23 JUNE 1923, Page 2

We greatly regret to record another very serious eruption of

Mount Etna. Although there seems to have been no loss of life, the damage done to the neighbouring Sicilian villages is very great, and it is said that over 20,000 'persons are homeless. For some months Etna had been in a state of suppressed activity, and about 1 o'clock last Saturday morning there were loud explo- sions accompanied by severe earthquake shocks. The Rome correspondent of the Times says that four new fissures appeared on the north-east side of the mountain. Lava at once began to flow. Three villages were quickly engulfed and much of the richest vine country has disappeared. * * * *