Villages entombed
July 13, 1888Insea, Yosan, Wakimya, Misato and Hibara, in Japan. Overwhelmed by a Volcano.
The eruption accompanied by earthquakes, sheets of flame and most horrible noises.
Hundreds of Dead Bodies taken from the debris and many wounded rescued.
San Francisco, Aug 13- Advices from Japan by the steamer of Sydney from Hong Kong, Yokohama, contain particulers of a volcanic eruption on July 15, by which hundreds of lives were lost. The mountains of Bandai San, which had been rumbling and shaking for two days, began on the 15th to emit ashes, which darkened the sun and fell upon the surrounding villages in great showers. Earthquake and appalling noise ensued, followed by showers of red mud, and mingled with small stones and occasional boulders. Sheets of dazzling flame also proceeded from the Bandai San, and the mountain suddenly seemed to rise up and then fall back witha tremendous crash. A few inches of ashes fell upon the red mud. Five villages of Insea, Yosan, Wakiyama, Misato, and Hibara, were overwhelmed by the debris to the depth of from seven to twenty feet. Up to the 17th, 476 bodies had been recovered and forty-one wounded, and it is believed that sixty-one remained entombed. Eighty-seven houses were destroyed. The bodies of the dead were so burned ad cut to pices as to be in many cases unrecognizable.
source: Eau Claire Daily Free Press.
location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
