New-York tribune., 1868-06-10
THE GREAT EARTHQUAKES

Tup TornrNF,S attentive correspondent in San
Erancisco forwarded files of The Hapdidn Gazette
hurried reports of the scenes on the Sand
witch Islands during the recent marvellous earth
ouakes there and these reports were printed IN IE
TRrUNE of May %. The latest newspapers from
Honolulu which reached San Francisco on the 22d
nit. supply additional details of the scene at HilO
uring the great oonvulsions and interesting letters
from gentlemen who have visited Mauna Loa and
Kilauca since the subsistence of their subteuanean
fires.
letter from resident Of Hilo thus describes the
at that pao
All Hilo is in the greatest state excitement AL
panic stricken Thursday the I'd at 4O5 p l we expe-
renced the most awful earthquake have ever known
coming from the tannery to my store when heard
loud rumblng noise like number Of iron carriages
over rough road by Wild horses soon tne shock
took fright and ran and snorted the dogs hoTed
as though some one had been firing among them The
shock lasted good while how long cannot say but
,,0culty that | could stand. On reaching the store
such a ght and such smell greeted me- Anthe bottles
Sddr Pe i5 bToEch The Chimney Of the cOokhOuse
was thrown down and the end of the house burst
flat; Reeds new house was injured the foundation
destroyed of the large pillar supports OF lava are
and back it about ten feet above high
water mark No one slept on THURSDAY hgn tne EARN
every once in while ii would give shrug To-day t Is
sfraid 10 stay IN the house As write it is shaking and
occasionally wait for it to subside to resume my writ
ing Stackoe arrived to-day He says the sea came
and completely demolished every house IN the place,
and carried off some lG bales OF pulu the store ana
everything. He described the shock as more erlOe ta
we had it here
THE GREAT VOLCANO OF KILAUEA.
Hdebrand who has paid visit to the great crater,
thus describes its appearance:
The ground around the crater particularly on the east
ern and western sides is rent by great number per UI & hs
and very deep others of lesser size run parallel to and
cross the Kau road 50 as to Te9der aYet on very uan
land by very deep cTevasse, and stands an isO
lated ovcrhanging rock which, at the next severe con
sures are hidden by grass and bushes forming many
traps the unwary The Volcano House however, has
the least From the walls Of Kauea large of rock
have been detached and thrown down On He %est ana
fore the great earthquake Of April the falling masses
off in It's stream for the walls there perpendicu
lar they before but that this part OF the wall has
crevces along the edge just spoken Of and the
partial detachment in many places OF large Pfss Ul
larry that the character of the crater has undergone
change Along the descent the second ledge masses
of rock many than 100 uns weight, obstruo the
path aud form abutments TO the stone plars-snal but
basatc wall in Kooau Oahu so also the deep crater
ITSELF the eastern wall much of its perpendcuar
was entirely devoid Of liquid lava no ncandcscence any
cG @ SSye6eG ns ay s Gs @
might of our stay, between u and a. M detonatons
in the south Lake white vapOrs Of steam issued from
the floor in hundred places but Of those sitting, sui
phurous and acid gases formerly overPowerng In the
neighbOrhoOi the lakes and ovens only the aintes
trace perceived here and there. The heat was
ing for minute or more although ~, in many many places place
The great south Lake is transformed into a
vast pit, more than 800 feet Deep the solid east
remaining sides are falling off with sharp inclination,
and consist of confused mass of More than twothirds
below the level Of the remaining floor The
in scmiclrcuaT line consider able portion Of the
other half 1t is greatest in the northern, and rather
gradual and gentle in its southern portion. Entering
upon the depressed floor from the southern lake, it
some time before we became fully aware oI Its existence
where 1t deepest that there presented itself through
fst rOesae and Outlines At @
quite bewildered fancynG that behed the
wall of the crater. On nearer approach satisfied
eurseyes that this singular wall represented the line Of
STaa fact that surprised as the more @ as Srd eye
view from above had altogether failed TO apprse us 0f It's
TIE GREAT FIssURE NEAR THE PUMA ROAD,
era nights southeast direction and that natives had
REP % flowing 9 aya e we S fEae es 0r m dm e
dwelling where the Puma road turns of from the Kauea
from % bush WScS sparSey covered the pa6oehOe ma
kai Of the road Half hours ride brought US up to the
before reaching the spot on account Of the ssures
the heaplcst cloud of vapOr at last deep
.orcyasse IN the nahoeh0e. at least a feet IN
out in places but nowhere was less than eight teei
wide It's length estimated at 400 feet. parallel
feet in With were humber Of smaller ones each side
diminishing in size with distance from it, from six feet
TO few inches From the larger openings IN the fOrmer
heavy white columns OF hot steam issued, which had
decidedly alkaline smell Smaller jets Of yapCT in the
number of 80, from the smaller assures we conn
not discover fire IN any place but It Is very Lnas
during dark nights the reflex OF the underlying ldVa
Contain combustble material is unlikely that the light
sssS scI Of pGI0 all the nsTs sSfes degrees
gTees S. or nearly the direction of line connecting
Kauea with Wai0hiDu and Kahuku"
AT KAPAPALA' ,-,..a
As in this district the earthquake Of April eliminated
TO its greatest intensity so as even to rend IN twain te
framework Of mountain side, and hurl down on the
plan portion Of It's flank ii is necessary to give short
description Of the country IN order 70 insure proper @
IS that comprised between the ranch station Oh keed
Richardson on the east ana r. oa on es.
two places through fine grassy plain which mas
very gentle fall toward the sea- It's elevation being about
1000 feet Into this plain project from the slope OF
Mauna Loa three parallel hills or spurs each about one
incinde M two broad valleys between them The upper
portions Of these valleys rise with steep Incline toward
coyeEed with dense pniu forest which extends far up
the gentle slope Of the dome OF Mauna LOa. In the
second one of these valeysthat next to Lymanst the
socaed mud flow took place but very extensive land
slides confined simply to the loose eaIth ana eongiOme
ratealso occurred in the other valleys
THE MUD ERUPTION
The mud flow is found three miles from Reeds 1t pro-
The plain begins at once with thickness Of six feet
which, toward the middle, whsIet forms small ALL hill
width, and contracts toward Its end. From this end
long queue Of bolders bears witness TO the violent action
tied and which has since perpeuated itself in a stream
OF size, quite muddy, aud emitting the aboyenen,
perfectly clear and inOdorous when we passed IL three
days later. little higher up kog grove gives stu
The trees first seized are snapped of and PROSTATE yet
the mud in that place is only few feet deep The mass
tain side, with considerable sprinkling Of round
bowlders with here and there snmps Of trees ferns,
the lower end vigorous, healthy taro plant stood erect