THE NEW VOLCANO 



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New TBogoslof 



The summit was hidden by fog or by clouds of steam. Its 

 height above sea level was differently estimated at from 

 800 to 1,200 feet. From the description, Professor David- 

 son made a drawing representing its appearance as the 

 captains remembered it. This drawing is here repro- 

 duced (fig. 15). 



Natives of Unalaska assert that steam was observed 

 about Bogoslof in the summer of 1882, the year before the 

 new volcano 

 was first seen. 

 About the time 

 of its appearance 

 the two volca- 

 noes on Akutan 

 Island ceased to 

 smoke and for 

 some time show- 

 ed no signs of ac- 

 tivity. On Oc- 

 tober 20, 1883, 



between the 

 visits of Captains 

 Anderson and 

 Hague, a shower of fine volcanic ashes or dust fell at 

 Unalaska. The Signal observer then stationed at Un- 

 alaska reports, under date of October 22, 1883: "At 2:30 

 p. M. the air became suddenly darkened like night, and 

 soon after a shower of mixed sand and water fell for about 

 ten minutes, covering the ground with a thin layer. The 

 windows were so covered that it was impossible to see 

 through them." 



Another eye witness, a Mrs. Smith then residing at Un- 

 alaska, stated in a letter that a very remarkable black 

 cloud appeared in the north and soon overspread the entire 

 heavens, settling down very low and cutting off the light 



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FIG. l6. CHART OF BOGOSLOF IN 1884, SHOWING THE 

 CONNECTING SPIT OR ISTHMUS. DRAWN BY 

 LIEUTENANT CANTWELL. 



