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Show LfVSsJE.N IM;-ERgi?T10Nv?rM S;.-. i -; ' .?" FOR THIRTEENTH. T.IME " Throws Column of Steam and Volcan- H Ic Sand. Fears Felt for Safe- H ty of Party of Observers ' nod Dluff, Cal., Juno 30. Lassen H peak exploded today In Its thirteenth H eruption since May 30, with a denso column of black smoke and that shot I up thousands of feet and then drift- ed slowly northward. After taking H tho nnglo of elevation with K tran- fl sit the cqunty surveyor estimated tho fl height of tho first column at 3000 fl feot. At' tho end of an hour It had fl dwindled to S00 feet and the llutings of whlto In its sides indlcatod that It was mostly steam. Tho donso black of the first outburst was undoubtedly duo to a heavy flight of volcanic sand. Grave apprehension exists tonight for tho safoty of a party of observers who loft Warm Springs early today ' to visit tho crater. No word has been. ;a recolyed from then slnco tho now ?, outburst of tho peak, ft |