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June 5, 1879 in Catoctin Clarion

Foreign News June 5, 1879

Catoctin Clarion

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Mount Etna Eruption, Sicily Volcano, Lava Streams, Fireballs, Ash Clouds, Village Danger

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Mount Etna in Sicily erupted on Wednesday last, ejecting fireballs like rockets at night and pouring lava streams with roaring sounds. Fresh craters endanger villages at the base, and Piedimont is darkened by ash clouds.

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Mount Etna, in Sicily, is just now giving out one of its grand pyrotechnic displays. The eruption commenced on Wednesday last. At night a shower of balls of fire were thrown to a great height and burst aloft like rockets, making a magnificent display. All through the night streams of lava were pouring out from the craters causing a roar like the rolling of artillery. Several villages at the base of the mountain are in great danger from the opening of fresh craters. Piedimont is in almost total darkness from clouds of ashes. It's a free show, in fact the greatest show on earth next to Vesuvius, but a very uncertain place of residence.

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Disaster

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Mount Etna Eruption Sicily Volcano Lava Streams Fireballs Ash Clouds Village Danger

Where did it happen?

Sicily

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Sicily

Event Date

Wednesday Last

Outcome

several villages at the base of the mountain are in great danger from the opening of fresh craters. piedimont is in almost total darkness from clouds of ashes.

Event Details

The eruption commenced on Wednesday last. At night a shower of balls of fire were thrown to a great height and burst aloft like rockets, making a magnificent display. All through the night streams of lava were pouring out from the craters causing a roar like the rolling of artillery.