Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1911 — VOLCANO CAUSES 400 DEATHS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

VOLCANO CAUSES 400 DEATHS

MANILA.— It is estimated that at least 400 lives have been lost u are suit of the eruption of Mount Taal, the volcano that is on a little Island in the middle of Lake Taal, about 34 miles from this city. Half a dozen native villages were destroyed, mainly by a tidal wave on the lake that-followed the first eruption. The people of Manila are In fear of an eruption of Mount M&yon, the other volcano of Luzon, but Mayon has been quiet for some time and so far is showing no threatening disturbance.