I'huto by W. J. j;r~kiiic 

 THE END OF THE ASH FALL AT KODIAK : SCHOONER "mETHA NELSON" AND BARGE 



"ST. JAMES," JUNE 9, I912 



time constitutes the second stratum, now 

 45^ inches thick, of fine-grained brown 

 material. 



During the evening of June 8 the fall 

 of ash was again resumed and continued 

 until an unrecorded hour in the night, 

 when it gradually diminished, entirely 

 ceasing by the morning of the 9th, when 

 daylight appeared. The ash which fell 

 during this interval is the third stratum, 

 composed of i^A inches of very fine- 

 grained, light-gray material. 



Conditions as observed at Afognak by 

 E. M. Uall differ in few essentials from 

 those already described at Kodiak. The 

 time of the appearance of the cloud is 

 not recorded. It is, however, described 

 as approaching in silence, there being no 

 wind on the level of the ground and no 

 thunder and lightning. 



The ash reached the we^^t end of Kenai 

 Peninsula early in the morning of June 

 7, slight showers being reported at Port 

 Graham at 3 a. m., and at Seldovia. 150 

 miles from Katmai volcano, at about 

 the same time. Explosions and earth- 

 quakes had been noted since 9 a. m.. 



June 6. becoming louder and more fre- 

 quent throughout the day. The sky was 

 overcast all day June 7, but there was 

 no darkness, and comparatively small 

 amounts of ash fell. The more heavily 

 ash-laden clouds were at this time passing 

 eastward, further south. 



Boats on Cook Inlet reported lightning 

 rising from the water in the direction of 

 Barren Islands. Explosions and earth- 

 quakes were observed throughout the 

 day. The next day there was a much 

 heavier fall of ash. and there was modcr- 

 erate darkness for two hours during the 

 forenoon. Frequent and violent earth- 

 quakes and explosions were noted. A 

 dense cloud of dust came slowly in from 

 the south about 3 a. m., June 9. 



Ash fell from 5 a. m. till nearly noon, 

 and inkv darkness prevailed during i)art 

 of this time. (This place is 150 miles 

 from the Katmai volcano. ) The fall of 

 ash was much heavier than on the ])rc- 

 ceding day. about ;}4 i"<-'li accumulating 

 on the ground, and sulphur fumes accom- 

 panied its fall. Explosions were heard 

 at irregular intervals on the 9th and con- 



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