Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 426
dvance of the waves, the nativeson shore sought refuge in the mountains.- Allthrough the night these appalling waves wereheard. Throughout the morning the rain ofashes continued, and by noon the entire coastwas plunged in complete darkness. The violence of the earthquake-waves in- spread out over… … SIX ISLETS FORMED FROM THE ISLAND THWART THE WAV, AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE. [FROM SKETCHES BY CAPTAIX JOSEPH T. CONANT.] katoa the largest wave of all. Approachingthe southwest coast of Java, it rose to a heightof over one hundred feet, passing over andtotally destroying the lighthouse of Anjer, atower…
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