In the midst of their devotions the hundred-…
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an upright
position. Jumping down from his horse he
found the earth somewhat unsteady, and in a
moment discovered that he had straddled a first-
class earthquake, and with the ejaculation of
“tremblor," suddenly sat down and devoutly
prayed.
His workmen rapidly followed suit.
In the midst of their devotions the hundred-
foot tidal wave showed up. Prayers were cut
short, and jumping over cracks and crevasses
in the roadway, the Andrade hill was reached.
From that peak, Perez states that the sight was
grandly sublime. Across the Colorado the
angry turbulent volcanoes could be seen in the
height of activity and brilliant eruption. On
the bed of the river and some distance beyond
its banks could be seen the reddish-colored,
foam-covered water, rushing ahead at a height
of fully 100 feet.
Below Lerdo could be seen a side river of
bluish purple fire flowing down into the Colo-
rado near the gulf, where it steamed, sputtered
and added more to the general confusion. The
river of fire is undoubtedly from the sulphur
mountain, which it is feared, has been set on
fire from the volume of burning and inflam-
mable material thrown out from the volcanoes,
which heretofore have never been known to be
guilty of anything worse than an occasional spit
of hot water.