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Show CLOUDBURSTS MAY HAVE CAUSED TAYABAS DISASTER " " Manila. Jan. 1. Brief dispatches received rrom Tayabas province today give but a very confused Idea of the disaster Tuesday night and still leave undetermined .whether it was a volcanic vol-canic eruption of Mount Lagnas or a cloudburst In tb,j?t ; vicinity. One telegram tele-gram expressed tho opinion that a volcanic eruption -really occurred, but that It was on Mount Banajao, the principal peak of. the Peay range In tho northern part of Tayabas. According Ac-cording to the telegram, a large fis-yure fis-yure was made through the old crator. releasing a port Ion of a large lako which had formed there. Torrents of water rushed down the mountain side through canyons and ravines and Hooded many streams. Only one cas-rally, cas-rally, that of a chl!d, has been reported. re-ported. , A detachment of constabulary has been sent out to mi,ho an investiga-f investiga-f lion. |