Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-16 | Page 1 | Largest Active Volcano in the World

LARGEST ACTIVE VOLCANO IN THE WORLD New Kew York Dec 16 Prof Henry E H Crampton of Columbia university has hus made nado public a brief account of or his sal scientific scientific entitle expedition to the th South seas from which he ho returned lost last Ia t week The Savall Saval volcano In Samoa he ho says ays Is the largest active volcano In n the world The Tue clouds lie low at athis this his season of oC the year around the tho Samoan islands and tho the reflection of or orthe the fires from tho the great crater on the I clouds is visible for rOI CO miles out to sea at night The rho cone of or the volcano IB Is 11 miles from Crom the seashore but the bubbling lava hw streams pout pour molten over this stretch of ot land la d and drop seething Into the tile sen sea The Savall SavaIl Is Isan Isan isan an extraordinary volcano and Instead of or diminishing It Is becoming moro snore active The creater opened In 1905 1901 Prof Crampton secured moro more than photographs of or the tho volcano which are aio now beIng developed In this city I In the course of or his seven soen months expedition ho gathered gath red nearly biological specimens specimen front from the tho various Islands which he visited