Show 1111 ID RTH C IS victims of volcanic eruptions stiffer no physical torture SS l it la Is a common mistake that the victims of volcanic eruptions r cicat pain before deith death cornea comes to itkor rall relief ef the fact Is that the great majority vie me not touched by tj ti mh ni m tt H n lava or notched noi soi ched hed by tie tae show or cr of fire until aft r life has been uch finished by other agencies tho the nAs newspaper paper accounts suggest direct buining or avei ft helming mith the ol canle last dust elds 1 I his material Is coin ailed agaes but it is not cor lastly described by word mord it la is usually rocky matter finely divided by explosive action A proportion of the deaths might be jae due to suffocation by alps asps among such would bo be carbon il lold commonly called car ionic add acid and acid 11 ahe lie la Is not aethela and ronld not b ix t i inae of oc death un nn losi lit in omil drable rahle alon but t IP ie latif r gas la is highly lr ir and en cn a small tion ion mill it bidet air so fril tating that suffocation must ensue vve ae have but meager front from those who hao been near enough enoude to great volcanic eruptions to appreciate the actual conditions one of the most famous eruptions eruption in 1 history that of mount nc vesuvius in A 1 D 79 has baa been deo robed by the younger pliny from notes left by his bla uncle who lost his life lifa in an to rescue a friend ohp nari navator ator states that the death ot of this elder pliny maa aa due to fumes of sulphur even malting making allowance for tho th Imper fott fot identification of charat cat cal substances at that early period ier lod me e mra ma safely assume that by such an sulphurous add acid was in dl 11 abed since this gas vaa mas od ed y familiar indeed it Is mentioned in tho the odyssey od asey as a disinfectant the roman writer further adds that the body vas aa untouched by birr lit in some of the recent reports from nil tin line specific mention Is made ot or the same suffocating influences tho the steamship escaped through a blower ot of hot fragments frag menta and lost some iome of her crew by the inhalation of sulphurous gabet it way may I 1 ie 0 well A ell to note that when disasters by fire occur in closed spices qI ces suffocation by carbon ide and smoke la Is likely to occur in this ansy poisons in the gallery ot of a theater may be killed without direct injury iv hv fire or by falling timbers |