Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1914 — LASSEN PEAK SPOUTING AGAIN [ARTICLE]

LASSEN PEAK SPOUTING AGAIN

Two Eruptions in a Day Said to Be Most Violent of Any Previous Disturbances. ■Utaioa, Cal., Aug. 21. —Two eruptions or Lassen peak, more violent than any previous disturbances, spread ashes a distance of ten miles and caused a rumbling sound plainly heard by a forest ranger seven miles away. A forest ranger sixteen miles away from Lassen peak measured the column of steam by means of a transit and re ported its height as 7,000 feet.