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Show VOLCANO CAUSES DEATH. Many Villages are Overwhelmed by Streams of Molten Lava. Melbourne Australia. Dispatches from Noumea, capital of the French colony of New Caledonia, report that great destruction has been wrought by a volcanic eruption in Ambriru island, of the New Hebrides group. Six new craters were formed on the west coast December 6. The following follow-ing day Mount Minnie collapsed and many villages were overwhelmed by streams of molten lava. Most of the inhabitants sought refuge In canoes and boats. A steamer rescued 500 of them. No casualities are reported among the white population, who are few in number, but it is feared that many natives in the interior perished. Ambrim island is about fifty miles in circumference and is somewhat sparsely inhabited. |
