The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-04-29

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another very smart shock. Nothing like
Thursdays shock, but very uncomfortable
however; it made me jump ont Of bed very
quick. No damage done, however, but for
several minutes after the shock, the earth
was trembling necessarily. To-day, II Is
cloudy and We cannot see II there Is any fire
or eruption on the mountain.
Mr.. Geo. Jones met heavy loss at Keau-
hou by the inundation. Besides the houses
aud fixtures which were swept away by the
sea, he also lost some 1877 bales OF pull that
were ready for shipment On Saturday last,
he chartered the schooner Odd Ftiloc, and
started In her to see II he could not pick up
some of the pulu that might have been wash
cd along the shore, between there and the
south point
The detailed accounts which we hear from
the poor fugutives from Kau, are heart-rend-
Ing indeed. Our own experience here, and
our suspense and uncertainty as to the diree-
ton and ending Of this volcanic action, arc
anything but pleasant, aud have tendency
10 make man nervous. to spoil his laugh,
and interfere with bis appetite. Some trem-
bling of the earth to-day, but no shake since
last night
Aprila-Slept soundly last night and heard
nothing; but am told by others, that there
| was s rather smart shock about ESQ this
morning. At 6 A. NJ, the cres; of Maunaloa
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see thin column of smoke in the same direc-
ton that it was seen on Tuesday morning
At noon to-day, Charles Richardson return
ed from Kapapala- He went from here on
place, and If the earthquake had subsidized.
He arrived at Kapapala on Tuesday forenoon,
and found that the ground was still violently
agitated, though not with the short sharp
motion of Thursday and Friday last, but
with a long undulating motion, varied now
and then with sinking action, as if the
whole island had settled bodily down. He
stayed there four hours, but deeming 1t IN
safe to remain longer, he left towards even
ing and encamped for the night on the Aa-
moku, (the ridge of the IA. which you may
remember halfway between Kapapala and
the Volcano House, That night-Tuesday
night-he saw very large flow of lava run
ming from the mountain, apparently back OF
Kilae, and coming out by the sea, las near as
he could judge between the harbor of Ksa-
loalo, below Waiohinu, and the south point
of the island. When he passed the crater of
Kilauea, yesterday, on his way hiiher, the
fires in the crater seemed thoroughly extinct,
and the south lake collapsed. He slept at
Olaa last night, and this morning early, he
saw an enormous column of smoke In the
direction of Kilauea, which the natives, judy
ing by their own peculiar land marks, declar-
ed TO be either in, ornear the crater of Kilau-
ca, or on line with 1t on Pahoehoe flats be-
You'd, towards Kapapala.
This afternoon, the blacksmith of waio-
hinu, and the Kau mail-carrier arrived, hav-
ing left Waiohinu on Monday morning last
The blacksmith reports that at that time
large number of foreigners in Waiohinu
were preparing to leave; and large mum
Der of natives had left for Kona, and others
were living in the open air on the hills
above
The sea swept Kaalualu on Thursday last,
as it had swept Honuapo and the otherplaces
along the coast, washed away several houses
and killed number Of people-how many,
is not yet known. The earth had been sha-
king almost constantly and severely every
day and night. A large landslide had &C.
CURED on the west side of Waiohinu valley,
near where SWANS tannery was formerly
situated Fire had been seen in the noun
tains above, but none had come down on the
low lands between Kahuku and Waiohinu
when they left, on Monday morning. Alarge
hole, sixty feet in diameter, had opened on |
the fiat below Kahuku, with no bottom visi- |
BILE from the brink of it, and emitting guam
titles of sulphuric vapor These men saw
the same flow of lava on Tuesday night, that's
Richardson reported having seen from the |
Aaa-moku.
Letters received here from Kona are to
March 81. They speak of several severe
shocks of earthquake, previous to that date,
but give no detailed accounts. The mail
carrier, who arrived in Kau on Thursday
evening last, was too near Kahuku at the
the time to know of its effects in Kona.
Assured, therefore, that the lava tlow on
Tuesday night last must have cut off the re-
treat of the people living in Waiohinu and
beyond, from Puma and Hilo, and Judging
rom the fire and smoke on the top of Mau-
nalOa-not knowing but what one or more
lava streams might have cut off their retreat
from Kona, Capt. Spencer and others, fitted
out and dispatched this afternoon, the sloop
Lire Yankee to 20 to Waiohinu and the coast
beyond, to supply in a measure, the wants
Of the destitute, aud take of any who wish
I'd to leave, or VINO might be hemmed in by
The lava
The air in Hilo has been fearfully surchaIg-
ID with smoke all this day. No shakes, and
'nIy one trembling that have noticed, since
asst night
Two men arrived from Laupahoehoe this
afternoon, and report the road as not entire
' impossible, but on the sides of the Haka-
au, Maulua, and one or two other pals, In
iome places, is considerably cayed in. All
he bridges are in good condition and are not
damaged.
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