New-York tribune., 1868-05-26
from which we make the follow

may come next. You may have ALREADY hc9Io ~ h
eruption broke on Mauna LOa, ltue 10 lne sout
OF the summit about O'Clock, Ilday uoInE ~ ~
The ground fbTonS spray OF red lava high in the air
then great column Of smoke rose slSht uP 1IOus''s
new iet was tbroT mn little southeast of the first with
its column of smoke; soon followed Dy aoIher et anu
down the sides OF the mountain IN four streams, in
southerly and eastery direction A3out oSock We @ pe
iouder until seemed 10 trcmble with the incessant
roar of the Volcano but it finally subsidized. and ceased
entirely about O'Clock.
Under date OF April 10 he writes
the morning the shaking incessant, and then sub
sided Wednesday morning (Apr y, about sunrise there
was hard shake, aud again about p. III. Then was
severe and pTOtracted shaking with great deal OF sway
Ing to and fro Of the earth Nearly all that night !e
shaking WIS very severe and frequent with Tuinpn5S 5
sound from the south Thursday Aprl D. between ana
6p m, experienced the most fearful Of ealthquaHes
First the earth swayed to and no norh ana s41 & md
east and west round and round then up ana do"h anu
thing crashing around us; the thrashng about as III
torn by mighty rushing wind II was PGfSb1 Pf bands R
stand, had to sit the ground, OaenH ". m' ~ a. @
and feet to keep from rolling over IA Ihe mus, % T 6 ~
half 10 the north Of us What we supposed 10 be an I'M
mense river Of molten lava S~mcn % cauTse and
across The nan below apparently bursting up from the
ground throwing rocks mgh III inc ar au ToreasS
goats and men, all in instant as il were II went three
miles in not more than three minutes tme' ana AeA
o@e one pointed to the shore and to where we
IonS The seasLore from directly below Punalnu,
about three four miles, the sea was Do D3nss an an
from the shore, and the shore was covered Dy tho
sea We went right over to Nahalas Hin with the child
rem and our natives to where we could see DOth ways
expecting every moment TO be swallowed up by me Iavs
from beneath, for 1t sounded as II 1t was surgng ana
washing under feet all the time, and there were
frequent shakes In places the ground was al cracked
IN and every rock or pail that could fall had fallen. AT
Via we Saw small stream OF black smoking lava, and
outside of Punauu long black point OF IaVa SLOWLY
pushed out to sea and soon disappeared.
the pail TO give notice OF the prayerl1eetng IIe next
day, and the eruption came down both sides leaving
only the where he and the few people VINO
were in IT, completely surrounding them PUT tney ales
ward crawled over the bank OF EARN ana came " us us
His wife and friends ali lost. The villages on the
shore were totally destroyed by the tidal wave that
rushed in immediately after the earthquake the eEuP
tlon reaching the underground, ana many perHneu
The earth eruption swallowed 81 persons and the sea
more still. Mr. Richardson started again Tor hau on
Monday morning april o. reaching kapapaa 80 noon on
severe so he started his TO HO In two or three
hours sleeping the big sandplan in the night When
the clouds lifted up lie great avaOw In the region
of waohinu or Kahuku extending to he sea pare sa
no Te or smoke lie arrived here yesterday Thursday
noon and with two other white men and several natives
last night for Kau in hopes Of being able to
Que any people who might DO in any danger Of the vol
oanO. - - ..
following extracts showing the extent OF the earthquake
ARIn io,s zi island wa, shakep. but most violently
along the western southern and eastern flank OF Mauna
IOa the damage extending from kealaGekua on the west
10 HlO on the northeast, On the northern sue OF
Hawaii, through Hamakua, kohaia ana h0pa; me
shocks though eqTen were a}eT0od nt even bs
thon6 causing people to run out of their houses did
dsmsge to b9dUPs The Kohala plSntatOn chimney
and SSildngs We're not injured We believe that the I'm
munity OF the northern districts ls owing 10 the Oun
tsins Of Mauna Kea, Huaalai, and the KOhsla Range
which intervenes between them and Mauna Loa IL Is
believed that the KOhala Mountains are the Oldest lorna
ton on the island and the volcanic fires retiring south
ward successive portions OF the lsIand were thrown
1t Kona the shock of Thursday was terrific. We
again indebted To Mr.. Williamson for accurate oDSeTYa
tOns and Of the other shocks which visited that
district The vibrations are described by the residents
continuous for hours at ume the wldoWs ana dOOTs
response movements OF the earth few buildings
thrown down, and the sea ebDed and h0Wed eaY-
ing fish stranded the rocks The motion OF the water
equal TO about eght feet perpendicular. The people
Of this and district made sick by the mo
tiOn the with nausea and pains in the
stomach, and loss OF sleep at might.
place 1t racked aud torn by the previous shocks
but that of Thursday made a finish OF the place
from their foundations from Kahuku 10 Kapapala dis
of miles The stone church at KawMohinu is fat
1t fortunate that the shocks had driven people out
OF their dwellings, for that Of Thursday tumbled down
10 miles further the house Of Mr. Lyman, and at
on Reed Richardson's ranch, all frame buildings, were
destroyed beng thrown from their foundations raSked
and strained Just IL this region the great shock OF Thurs
day attained its greatest force. . 49,, -
from Kaalualu harbor Apau, distance OF so miles
Nearly every the beach for this long stretch Of
Vet Ssceftaned correctly At Punaluu church
was shaken down. and the frame houses swept away by
shipping puu station Of j. C. King y GO. Inc stone
houses dwellings, stock OF goods, OF puu he houses OF
natives everything carried of in an instant The
loss OF the firm in buildings alone must reach oyerO
The people Of the village ran for the h when tle wave
in, and all escaped The movement Oh t1e sea was
caused doubtless by the lifting OF the shore line, but
srr tit would be sufficient 10 force the sea outward to
rush back in a destructive wave.
PARTICULARS FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
PAPERS.
From the Pad5e Commercial Advertiser
The American whaling bark Hercuese, Rowland, mas
ter arrived from HlO, Thursday morning, bringing
later from that portion OF hawaii regarding the
earthquakes We have made extracts from such
popdence as has come TO us, and have kindly per
tted make extracts from other letters received by
Correspondent writing from Kau. says The earth
quakes commenced On Friday night some say we had
hight and up to p. m. counted % earthquakes none
were very severe, but their frequency frightened
While at dinner had heavy shOck-cTOckery jingled
and the hosse creaked like ship IN storm. eft the
table and went over TO - aud while talking with them
SnotbeI %s na aSd ed HUE and followed running out of
the house while vases books boxes lamps and dishes,
ing down with laundering nOise and the air filed
with dustthe earth still quyeng In less than q hours
we had over 200 shocks We all feel The chill
dren are very much frightened. Little - slept in my
part OF the night and the rest Of the time he held
at night the house creakng and cracking and children
crying with errOr-s enough to make anybody nervous.
Another letter of the goth OF March, says: At about
eight O'Clock Friday evening we felt slight shock OF
earthquake this the first and possessed some novelty
Since then have had less than 800 At this moment
feeling OF absolute terror prevails The past As hours
has cOmpassed Of the terrible than one usually
periences lifetime. The most severe shock took place
at l45 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The earth moved
like troubled sea- aud the wonder is that more damage
We have had shocks ever since Saturday last, 2sth
March, on yesterday April ID at four In the afternoon,
glass ware Of all descriptions Miss BrickwOOd at
Mr. Joness and when the shock came ran out OF the
and breaking small bone. The Rev. Mr. Lymans house
looks like perfect wreck: The plasteTtng Is all down
aud tho foundation Is badly shaken.
Another runOr says that large rayne had opened on
the slope above the crater reaching across the ROAD 70