The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-05-06

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sirf, quite muddy. aud emitting the above
mentioned pottery edor when We saw Il hrSs
on April 10 bit perfectly clear and inodorous
when We passsd il three days later. A little
higher up Soa grove gives sttll stronger
evidence TO te strength of the propclling
force. The tr,es first seized are snapped OF
aud PROSTATE, set the mud in that place Is
only few FEET deef. The mass Itself Is no
: thing but the bose red soil OF the mountain
side, with good sprinkting Of round bould-
ers, with herr and there siumps Of trees,
7 Ferns, hapuu and Amaumau, and entire lehua
trunks. Near the lower end vigorous,
healthy tSro pint stood erect in the mud, as
II il had been planted there From its sis;rs
protruded portions of the bodies OF many
cattle aud goats, overwhelmed In their Eight
IA gain OF one second in time might have
saved them. The surface Of the mud in this
lower course vas rather smooth, as If il had
been forecd dCNn by the agency OF water, and
Il was still so soft that the feet sank deep
into it.
After We hsi ranked il for some distance
along the side OF the hill, the mud became
solid enough 30 bear our weight, aud We
walked upon il to the head of the pail. The
surface gradually became more rough; the
boulders Increased, and detached portions OF
/ earth and stone were scattered beyond its
borders, which also haItcned out gradually.
I The ascent soon became steep, and here, on
q short spur just in the middle of the mud,
stands native house on an island OF grass
and taro, thanked by two trees. poor wo-
man who happened TO be in II at the time of
the outbreak, escaped the awful fate which
doomed the remaining members of her family,
and was removed from her perilous situation
\ few days after, when the crust had become
solid enough to bear mans weight
As We went GU, the mass became more
/ rough and hard tree trunks and bouldcrs
rod mt
at last the mud ceased entirely and gave
I place 10 = sea of huge rocks, all angular and
exhibiting fresh fractures, large trunks of
trees crushed between and under them, and
streamlcts OF frpSh clear water Wandering
between them. This continued for the last
so feet of rise, and ended in perpendicular
| wall of solid rock. some 70 fe,t high, after
nSviug climbed which, We reposed under the
refreshing shade of tall fern trees, for We had
entered at once the great pull forest. Seated
I or the trunk of PROSTATE tree, We could
{ survey the whole field of devastation We had
just traverssd. Immediately at our feet the
rocky framework Of the pail was torn up,
and lis contents turned topSy furry in dire
| confusion The rocky wall we had Just
I Climbed, continued itself untl il reached the
I sides Of the two hanking hills A perpen-
/ dieular cut in the sides OF the latter laid open
/ some 10 feet Of rcd earth aud eonglomerate.
I On looking behind US We saw that the rock
I We were resting on vas separated from the
mountain By deep eretdSs. parallel TO the
wall, and osly partly visible As II extended
/ under the dense trees. To our LEFT, clear,
I sparkling mountain stream leaped in a boune-
ing cascade ever the ersg, and after losing its
course amid the mare Of rocks, gathered
7 itself again Towing over the solid bedrock in
/ a deep gorgeeut in the mud. This stream had
I existed here before, but ere il reached half
down the pail, became lost in the soil II
d q.
ubSOn water must have been deposited here.
[ Bearing this in mind and the great depth Of
soil and cOuglOmerate on this slope, As indi-
Gated by the cuts in the hill sides, there seems
TO be no great difficulty TO explain how such
enormous masses of earth, at first propelled
horizontally through the air. hurled down the
valley by the tremendous force which tore
of the side of the mountain, should then
have been seized by the propelling force Of
the now liberated subsoil water, and carried
in a mighty stream far beyond the place
where az nrst they were deposited
On returning, We concluded TO reach and
follow the ridge of the bill ianking the
stream on our left. Having arrived there,
We could survey the extent OF the land slides
on the opposite side of the hill, which were
considerable From this place, our guide
pointed out to Us 4 human figure in the dis
lance, moving slowly over the dreary field
1t was husband searching for the body of
his wife Our guide, himself, poor fellow,
mourned the loss OF wife, two little boys,
and both parents. All slept their long sleep
under that field of desOlation. Following
the crest Of the hill still covered with grass
and wood, We were startled oy the number
of assures and eTeyiceS interesting il in
every direction In some places, one was
tempted 10 say that more space was occupied
by them than by the solid crust
The direction Of the solid rock wall and
. ~ In h. = 49,
north to southwest by south, nearly parallel
to i line connecting kilsuea with the lava
outbreak in kahuku- The stream running
from the mud-how is likely TO remain per
mdneut, as it is a continuance of the mount
ain stream above, and now runs upon ex-
posed solid bedrock.
All this destruction was the work of the
great earthquake Of April Cd. During the
i've days preceding il, ever one thousand
shocks had been counted On that afternoon
Mr. HarbOttie, al Reed :. with his men was
driving cattle across the till towards HilO,
when suddenly the earth shook violently and
4 great detouation was heard behind them
Horses and cattle turned round Involuntary.
The whole atmosphere before them was red
and black In 4 very short time this subsidized
some say in Que minute, others in i've min
Utes; but black cloud continued TO hover
over the scene for some time. A native who
resided less than half mile from the scene
and whO had friends living on the hill, found
courage enough 10 run to it half an hour
after the occurrence He thrust his hand in
the mud and found It cold
From that Thursday to sunday the earth
constantly rocked and sVayed, the hills
seemed 10 alternately approach and reeede.
Most people became seasick- Strange roar
ing and surzing noises were heard under the
ground When the ear was applied 10 the
earth il would often receive distinct i'm
l.
against the earth's crust The prevailing
direction OF the earthquake waves was said
To have been from y. L. to 8 W.
During the tWenty-fOur hours of April q,
We experienced twenty shocks at kapapala-
From the upper road from kapapala 10 Wal
Ohinu. 1.-THE lower road has been rendered i'm
passahl- By the e1eruachmeuls OF the seab
several minor land slides were observed on
the hills; most houses were injured more or
Iess; no StoaeEall remained anywhere. All
the people from near the beach had taken
refuge on higher lands near the upper road
Nv professional services were called for by {
many people who had been injured by the I
great oceanic earthquake waves The great /
wave rose TO 4 height OF = feet, and accord |
ing to reliable information, portions Of the /
coaSt-lIn= have sGbsiGed considerably In I
some places encOanut trees formerly out OF I
water are now 4 foot deep in the sea- Every !
village along the coast of kaa and part Of
Puma has BEEN swept away The vhOlepOp- /
aIafiou Of EaiOhinH l found encamp-d on I
a high bill to tie east among the ferns- From I
two To three hundred people had lived there /
for two weeks under the scaaty shelter Of
h1ts made Of MATS, fern and ki-ieaves, and /
could not and it IN their hearts TO return TO I
their houses and fields Their crops, which I
before lad already suffered from lOnZ con- Z
tinued droEzhs- were being invaded o. the 4
eztIIe 10 fences remaining to protect them I
II l. much to Be feared thai the Calamity Of a .