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Soci.ty, hlMtott. D. C.)
V OU 'AX 10 eruptions and earth
quakes, which for ages man
believed to be the work of ma
licnnnt demons or wrathful
gods, are gradually yielding the recrets
of their causes and processes to scien
tific Investigators, It is in an effort
to extend still further science's abil
ity to understand these forces of na
ture, and even to forecast their ap
pearances, that the National Geo
graphic society Is sending an expedi
tion this spring and summer to study
Intensively the conditions tn one of
the world's greatest volcanic regions,
the smoking vents of the Alaskan
peninsula and the Aleutian Islands.
The studies will be conducted by
Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, who has lived
for many years In an observatory on
the brink of the crater of Kllauea,
studying that mighty volcano's moods
as shown In the waxing and waning
of Its pits of molten lava. How It
has already been possible with present
knowledge to prophesy a volcanic
eruption and so to save thousands of
lives, U seen In the circumstances sur
rounding the eruption of SakuraJIma.
Japan, In 1014.
This greatest eruption In the an
nals of the Island empire resulted In
the loss of only 35 lives and some
millions of dollars In property. Scien
tific Investigation la, tn large measure,
to be credited with the relatively few
casualties, for it was through the
prediction of the Imminence of the
SakuraJIma outbreak that the Inhabi
tants of a populous district were en
abled to flee from the wrath about to
come.
It was through a study of premoni
tory earthquakes In their relation to
volcanic outbreaks that the Sakura
JIma eruption was definitely predict
ed; conversely. It is boped that, in
tlmeth rough exhaustive study of vol
canic activities, earthquakes may be
predicted with accuracy. The phe
nomena of the SakuraJIma eruption,
therefore, are proving of transcendent
Importance to the scientific world,
and the measures "which were taken
to safeguard life at that time are
being eagerly studied anew,
' The volcano of SakuraJIma, shaped
much like Vesuvius, rises to a height
of S.iOi feet directly opposite the city
of Kagoshlma, In Kagoshlms bay a
tongue of water extending some V)
miles Into the southern end of Kyu
shu, the most southerly of the four
main Islands of the Japanese achipela
go. Growths of young pine trees mark
the course of old lava flows from the
two mnlo craters of the summit
Warning of SakuraJIma Outbreak.
Prior to the eruption of 1914, 18 vil
lages, with an aggregate population of
,22.000 Industrious farmers and flaber
tolk, netled on the shores of this
'small volcanic island, which nearly
filled the bay between Kagoshlma and
the Osutnl promontory. The channel
between the volcano and the city was
barely two and one-half miles wide,
with a depth of from nineteen to
seventy fathoms, while that on the
. Usuml side was only one-third of a
mile wide, with an average depth of
more than fifty fathoms. Kagoshlma,
the thriving capital city of the prov
ince, with a population of ?0,0UU. Is
the center of Satsutna pottery tnanu
fucture and of a fertile farming re
gion, producing tobacco, citrus trait
and sugar cane.
Men of science had long known
what lay In store for Kagoshlma. Ex
perience had taught observers thai
when "swarms" of earthquakes begin
In the vicinity of an active volcano,
the "underground dragon" Is writhing
and preparing to make trouble.
In V.m slid 1010 two writers pub
lished warnings that SakuraJIma was
likely to erupt explosively after vlo
- lent premonitory earthquakes,
Iiulufall during li13 at Kagoshlma
had been unusually light as had been
the fras ten years and twenty years
- pre lously, each of those dry years
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Eruption of SakuraJIma, Japan.
having been followed by some activity
In one or more of the volcanoes on
the Island of Kyushu. Violent erup
tions began tn 1013, not nt SukuraJI-
ma, but on KtrUhlraa, where there
were three outbursts, the last two be
Ing on November 8 and December 9.
On SakuraJIma, however, earth
quakes began to occur tn "swnrms"
and people began to Jump. Three
strong shocks were felt on the after
noon of January 10, followed tn the
evening by two more. The next morn
ing there wera three strong shocks,
accompanied by rumblings, before sun-
rises. The earthquakes now became In
creasingly alarming. Growling noises
preceded some and a roaring, as of
escaping gas under pressure, fol
lowed others.
People Fits From Eruption.
Four hundred seventeen earthquakes
were recorded at Kagoshlma between
4 a. tn, January 11, and 10 a. ro.
January 12. after' which the main
eruption of SakuraJIma began. Count
ing the shocks of the 10th, which bad
begun about 1 p. m. there was Imme
diate forewarning tn noises and
shakes for 45 hours prior to the ex
plosion.
These warnings were heeded. Every
available sampan sculled with frantic
speed back and forth across the chan
nel all day Sunday, January 11, mov
ing the nntlvea of the Island, their
bedding, mats, rice bays, and canary
birds, to the mainland. By Monday
the army, navy and other government
departments, railways and steamship
lines were all helping. Sunday after
noon, about two o'clock, during a pe
riod of violent quaking, a report came
from Tarumt, southeast of SakuraJIma,
that white smoke wss seen rising from
the middle of the volcano. The Mon
day period of seismic activity was
strikingly terminated and relieved by
the volcanic outbreak of ten o'clock.
The climax came at 10:05, when.
In the middle of the side of the moun
tain toward Kagoshlma, the awe
stricken people saw the hard profile
of a swelling balloon of black smoke
rise majestically from the ground
where, an hour before, were orange
orchards, terraced fields of sugar
cane, and gardens of radishes. Ter
minutes after the first outbreak a sim
ilar cauliflower column rose from the
east flank of the volcano, but this was
dwarfed by the towering western shaft
with which It eventually merged.
With occasional lulls, but with ever
Increasing violence, the booming con
cussions of the eruption grew more
and more terrible. Flashes of light
ning danced through the great billows
of smoke and dust and. In the lower
portion of the great black column,
vertical lines of Dpward streaming
rocks, bombs, sand, and smoke, curl
ing as high aa the mountain Itself,
could be seen from time to time.
Fatalities In Kagoshlma.
The crisis, which resulted tn the
only loss of life during the disaster,
occurred at 6 :29, when a terrific earth
quake threw down walls and buildings
at Kagoshlma, dislodged bowlders
from cliffs, and Interrupted railway
and telegraph services. Fugitives were
trapped In landslides, and a tidal
wave, with a ten-foot swing, caused
serious damage to small boat In the
harbor. Thirty-five persons were
crushed to death and 112 were Injured.
This quake Is to be classed as a
"world shaker," for tt was recorded
on seismographs In Europe.
The lava flows from the volcano
had begun and the gas explosions bad
relieved the under earth of millions of
tons of matter, so that this quake
was probably the evidence of a deep
movement or settling, that had begun
along the great chain of ftyu-Kyo vol
canoes, extending from Kyushu to Tui-
wan (Formosa) In a string of Islets
000 miles to the southwest
Simultaneously with the occurrence
of the big quake a sudden lava glo
was observed on the smoke coming
from the volcano. This continued for
some time.
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