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S. SEKIYA AND Y. KIKUCHI 



Name & Address 



OF 



Observers. 



No. 9. 



Motomiya, 



Adachi-köii, Prov. 



Iwaslnro. 



Direction 



and Distance from 



Bandai-san. 



No. 10. 



Wakamatsu, 



Aizu-köri, Prov. 



Iwaslnro. 



No. 11. 



Fukusliima, 



Shinobu-kôri, Prov. 

 Iwaslnro. 



No. 12. 



K. Mita, 



Onoshinmachi, 



Tantura-köri, Prov 



Iwaki. 



E. S. E. 



29-5 kilometres. 



18-3 miles. 



S.W. 



157 kilometres. 



9-8 miles. 



E. N.E. 



373 kilometres. 



23-2 miles. 



E. S. E. 



71-8 kilometres. 

 1U-2 miles. 



Sound. 



At about 7 b 30 minutes 

 a.m., a roaring sound. 



Thundering noises were 

 beard accompanied by the as- 

 cent of black smoke. 



Distant sound was beard. 



Ashes. 



On the north-western mount- 

 ains, a peculiar cloud of 

 sharply defined form appear- 

 ed, which gradually spread out 

 in a circular form, like an um- 

 brclla, at the same time becom- 

 ing lighter in colour. As the 

 cloud spread wider, grey col- 

 oured ashes of the size of mil- 

 let grains began to fall at 

 about 8 a.m. This was fol- 

 lowed by the fall of powdery 

 ashes ; all the vegetation wore 

 a grey colour. 



No ashes. 



At about 8 a.m., the sound The fall of ashes began at 

 was heard thrice at short in- about 9 a.m. and continued 

 tervals by those who were ! till about 12. 

 outside of bouses. 



