1945 
De °‘ U The T0l0 “° I ' eturn8 t0 aotlT *V, "ith heavy explosions In the crater and 
forming a new and very white colurn of vapor which rises with some force, 
directed toward the northeast and depositing some fine ash. The explosions 
are heaviest at midday. In the night considerable incandescent scoria 
covers the cupola of the crater; it is a beautiful night, as marvellous as 
in the beginning. 
12 The ex P losions continue without ceasing, every two or three seconds. The 
column which forms in the crater is a white vapor, completely inclined 
toward the northeast. The explosions are heavier at midday, as they were 
yesterday, and at night, similarly, numbers of incandescent rocks are thrown 
iron the crater, to fall at a distance of 50 meters from the base of the cone, 
and others that roll down on all the flanks of the cone to its base, 
lo the same time the lava does not cease its activities, the flow does not 
diminish because some vents close. The vent to the west of the hornitos 
augments the flow and makes more liquid the cascade, which, according to the 
calculations of 3rs. Xrauskopf and Gutierrez, moves at a rate of 30 meters per 
minute, terminating a short distance from the W. base of the volcano, directed 
toward the village of Paricutin* 
14 The vapor column much inclined toward the east. Rather strong noises, some 
of which resound and shake the ground. After midday a column of white vapor 
rising vertically to a height of 500 meters. In the afternoon a sunset 
tinting the high column red. In the evening quantities of incandescent scoria 
tnst falls on the northeast, and occasionally on other flanks of the cone. 
15 A heavy cloud appears at daybreak, as if it wants to rain. There are no noises 
m the crater. At 8 in the morning a column of vapor, slightly inclined 
toward the north. There are moments of 2 or 3 seconds when the noises cease, 
A.^ile the crater emits some white vapors and cauliflowers. At 5 or 6 in the 
afternoon, regular rains in the region, heavier toward the southwest, lightning 
