Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-14
The Sandwich Islands.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Nav

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. May.
The bark Comet, from the Sandwich
Islands, brings an account of a terrible
volcanic eruption. Mauna Loa began its
demonstrations March 81. On the 2Stb
over hundred earthquake shocks were
felt at Nelina. During the two weeks fol.
lowing to April -, two thousand earth
quake shocks occurred. At Waychina the
earth opened in many places. A tidal
wave, sixty feet high, came in, covering
the tops of of cocoa trees, a quarter of =
mile inland, and sweeping human beings,
houses and everything movable before IL
A terrible shock prostrated church and
houses, killing many. In all 100 lives
were lost, besides thousands of horses and
cattle
The craters vomited fire, rocks and lava.
A river of red hot lava, five or six miles
long, flowed to the sea at the rate of
ten miles an hour, destroying everything
before 1t, and forming an island in the sea.
a new crater two miles wide opened.
and throws rock and streams of fire a
thousand feet high. The streams of lava
rolled to the sea, and at one time the
illumination extended fifty miles at night.
The lava has pushed out from the shore
one mile
At Waychina, three miles from shore, a
conical island rose suddenly, emitting a
column OF steam and smoke, while the
kono packet was passing, scattering mud
on the vessel
The greatest shock occurred April Cd.
Prior to the eruption there was a great
shower of ashes and Pumice. During the
great shock, the swaying motion Of the
earth was dreadful. No person could
stand In the midst of the tremendous
shock, an eruption of red earth poured
down the mountain, rushing across the
plain three miles in three minutes, and
then ceased. Then came the great tidal
wave, and then the streams of lava. The
villages on the shore were all DESTROYED
by this wave. The earth opened under
the sea and redeemed the water. The
earth eruptions swallowed thirty persons,
and the sea many more. Great suffering
and terror prevailed in the whole region
affected. A sloop, the Live Yankee"
had been dispatched with provisions, etc,
to rescue and relieve.
Honolulu correspondence of the Bulle-
lin gives details Of the volcanic disturb
ances, showing that the earthquake shocks
extended to all the islands of the Hawaiian
group, but no damage is known except
around Mauna Loa
Numerous extensive land slides accom-
panied the other phenomena, destroying
life and property. The summit and side
of hill, fifteen hundred feet high, were
thrown thousand feet over the tops of
trees and landed in the valley below. The
gases that issued afterward DESTROYED
vegetable and animal life
BottOmless assures opened i'm the noun
tain sides. One lava stream flows under
ground, breaking out in four Jets six miles
from the sea, and throwing lava and stones
ten or fifteen hundred feet high.
The new island thrown up is four hun
dred feet high, and is now joined to the
main land by stream of lava mile wide
A large stream of water has burst from
the mountain where the earth eruption oc-
CURED. The base of the volcano, for
about three hundred miles in circumfer-
ence, Is desolate. At least half million
of property is destroyed.
The King of the Sandwich Islands has
issued a proclamation for the relief of the
sufferers. Many visitors had gone from
Honolulu, and will go from San Francisco.
The worst is thought to be over, but the
lava flow continues to be a grand spec
tacle.
An earthquake shock at Heraldsburg,
last night, awoke all the inhabitants. Sew
eral shocks were felt in California about
the same period.