Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1911 — 600 DIE IN ERUPTIONS [ARTICLE]

600 DIE IN ERUPTIONS

Sixty Victims of Voluno and Tidal Wave Bbried in Trench. Manila, Feb. 3. —A prolonged earthquake roused the residents of Manila. Revised estimates place the number of those killed by the eruptions of Mount Taal and drowned in the tidal waves at 600. These include many in the two hamlets which are being excavated on the north shore rs Taal bodies were burned in one trench. The search for bodies still continues ■ and horrible sight* are witnessed,