The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-11

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met, from Sandwich Islands, brings "a ac-.
counts Of terrible volcanic eruption at
Manna Lao. It began March 27th, and On
Ethe 2sth over 100 earthquake. shocks were
fslt at .Nilina. During the twosweeks fol.
lowing, to April Is, 1900 shocks occurred
at Waischira. The earth opened In many
places. A tidal waserose sixty feet high,
overlapping cocoa trees a,tquafter Of mile
inland, ndsweeping hufnsh beings, houses,
and everything movable, before It. A ter
trtble| shock Frustrated churches and houses,
killing many. One hundred lives were
lost, besides th6usands Of horses and cattle.
The craters ronissd fire, rocks, and lava.I Il
river Of red-hot lara five or six miieH long
flowed to the SEQ alta rate Of ten miles an hour,
destroying everything beforeit and forming
an island In the sea. "A newcrater, two miles
| wide opened, which throws rocks and
streams Of fire thousand . feet: high.
Streams Of lava rolled to the sea. AT one
time the illumination extended fifty miles
tat night. The lava has pushed out from
shore one mile at Waischira.5 ii T9EI
Three miles from the shore a coral Island
rose, suddenly emitting column Of steam
| and smoke, while the Kono packet was pass.
| ing, spattering mud on the vessel. yFT:Et : q
7 The greatest shock occurred April Cd.
| Prior to the eruption there was great
fshower of ashes and 3pumice. During the
great shock the swaying motion of the earth
was dreadful. person could stand. In
the midst Of this, "a tremendous eruption Of
| red earth poured down the mountain, rush
| ing across the plain three miles in three
| minutes, and then ceased. Then came the
great tidal wave, and then the streams of
lava. :Fs:af t'iI E.1,.,it.!I.EE 70 .y,2T;.I,s .
The villages on the shore were all, de-
stroyed by this wave. The earth opened
| under the sea, and Redeemed the water. The
earth eruption swallowed thirty persons,
and the sea many more. Great suffering
and terror prevailed in the whole region
affected. A sloop Live Yankee) has been
dispatched with provisions, &C., to rescue
and relieve the sufferers el5Z CT
~ Honolulu correspondence to the Bulletin,
Of this city, gives the details Of the volcanic
disturbances, showing that the earthquake
shocks extended to all the islands of the
Hawaiian group, but no damage, as known,
except around Mauna Loa. Numerous and
extensive land slides, accompanied by other
phenomena, occurred, destroying life and
| property. The summit and side of a hill
| fifteen hundred feet high were thrown o
thousand feet over the, tops of trees, and
landed in the valley below. The gases
that issued afterwards destroyed vegetable
and animal life. .Fathomless assures opened
in the mountain sides. A 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. i
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 eruptions occur
red. The base of the volcano, about three
hundred miles in circumference, is desc
lated. At least half million of property
is destroyed. The King Of the Sandwich
Islands had issued proclamation for the re-
lief of the sufferers. Many visitors had
gone from Honolulu, and will 60 from San
Francisco. The worst is thought to be over,
but the lava flow continues, presenting a
grand spectacle rn- .-r,-- e,..s.z..rs
The earthquake shock at Hearldsburg
last night awoke all the inhabitants Seve-
raj shocks were felt in California about the
period of the outbreak in Hawaii.