Into the world beyond . Hardly H'lrdly Hlrdly ' had h'ld hld ' the talk of these tbese suicides sui sui- suicIdes suicides - cides died down when , two days dayslater dayslater dayslater later , three more men flung fiung them themseh themselr themselv seh selr es Into the tbe flre fire emitting abyss abyssone , one after another , as many speda specta spedators spectators spectators tors looked loohed on . The Tbe police have decided dedded that tlIat here hereafter hereafter hereafter after all visitors to the tbe Island will be bequestioned bequestioned bequestioned questioned before being permitted to toland toland toland land . Those suspected of suicide In IntentIons Intentions Intentlons tentIons will be barred from landing landingAll landingAll landingAll All visitors must buy round trIp trIpfares tripfares tripfares tripfaresOfficials fares faresOfilclals faresOulicials Officials Ofilclals Oulicials of the home office In InTohyo InTokyo InTokyo Tohyo Tokyo are frankly franhly pessimIsticLast pessimisticLast pessimistic pessimisticLast Last year more than tb'ln tbln ' 800 persons IOf lost ftlo&t ftlot & > t their ] lives Ihes lies InIlhara's In ' \ Mlhara's Mlharas \Ilhara's Ilhara's Ilharas Mihara's Miharas ' craterdespJte crater craterdespite crater craterdespite - -II II - & despite despJte every elfoit effort eITol t to put a stop to tothe tothe tothe the suicide ernie crn c e the 'Ihe Ihe 'the ' crater Is seven sevenmiles sevenmiles sevenmiles miles around and It Is not llUmanly humanly llUmanlypos humanlypos humanlypos pos AJle Aale jle to net In this vast vact ; territoryas territory . na as have been other suicide trystIng trystIngplaces trystingplaces trystingplaces places . . _ ' " |