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DAY. JANUARY 3 1 Si00WONDERFUL “BLOW HOLE.*What is known as the “GreAt Blow Hole” lias recently attracteU much at-feution among tourists. It is a singular rock formation of the Australian cOftt. This promises to become oneof the moat, famous as well as one of the most pleasant resorts lu New South Wales; it is situated on tin* coast some seventy miles south of Sydney.The center of this district is Kiama, which is described as a picturesque and thriving town surrounded by a rich agricultural country, and which lias been built upon an ingenious tlow of basalt that has solidified and crystalled into huge columns of what is popularly called blue stone. ' 'I nis formation is seen to perfection 011 tin* west coast ui Scotland and north of Ireland at Fiugal s Cave and other places, and those who are acquainted with the rugged appearance of the Coast in these places can form a good idea of the appearance of the .New South Wales roast at this point.The famous Blow Hole.'* here sit uatdil. in the middle of a rocky hcjui laud running out into the sea. forms a truly wondrous sight. With each successive breaker the ocean spray is senj shooting up into me air some times as high as 4‘Hi feci, descending in a drenching shower and neeompan-ied by a rumbling noise as .»i a distant thunder, which can be heard for many miles around.The Blow Hole is a singular nat ttral phenomenon, and consists of a perpendicular hole, nearly ilreulat with a diameter of about ten yunlf*lug the era ter of an extinct volcano This is connected with the ocean by a cave si bout l.ilOO yards in length, the I seaward opening of which is in all | respects similar fo 1 Ingal's eave in lhc j north of Ireland, the same perpen-j dicular balsa tie columns forming the side walls of each. Into this cave towering waves rush dt%rfng stormy weather, and as the cave extends some distance further into the rock thnf the Blow Ilo.e. on the entrance of each w;fVc tills cavity becomes full of compressed air. which, when the touslor becomes too great, blows the water with stupendous force up to the per pendicular.—Philadelphia Record.IV/1across, and has the appearance of be- jea
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Waterbury Evening Democrat
Waterbury, Connecticut, US
Wed, Jan 03, 1900
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