A Brief Account of Mt. Volcan Eruption
May 13, 1871
6:00 PM
Cotta Bato, the capital of Camiguin Island was a quiet
and attractive town, verdant in its natural wonders. Its peaceful shores
provided strolling grounds for its inhabitants as they basked under the
gracious moonlight. Suddenly…
..tranquility came to a halt as a sub-terranean rumbling
sowed to indescribable terror. Hundreds of houses and the churches crumbled
into pieces, the ground rolled and broke into deep crevices with horrifying
earthquake served only as prelude to the destructive climax, a cataclysm never
witnessed before Mt. Volcan gave out its fiercest and most violent outbreak.
6:20 PM
Cotta Bato was but a dreadful pile of ruins. The single volcanic
eruption buried a beautiful town into obscurity.
