THE (IREAT IIRUPTIOX OF HAKUEA-JIMA IN 1914. 



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liours, especially at 8.14 r.:\[. I'lie red-hot glare of lava, sparkling 

 with discharges of electricit}', appeared as if absorbing the whole 

 mountain and turning it into a red mass. 



About 11 r.M., the tumultuous outpourings a little subsided 

 with a cloud-burst, which washed away the ash^^ from the city, 

 which had fallen durinir the 12th and 13th. 



•Tav. 14th, 



!^IOBNING 



The Second Phase. The jlrd iico days of prime 

 outburst had now passed over. The showers of the last 

 night now cleared off; the morning was fine; the volcano was a 

 little tranquil. The mountain top was for the first time in full 

 view after having been enveloped in dark clouds since the 12tli. 

 About 5,000 people came back to the city little by little, but none 



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Fig. 18h. 



1) 118 ({rams per sq. m. The measurement of asli-fall does not strictly signify the scale 

 of explosion, but depends greatly upon the direction of the wind. The number given is, more- 

 over, from the observation taken in the city, 6 km. from the nearest vents, and 11.5 km. from, 

 the Nabé-yama vents. 



