Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 425
their ruinwith that of a harbor town. The terrible volcanic eruptionof August, 1883, which occurredoff the coast of Java, causedthe sudden destruction of thirty-two thousand people, as the dis-astrous waves engulfed the coast,destroying the homes of the na-tives. If you will look at a map,you will… … IHE EARTHQUAKE-WAVE IV OVER THE LIGHTHOlSE POINT ANJEK. of Sumatra by a channel of water called theStrait of Sunda. In this strait, adjoining thewest end of Java, are a number of volcanicislands, one of which is known as Krakatoa.Krakatoa, which is but a volcanic mountain ris-ing from the sea,…
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