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THE following letter from the Liverpool Daily Post, received from Capt. W. J. Watson, of the British ship Charles Bal, contains a graphic and interesting account of the recent terrible volcanic outburst in Sunda Straits. Capt. W. J. Watson was himself an eye-witness of what he describes. His vessel was actually within the Straits, and not far from Krakatoa when that island had become an active volcano:—
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The Java Disaster . Nature 29, 140–141 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/029140a0
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