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TPIE I^ND OF THE ASH 1-ALL AT KODIAK 



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I'hoto by W. J. Erskinc 

 A PORCH WHICH COLLAPSED BENEATH THE WEIGHT Ol- THE ASHES 

 Manv of the liouscs at Kodiak were wrecked by the weight of ashes which descended 

 in avalanches from the hillside. In other cases the roofs collapsed under the weight ot 

 ashes, for the deposits were fre(iuently as much as 24 mches m thickness. 



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