New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-02
TIE VOLcINO PHENOMENA ~ THE M
UdIIAN ISLANDS
THE sUBSIDESCE or HkwAII-ACCOMPAS YfNC
PHENOMENAL BOLD ExPLORER--y OLCANi1
WAVES.

THE SUBSISTENCE or HAwAII-ACCOMPANYf
PHENOMENAL BOLD EXPLOREi,--yOLCANIC
WAVES.
fRROh AS OCCASIONAL cORIgSPOsDgSrI
HONOLULU, Aug. 20-Wc are congratillating
ourselves that Wa do live upon Hawaii That island
so long occupied with earthquakes. errptons volcanic
and svsanche- OF mud that have desOIacd her
valleys. has. within the plst few days. taken new
freak II Is apparently slowly settling into the sea
Like FalstaH, Hawaii Is nov proving herself 20 have
q kind Of alacity 10 sinking"
THIS uncomfortable ulenolenon frat noticed soon
after te atearthauakes Of last April 9uthe derange
ment of level fret supposed to be temporary and
due 70 tidal which wonid recede in due course OF
time. Letters from Hawaii 70 the writer. dated IA far
back iast June speak OF the unusually high tides
that had allied along the southern and eastern shores
~ the island. II might well DO doubted whether any
volcanic agencies however powerful could thus porua
ncuty affect tho ocean level.
" soon became apparent that the crs. Of The earth
island. which has Of less thaa Iooo square
miles 10 settle gradually toward the center Tho yield
ing Is indeed inconsderable AZ any one point but
suggests the uneasy question whether the whole island
may not prove "a "base4ss fabric" whether some day.
dis-oving into the molten depths which the geooqnsis
~ lie beneath the bases of s m0untslps 4 may
not pas from sight and leave not rack behind 10
u't"'' w. - 'r -, So. ',3 ~ ~
that Of Hawaii. whose i"'" surninits rivai
the highest peaks Of Europe in altitude and covered
with perpetual snow yet he Ict remains that the ISLAND
has settled upon s foundations, few feet, on ts south
and shores feH inches only the east and
north. hut enough TO the old demarks. aud 70
overflow u,e Vegetation Of Tue more love. beaches Tor
tides OF the Pacific do not reach hnf the elevation
that those OF your attain and the limo or
vegetable growth often separated by bal lrw inches
from that Ol low water mark Ia the HeIOUy Islands.
group distant ten days' sal from own yOnr CORES
pOnden has the pendant foliage o. forest treas that
Tor 2 hour out of the 81 From this circumstance the
least displacement the land aud water iine "a easily
noticeable.
The Other phenomenon witch we have experienced in
common with the people of Hawaii. - Continued -uc
cesion % volcanic waves. nneaused by any condition
That ycf ahA 20 discover. The fret OF these
observed az Honolulu the night ~ August
Is, and noted al neatly the same nomept 9 ies Ia the
southeast by that active observer the Roy THU. tOan OF
IlO The noticeable feature OF this and OF the subsequent
waves that have rolled ma upon us irom parts unknown
proximity. measured by the nearre-s ~ different
islands u the American coast This ile OF increasing
this group directed towatd the sogthear II contin
ued this line would infringe upon tho South American
eosdng 20 he suggestion OF MI Coan for the disturbing
force that has rolled IN these cty waves NJ the rate of
wo trto per hour rr four days upon quiet shores
The PECULIARLY vi their motion has been IL slow and
ady character IL not the sweep OF the furious
brackets That iasrd our coasts at the une OF the Apr
erptions bt rather gigantic ".choh thst -ugsrsi
the dea ~ vibration extending quite ACROSS he Piec
d-pnccIscn NJ Tho whole body OF the earth within
s envelope 90 oceans ~ that Vibfated Eiinin - NUM-
covering M ritiles IA the shell The rcfuK. too.
generally twice ~ gcat tue "A Kat whIoh the wafer
gained above hightde marx
Tho speed ~ tidal movements a. vast "a those which
recent catthuakes Lave Caused = almost ncre.Die e
ricat earthquake ~ Apii ~ WIS trn'mtIrt from
Hawai- Ia tho shores ~ Me,ico. California and Oregon.
distance y.FYin- iioia 800 20 300 miles IL ntt hc'
tre tee Indicated 1Fihf government ,llfeg -tere to-
gauges san Francisco and Astoria. when record "a
Prryai the evening ~ he sie day 10 which 10 bad
de,0nfcd the coast ~ Puma and kfu ON tie 4l OF De-
ceulcr ls5i. similar Transmitted acrOs, tho
entire breadth OF tho Pacific Ocean oln Japan % Cali
fnruia u f. hours ant - minutes. These Ihuts
a writer IA The van fr0iciscD Baisf'H convey very
impressive 0f the trenendou. power req re 20 us
movement di.nc, from III. tids swing VIII be- seen
that the rcyi'on N the great wave OF Apr l't 49,
observed along stretch "' mo Aurrica '''' "''D '
a thousand mile tu length"