The Thames Valley Catastrophe - Grant Allen
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Two bicyclists, one a Londoner, the other an American geologist
named Ward, out for a pleasant bicycle trip in the idyllic Thames
valley, meet at a small village inn on the west bank of the Thames.
Their parlor chat turns to the subjects of mountains and volcanic
eruptions, and the difference between small vent-hole eruptions and
large fissure eruptions. The Londoner speaks:"Let us be thankful,"
I said, carelessly, "that such things don't happen in our own
times." He eyed me curiously. "Haven't happened, you mean," he
answered. "We have no security that they mayn't happen again
to-morrow. These fissure-eruptions, though not historically
described for us, are common events in geological history —
commoner and on a larger scale in America than elsewhere. Still,
they have occurred in all lands and at various epochs; there is no
reason at all why one shouldn't occur in England at
present."Cycling the next morning, stopping on a river bridge, the
Londoner hears a frantic cry and sees a man running on the river
tow path as though being pursued by a wild animal."I glanced back
to see what his pursuer might be; and then, in one second, the
whole horror and terror of the catastrophe burst upon me. Its whole
horror and terror, I say, but not yet its magnitude. I was aware at
first just of a moving red wall, like dull, red-hot molten metal.
... I think I can recollect that my earliest idea was no more than
this: "He must run, or the moving wall will overtake him!" Next
instant, a hot wave seemed to strike my face. It was just like the
blast of heat that strikes one in a glasshouse when you stand in
front of the boiling and seething glass in the furnace. At about
the same point in time, I was aware, I believe, that the dull red
wall was really a wall of fire. ... a second wave from behind
seemed to rush on and break: it overlaid and outran the first one.
This second wave was white, not red — at white heat, I realized.
Then, with a burst of recognition, I knew what it all meant. What
Ward had spoken of last night — a fissure eruption!"How will he
escape? Is Ward toasted? Will the torrent of molten rock follow the
river valley to London? Can he warn people in time to flee and save
lives? Will London be destroyed? ... !
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