Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1909 — JAVAN VOLCANO IS ACTIVE [ARTICLE]

JAVAN VOLCANO IS ACTIVE

Hundreds Are Dead on Island From Quake and Floods. The Hague, Sept. 3. —Dispatches received report an eruption of the volcano Smeru, Java, causing great havoc, and a terrible earthquake, with hundreds of fatalities in the Besouki district. Batavia, Java, Sept. 3.—Six hundred natives perished in the floods in southeastern Java.