^It. Lassen in Eruption. 



a forest fire lookout station on top of this mountain in california was destroyed during the 



recent activity of the volcano. 



THE LOOKOUT ON MOUNT LASSEN 



Bx WiLLiA'M C. Hodge 



THE forest tire lookout hou.<e on 

 ]\Iount Lassen was destroyed 

 by the eruption of June 12th. 

 After the hrst eruption, which 

 fK'curred .May o'lth, the summit was 

 pick scaled by Ranger Harvey Abbey 

 of the Lassen National Forest, who left 

 Mineral at 4 p. m. May ■il, and arrived 

 on top next morning at 9 a. m. He 

 found the house unharmed. The crater 

 from which the e.xplosions were issuing 

 was situated about a quarter mile from 

 the lookout house ; but the crater at 



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this time was small, measuring only 

 25 X 40 feet and the eruptions, although 

 spectacular, were not yet considered 

 dangerous. 



On June 12th, after eruptions had 

 occurred on June 1st, 2nd, 8th and !)th, 

 Abbey made another ascent with a 

 party which included a moving picture 

 out tit. 



One of the ])arty suffered from 

 fatigue, being unused to mountain 

 climbing, and in consequence they took 

 considerable time. At 3.45 p. m., while 



