The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-05-21
Terrible Volcanic ErsuDtfOuA
Great Destruction OfLife.
- FRANCIsCO. Ma &


--rs SAN FRANCISCO, Nav 8.
The bark Comet, from the Sandwich
Islands, brings. accounts of a terrible
volcanic eruption. Mauffa-Loa began
demonstrations March q. On the
28th- over one hundred earthquake
shocks we're. felt. During the tive
weeks following to April 18th, two
thousand earthquake shocks occurred
at Wasehina. The earth opened in
many places, 3
a tidal wave sixty feet high rolled
over the tops Of the cocoa trees. a quar-
ter Of a mile inland, sweeping human
beings, houses, and everything nova
bic, before it "a terrible shock pros
trated churches and houses, killing
many In all, one hundred liyeswe
lost, besides one thousand horses and
cattle.
The craters vomfted 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 it, and forming an
island in the sea. ~ p.
A new crater, two miles wide, has
opened, and throws rocks and streams
Of fire a thousand feet high. Streams
of lava rolled to the sea. At one time
the illumination extended fifty miles
at night. The lava has pushed ont
from shore one mile at Wayschina.
Three miles from shore a conicaI island |
rose suddenly, emitting column of
steam and smoke while the Konol !
packet WAS passing, spattering mud on
the vessel.
The greatest shock occurred April I'd. !
Prior to the eruption, there was a great
shower Of ashes and pumice.
During the great shock, the swaying
motion Of the earth was dreadfuI.-l
No person could stand. In the midst
Of this tremendous. shock, an eruption |
Of red earth poured down the mount
am, rushing across the plain three
miles in three minutes, and then eeas-
ed. Then came the great7tidaI wave,
and then the streams of lava. The
villages on the shore were all lalestrOy-
ed By this wave. The earth opened
under the. sea and redeemed the water.
The earth eruption swallowed aP tlir-
ty persons and the sea many more.
Great suffering and terror prevailed
in the whole region affected.
The slOOp Live. Yankee, had been
dispatched with provisions, etc, to the
rescue and relief Of the people.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9. /
The Honolulu correspondent of the
Bulletin gives details of the volcanic
disturbances, showing that the earth
quake shocks extended to all the
islands Of the Hawaiian group, but no
damage is known, except around Mau-
na-LOa. Numerous extensive land
slides accompanied the other phenom-I
ena, Destroying life and property
The summit and side of a hill, 1900
feet high, was thrown a thousand feet
over the tops Of the trees and landed
in the valley below. The gases that
issued afterWard destroyed vegetable
and animal life. .BOttOmless assures
opened in the mountain sides. One
lava stream flows under the 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
hundred feet high, and is now Joined |
to the main land by a stream Of lava a |
mile wide.
A large stream Of water has burst !
from the mountains where the earth |
occurred. From the base of
the volcano, a space about three humid
red miles in circumference, is desOlat-
ed. At least half a million dollars of
property has been destroyed.
The King Of the Sandwich Islands
had issued a proclamation for the re-
lief Of the sufferers. Many visitors
had gone from HOnoluiurand will go
from san Francisco. The worst is
thought to be over, but the lava flow
continues a grand spectacle.
An earthquake shock at Healds-
burg, last night, aWoke all the inhabi-
tants. Several shocks were felt in
about the period Of the out
break in the Sandwich Islands.