In 1943 the Paricutin volcano in this country grew in a cornfield to be more than 1,100 feet tall
... Parcutin reached the height of 336 metres (1,100 feet) in the first year, and 
when... [DOC] [TLE] Paricutin Volcano - WonderClub.com [PAR] The eruption of the Paricutin scoria cone from 1943 to 1952 marks the first time ... 
in the hole, the ground swelled and raised it self 2 or 21/2 meters high, and a kind 
of smoke or fine ... That night, incandescent bombs blew more than 1,000 feet up 
into the darkness, and a slaglike mass of lava rolled over Pulido's cornfields.