The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-05-11
suRr.ur,E SPECTACLE.
A Column OF Fire One Thousand Feet
Ia Hight.

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la Hight.
a jet Of lava OF more etupendous proper.
tions than ever conceived of, is described
By Mr., CoAN, in tho Honolulu Friend, Of
February, in his account Of the eruption Of
Manua Loo on tho island Of Hawaii;
The eruption commenced near the sum
init Of the mountain, and only five or six
miles southeast OF tho eruption in 1913. For
two days this summit crater sent down its
burning floods along the northeastern slope
OF the mountain then suddenly the valve
closed, and the great furnace apparently
ceased to blast. After thirty.six hours the
tusia was seen bursting out Of the cas- tern
side OF the mountain, about midway from
the top to the base,
1t would seem that the summit lava had
found subterrancan tunnel, for half way
down the mountain, when coming to a weak
point, or meeting with some obstruction, it
burst up vertically. sending column of in
candosccnt fusia ,000 feet high into the
air. This fire Jet was abont 100 feet in di.
ameter, and it was sustained for twenty
days and nights, varying in hight from 500
to 900 feet. The disagreement from tho
mountain aide was often withterri6c eXplo-
sjons, which shook the hills, aud with de-
! touatons which were heard for forty miles,
This column of liquid fire was. an object of
surpassing brilljaicy, Of intouse and awful
grandeur. As the Jet issued from the awful
oriiice il was at white heat AS il ascend.
Cd higher aud higher it reddened like fresh
blood, deepening ts color, until, in its de-
scent, much of it assumed the color OF clot.
ted gore.
In few days II hal raised a ne some
800 feet high around the burning orihce,
and as the showers of burning minerals
fell in livid torrents upon the cnue, il be.
came ono vast heap of glowing Goals, HASH
| ing and quivorng with restless action, and
sending out the heat of 10000 furnaces in
full blast The struggles in disgorgmg the
! fiery masses, the upward rush of the col
umn, the force which raised it 1000 vert.
cal feet, and the continuous falling back ol
! thousands OF tuns of mineral fusia into the
throat of the crater, and over conc Of
glowing Goals one NILE in circumference,
was sight to inspire awe and terror, at
! tended with explosive shocks which seemed
t. rcnd the mural ribs of tho mountain and
sounds to wakeu the dead and startlo the
spirits in lladcs. From this fountain n
river of fire went rushing and leupng
| down the mountain with amazing velocity,
I filling up basins and ravues, dashing over
.
| precipces, and exploding rocks, until II
reached the forests at the base OF the noun
tain, where it burned it's fiery way, consum
ing the Jungle, evaporoting the water the
streams and roolS, cutting down The trees.
aud sending up clouds Of smoke in murky
columns of fleeGy wreaths to heaven.
a Eastern Hawaii was sheen OF light,
and our night was turned into day. So
great was the illumination at night, that
ole could read without lamp, and labor
travelling and recreation might go on as in
the day time. Mariners at sea saw The
! light at 200 miles distance. 1t was pyro-
technical display, moro magnificent and
marvellous than was made by an earthly
monarch. In the day time, the atmosphere
tor thousands OF square miles, would he
hlled with murky haze, through which the
sunbeama shed pale and stckly light.
Smoke, steam, gases, rs es, cindcrs-tu
mace or capillary or lilamentary or vltrllica-
tons called Pelo' hair-iloated in the air,
sometimes spreading ont like fan, some
! times Careering III swift currents upon the