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Show VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN AMBRIM I8LAND Melbourne, Australia, Deo. 15 Dispatches from Noumea, capital, of tho French colony of New Cnlodonla, report that great destruction has been wrought by a volcanic eruption In Ambrlm Is'.a'nd of tho Now Hebrides group. Six new craters wore formed on the west coaBt Decombnr 6. Tho following day Mt. Mlnnlo collapsed and many villages wero overwhelmed by streams of molten larva. Most of tho inhabitants sought refuge In ca noes and. boats. A steamer rescued M 100 of thorn. H No casualties tiro reported among JKs the white population, who aro few In Bfl number, but It Is feared that many M natives In the interior hnvo perished. M Ambrlm l)ln;id Is about: fifty mllca M Ic clrcumforenco and Ifl somewhat j sparsely Inhabited. 'bH |