Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1909 — REPORT AVALANCHE KILLED A HUNDRED [ARTICLE]

REPORT AVALANCHE KILLED A HUNDRED

Prediction That Mount Etna Is Preparing for Eruption. Tangier, Jan. 22.—A landslide following a severe earth shock in the region of Tetuan has wiped out several villages. * It is reported that hundreds of persons were killed or injured. Boston, Jan. 22.—“1 absolutely predict, without any hesitation, that within a year and a half Mount Etna will experience a fearful eruption,” declared Professor T. A. Jagger, Jr., one of the leading authorities on volcanoes and earthquakes, before the Society of Arts. Professor Jagger expressed the opinion that the earthquake at Messina was but the forerunner of the greatest eruption which Mount Etna has ever seen. Professor Jagger stated that New York city is an earthquake center and declared this was shown by geological surveys.