Iowa County Democrat

A city of Mexico dispatch says the great volcano of Colima, now in active eruption, is a grand and magnificent sight. The first symptoms of activity were manifested Sunday. There were low rumblings and subterranean mutterings, and the mountains shook and trembled. The eruption at night is full of splendor and grandeur. Last night lurid flames shot up from the crater of the volcano, illuminating the darkness for miles around. Incandescent stones are also thrown up, together with showers of ashes, which darken the atmosphere in day time. The fire, smoke ashes and stones are accompanied with dreadful subterranean thundering and frightful and unearthly noises under the volcano, together with quakings of the earth. The sublimity of the scene is equal to the terror it inspires. Inhabitants of villages and towns in the vicinity of the mountain are in a state of panic and wild terror.