The New York herald., 1868-06-10

men, wasdrivins cate across the hiIi tswarf. fIGo
when suddenly the earth shook s,oieaty aai EreAt
detonat0n Was heard bchtnd them. uOfsc- Anfi
cattle turned round Involuntary. The whole atao--
phere before them was red aud black In scfy short
time this sucs,ded-some say IN one minute. cshers
IN i've minutes-but black cloud continued 10 hover
over the scene for some time. native who resided
less than half Q mile from the scene and Who had
friends living on the hill found courage enough 70
run to II half an hour after the occurrence. He
thrust his hand In the mud and found f cold.
From snst THURSDAY 70 SUNDAY the earth ssns.n
Strange roaring and sursns nJcss were heard under
it would often receive distinct impression a. n .
subterranean wave struck against the earths crust
Mr.. JOrnander writes a. follows regarding the tidal
wave:-
At Keauhou, the following results OF the earth
quake on Thursday have been reported. Mr.. stack
pole who had charge OF the place. mad been up 10
the Volcano House during the day. and was return
Ing In the afternoon; While DESCENDING Tue pail 70
immense amount OF earth. stones and bouiders
down the pail after him. Escaping these he arrived
direction OF the village OF Aqua but not house
to be seen He then rode down 70 the edge OF the
plateau from whence Keauhou ought TO have been IN
sight but nothing OF Il could he seen. Descending
to PahOehOe, he met the men working al keaunou
running up mauka, who reported that nothing was
left OF KeauhOu; that Immediately after the esrth-
quake the sea had rushed In and swept on every
dwelling and stOrehOuse and all their contents and
that they had barely escaped with their lives. There
some 1871 bales OF pulu In store ready for ship
ment. all Of which was swept away. They represent
that the sea went up as far as the two basaltic
columns indicating the road down to Keauhou-a
depth OF wave at least forty TO fifty feet.
At Punauu, at the moment OF the shock, II seemed
as If an immense quantity OF lava had been DIS
charged into the some distance from the shore,
for almost instantly terrible cOmmotion arose the
water boiling and tossing furiously. Shortly after
swards a tremendous wave was sweeping up on the
shore and when 1t receded here nothing left OF
Punaluu. Every house, the big stone church. even
the cocoanut trees-all but two-were washed away.
no nj mi of lnlt Ia nj Vaf nal
who were out fishing at the time perished and many
Of those ashore. big chasm opened running from
the sea up into the mountain, down which, 1t Is said
lava mud, trees, ferns and rocks were rushing out
into the sea.
The same wave that swept away Punaluu also de-
strOyed the villages OF Ninole, Kawaa and Honuapo.
Not house remains to mark the site OF these places,
except at HOnuapo, where small ''hale halawai,"
the brow OF the hil above the village stood on Fri
day last. The large cOcOanut grove at HOnuapO was
washed away, as well as that at Punaluu. part OF
the the bg pail at Honnapo, on the road to Waiohlnu.
thence are now Obliged to take the mountain road
through Hilea-uka
had swept HOnuapO and the other places along the
coast, washed away several houses and killed
rae
ly every day and night. large land slide had oc-
Cured on the west side Of WaiOhinu valley, near
where Swain's tannery was formerly situated. Fire
had been seen In the mountains above, but none had
come down on the low lands between Kahuku and
large hole sixty feet In diameter had opened on the
nat below Kahuku, with no bottom visible from the
brink Of 1t, and emitting quantities OF sulphuric
vapOr.
fhave Just been told an incident that occurred at
Nin0le during the inundati0n Of that place. At the
and his wife ran out Of the house and started for the
hills above; but remembering the money he had in
the house the man left his wife and returned to
bring away. Just as he had entered the house the
broke on the shore and, envelopng the building
first washed it several yards inland and then as the
wave receded swept 1t or to sea with him In it, Be-
Oat
swimmers in that region, he succeeded In wrenching
on q board or rafter, and with this as papa hee-
nulu sur bOard) he boldly struck out for the shore
and landed safely with the return wave. When we
consider the pr0digi0us height OF the breaker on
the feat seems almost Incredible were i not that he
s now alive to attest It, a. well as the people the
hill side who saw him.
The latest advtces from Hawaii state that the
island is still shaking and quivering making forty
one days Of earthquakes. Nothing new as yet re.
garding lava nows, although the Inhabitants feel
confident another dow must take place before quiet
will be restored.
The United States steamer Lackawanna, Com
San Francisco. am told that Captain Reynolds re-
ceived Q complimentary letter from the principal
Americans residing in Honolulu, expressive OF the
warmest sentiments Of regard and esteem for the
efficient manner In which he had conducted the mis-
sion on which he was sent.
The United States steamer Mohongo Commander
Simpson arrived from San Francisco on the 5th inst
and has taken the position In harbOr vacated by
the La ckawanna
Her Britannia Majesty's steamer Reindeer arrived
from Esquimalt, v. l., on the 7th. I hear that she
has been detailed to make explorations and surveys
among the islands lying near the equator to the west
Of this.
on these islands who will always hear Of their ad-
vancement In the service In which they have cast
their lot with peculiar pleasure:
can be called important or interesting The strength
of the parties shown on one two test questions
come before them with be the subsidy OF $4,000
year to the c. o. and M. 8. 8. Co., and the appropra-
ton OF $4,000 for the War Department; A strong
extremely doubtfsT II the friends OF the
measure will succeed in working it through
have been called for by the Ministry IN order to
make such arrangements as may be necessary to en-
war of the United States from our harbor Who
knOwsS
The receipts OF the government for the past two
the same period sss4 1877 cash balance or $les 5e7
Is reported IN the government vaults.
soth April from Wakes island, The scene of the wreck
OF the Hamburg bark Llbclle, wrecked In 1865 while
on a voyage from san Francisco to China. In No
venlber last the Hawaiian schooner Moi Wahne was
hted out to 90 to the island TO the balance
OF the quicksilver with which the Libelle was loaded
Ine SCHOONER re0Cneu Tue tSi8nd ana landed the
divers and managing party and put to sea- and has
never been heard nom since. Tho divers succeeded
In securing 246 masks OF quicksilver, and after resld
ing on the island over ave months were taken on by
the Clio and brought TO this port II Is feared that
the schooner went down N a typhoon which COM
menced blowing two days after she left But two
foreigners were on board the scho0ner-Captain
zenas Bent and Mr.. Joseph Wight the mate-both
Americans.
A party Of three Japanese are now visiting this
city. One OF the party, I hear. intends to enter
Oahu College for course OF instruction
The British ship Robert L.. Lane, OF Glasgow, Scot
land, has been hove out, and Is now being stripped
OF her copper. The rudder and keel were found to
be badly damaged.
The Hawaiian bark n. w Wood has been
thoroughly overhauled and will leavefor San Fran /
cisco on the 18th.
The Idaho, OF the c. 0. and M. steamship Com
pany sails TO day for san Francisco with full cargo
and about % passengers
The bark b. @. Murray, opposition, sails with
her, having o full freight and thirty-nve
passengers. strong opposition exists against
the steam line owing to the fact that the agency was
given to q German house, ignoring the claims Of
American houses OF equal standing and influence
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