Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1906-03-23 | Page 5 | Eruption of Volcano in the Samoan Islands

0 of VOLCANO mm in THE SAMOAN mm mm three villages destroyed by sol ld wall of molten lava which reaches reache 11 far out into nto the sea honolulu the rhe OM officers c ers of the steamer sierra which lias has here from sydney N S W via sa moa in 0 it report that the eruption of the volcano on the he island of savall savail one of the samoan group continues on a large scale izreo villages have been completely destroyed including mala eola cola where was located the finelt cocoa plantation on the island the residences of A king hing and C Barl Dar elcy leley has been reduced to ruins and are a total loss the lava from the lie mountain Is flow ing into the ocean in a stream three quarters of a mile wide and twenty favo feet deep at the rate of tw twenty enty feet an hour at night a solid wall x all of molten jai a a five miles long may be seen been reaching far out into the sea for some distance albord the sea water Is boiling and the tha surf breaks over the flery fiery stream ahe government recently chattered chait cred the steamer macii to remove women and children bioni the aone aona or of danger