20th Century
In 1906 the islanders passed through a period of distress owing to great mortality among the cattle and the almost total failure of the potato crop. The majority again refused, however, to desert the island, though offered allotments of land in Cape Colony. Similar proposals were made and declined several times since the question was first mooted in 1886.
In 1961 a volcanic eruption on the island resulted in the bulk of the population (a few hundred people) being evacuated to Britain, though most subsequently returned.
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