The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 189
aboutfour oclock in the afternoon of that day a series the night these appalling waves were heard.Throughout the morning the rain of ashes con-tinued, and by noon the entire coast was plungedin complete darkness. The violence of the earthquake-waves increased,and at about two oclock in the… … six ISLETS FORMED FROM THE ISLAND THWART THE WAY, AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.(FROM SKETCHES BY CAPTAIN JOSEPH T. CONANT.) of reports, like the firing of heavy cannon, wereheard proceeding from Krakatoa. These reports,becoming louder and louder, continued untilnight, when a thunder-storm, accompanied by…
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