UNRESTFUL STROMBOLI.
IN VIOLENT ERUPTION. THE ISLAND BURIED IN DUST. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT] (Received Sept. 29, 5.5 p-m.) ROME, Sept. 29. Stroinboli is In violent eruption. Six craters are aflame, and others are showering boiling water over the island, which is buried in dust two to six feet deep. There is great disferess owing to the destruction of the vineyards. [Mt. Stroinboli was in active ermv tion a few weeks ago, though comparatively little damage was then done. Stromboli is one of the Lipari Islands off the nortli coast of Sicily. The volcano rising to a height of 3000 feet is in an almost constant state of eruption, sending up steam and occasionally showers of stones, which, however, usually fall into the crater again. The Island, which has an area of about 9 square miles, supports a population of over 1000, occupied in producing wine, wheat, cotton, raisins and currants.}
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3641, 30 September 1912, Page 5
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150UNRESTFUL STROMBOLI. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3641, 30 September 1912, Page 5
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