THE WHITE ISLAND (BAY OF PLENTY, NEW ZEALAND)ERUPTION
SEPTEMBER 1914
In 1914 White Island, an active volcano off the coast of the Bay of Plenty was being mined by the New Zealand Sulphur Company. Sometime between the 7th and 19th September 1914 a section of the volcanic cone collapsed pushing a lahar (mudflow)out from the crater. This completely swamped the miners camp, and the men and all buildings were hurled in to the ocean. No bodies were ever found though wreckage washed up on shore for weeks later.
Today you can visit White Island by boat from Whakatane - not such a bad place when you become used to the sulphury smell.
| ANDERSON | A | No details |
| BYRNE | J | Married with 4 children |
| CHAPPELL (WALKER) | Robert H | Single - mother |
| DONOVAN | W J | Single - sister |
| KELLY | L | Single - brother and sister in Victoria |
| LAMB | R | Married with 4 children |
| McKIM (McKAIN) | A J C | Single - mother & sisters in Perth, Scotland, brother in America |
| WARING | R | Married with 1 child - supposed to be in England |
| WILLIAMS | H | Married |
| YOUNG | Stephen H | Single - mother |
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