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Photo by Gci.r:-;c C. Marm 

 IMJ'RIUK Ol" MAIX ROOM OF BARaBARA AT DOUGLAS VILLAGE, SHOWING HOW TIlK 

 ASH PENETRATED THE CREVICES AND CRACKS 



quent explosions accompanied by earth- 

 quakes during the morning, but few of 

 these were intense enough to be noticed 

 at a (hslance. It was only at Seldovia 

 and Xushagak that these preliminary 

 morning explosions were noted. 



The beginning of the violent phase of 

 the eruption was apparently at i p. m., 

 June 6, at which time a terrific explosion 

 and earthquake was noted by C. L. 

 I'oudry at Cold Bay (see page 147). At 

 the same hour a heavy cloud was seen 

 from the steamer Dora (55 miles away) 

 rising over Blount Katmai. This cloud 

 was under observation from this time 

 until it enveloi)ed the steamer, 5^ hours 

 later. The accompanying views of the 

 cloud were taken by John E. Thwaites, 

 mail clerk of the Dora, just before dark- 

 ness shut down (see pages 154. 155). 



At 3 p. m. there was a tremendous 

 explosion, which was heard for hundreds 

 of miles around, and the volcano passed 

 into a state of continuous eruption, which 



lasted, except for possible short inter- 

 vals, for several days. 



This exjilosion was noted at Uyak, 

 at lliamna I)ay, at several places on 

 Iliamna and Clark lakes, at Koggiung, 

 and at a point ()0 miles southwest of 

 Eagle. Ex])losions were also heard at 

 about this time, although no statement of 

 the exact hour is available, at Juneau, 

 750 miles east, and Fairbanks, 500 miles 

 northeast of the volcano. At Iliamna 

 Bay the sounds were accompanied by a 

 "sudden, quick motion of the clouds that 

 would start and stop." 



It was ])robal)ly at this time that the 

 larger part of the coarse, gray ash which 

 forms the lower stratum on the Alaska 

 Peninsula and on Kodiak and .-Vfognak 

 islands was thrown in the air. This ash 

 reached l^yak, 58 miles away, at 3.30 

 p. m., and Kodiak, 100 miles from the 

 volcano, at 5 p. m., and soon afterward 

 complete darkness settled down over an 

 area of several thousand square miles. 



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