The resolution was written by Judge Robert Franklin Walker, now Chief Justice of Missouri, and was introduced by Senator Craig and Representative Roney, as before.
Though now apparently extinct, it was formerly an active volcano, and is credited in history with several very disastrous eruptions.
This mountain does not appear to have been previously recognized as an active volcano, but it is situated in a very volcanic country.
It was no doubt recorded that the locality had been once, or more than once, the seat of an active volcano.
The Island of Jan Mayen contains an active volcano, and Iceland contains thirteen, and not improbably more; the Azores have six active volcanoes, the Canaries three; while about eight volcanoes lie off the west coast of Africa.
Strabo, having travelled through the volcanic districts of Italy, was able to recognize that Vesuvius had once been an active volcano, although no eruption had taken place from it within human memory.
The roots of ancient volcanoes have thus been laid bare by geological revolutions; and some of the subterranean phases of volcanic action are thereby revealed which are wholly concealed in an active volcano.
It is a little singular that the monuments and statues in the city escaped without damage except in the case of the imposing Dewey Monument, in Union Square Park, which suffered what appears to be a minor injury.
All relief records were broken within two days of the disaster, but still the purses of the rich and poor alike continued to add to the huge contributions.
There was water in plenty in the reservoirs, but they were distant and difficult to reach, and all night of the day succeeding the earth shock wagons mounted with barrels and guarded by soldiers drove through the park doling out water.
The pillars of the new stone gates at the park entrance were twisted and torn from their foundations, some of them, weighing nearly four tons, being shifted as though they were made of cork.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "active volcano" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
