Show ten thousand lives lost VICTORIA B C july iso 0 the steam ali I 1 1 empress from japan brings additional details or of the volcanic crup eruption tion on oil the great island on june 17 the eruption lusted for hours and anti almost tho the entire island felt the effects of it tho th heat wai I 1 oppressive p dessive res sive while great clouds of ashes 11 or filled ed tho the air and auriett crops and anti cities and arid smothered natives to death the town of Tor coreina tina was completely buried in asli nylic eq it is estimated that ten thousand lives were lost immense cocoanut coco anat anut plan lations were destroyed relief has been sent from neighboring islands |