1 SEPTEMBER 1883, Page 1
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ONE of the most violent volcanic eruptions of which we have heard for many years commenced in Java on August 26th. The particular volcano which burst out was that of Krakatoa, which sent forth an immense cloud of ashes and dust, made day almost into night even at Batavia, and over- whelmed North Bantam, while a tidal wave swept away Anjer, Tjeringen, and Telokbetong. Thousands of lives are lost. It is stated that Mount Krakatoa, where the eruption began, has dis- appeared completely in the sea, but that sixteen volcanic islands have appeared in its place ; that the lighthouses of the Straits of Sunda,—between Java and Sumatra,—have disappeared, and that the whole navigation of the channel is changed.
