The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-06-18
THE TRIBUNE.
GREATEST ERUPTION on RECOnD.
one Hundred Lives L0st.--Wboie villa.
ges DestrOyed.--Several Lava Streams

isdanos nave not witnessed since the fee
OF foreigners touched their soil.
The earthquake of thursday afternoon
winch was felt so distinctly on Oahu
Maui and Kauai. destroyed many lives
and even whole villages.
At Honoapo (which is midway betwee
Waiohlnu and Punaluu), sixteen native
were killed by the earthquake and tida
wave which followed it. and swept them Of
into the sea. Only two houses in the vii
lage were left standing.
At kealualu 1.-THE port of Waiohinu)
several lives were lost by the tida
wave.
AtPunalun, three deaths from the same
cause. The village of Waiohinu is all IL
ruins, and about twenty are reported az
lost.
All the churches in the Kau district lex
cept one or two frame houses) are pros
trated
Mr.. Pogue estimates the deaths in the
Kan district, as for as heard from, al
over two hundred.
In Paliuka Ia few miles beyond Waio
hinu) there were twenty deaths from the
earthquake and IL from the tidal wave
33 in all.
Charles N. Spencer and family, Capt.
Haley and family. Mr.. Vida. Rev. Mr..
Paris and family, Mr. Logan and family,
and probably others go down to Honolulu
In the steamer, considering it unsafe to
remain in this district Mr.. Pogue and
family have not left Kau, but will proba-
bly, go down In the schooner Kona Pack
ct.
The eruption or lava flows commenced
yesterday, and one stream is flowing into
the sea about half way between Rapus
and the South Point
Another stream is flowing on the Puma
side, that is said to consist of mud and
suIphurous water only Mr.. Lyman and
family have left for Hilo
Our company will start to night on
loop now YIN here and sail down the
coast, as we deem it safer than to go over
and, and as more likely to furnish the
,est view. We hope to find the lava
tream tomorrow flowing into the sea.
We shall then go on to Waiohinu, so as
see and report from actual observation
he condition of things.
If a party comes up next week, the
Gamer should be engaged to take them
to Alualu harbor 1.-THE port of Kau),
ON whence they can visit the lava
reams either north or east of that point.
ravelers, however, must be prepared to
rough it, and sleep anywhere and eat
nything, as probably no foreigners, will
found in the district.
At midnight (last night we could
learly see the lava stream from the steam
r. flowing down the mountain side, and
7hoie mountain illuminated as If large
ity was burning.
P S.-A person just in from Kau,
ear kakuka, brings the following au-
henticated report of the killed and
drowned at Paliuka, 33 Makaka, Is
ounaluu, at Honoapo, 81; kamilo, 3
total, 80, More probably will be
iound missing.
The greatest consfernatione exist through
nut the entire kau district, and even
1ere in the Kona district But as the
shocks have sensibly decreased, and the
lows have begun, it Is probable that the
worst Is now over.
The tidal wave referred to is stated by
he natives to have been some ten or
,r twelve feet above the usual height.
Then it receded at least eighteen feet
three fathoms below the water mark
The great return wave swept most of the
houses from the beech aud drowned
many. The sea rose and fell eight differ
mt times.
This whole island is enveloped in smoke
20 that it is impossible to see over two or
hree miles in any direction, and at times
hardly half mile.
We may be compelled to go on around
% Hllo, but shall hope to get back to this
point In time to meet the next week S
steamer.
At Waiohinu, on the road to Kiolakaa,
crack has opened from one to seven
feet, extending to the beach and mauka
as far as the eye can reach. One remark
able feature of this is, that the ends OF
the road, at the chasm, are not opposite
each other, one side having moved the
width of the road mauk or makai.
The southeast side and summit of the
hin at klolakaa was thrown a distance Oh
a Thousand feet over the tops of the trees
landing in the valley below, the turf
covering the hill apparently un'listurbed.
1t is estimated that thousand animals,
(horses, cattle, goats and sheep were de-
stroyed at keaiwa from the poisonous
gases which issued from the hill at the
time it was thrown down.
On kahuku, back of the church, is a
hole sixty feet in diameter, the bottom of
which cannot be seen.
The tidal wave swept over the tops of
the eoacoanut trees along the whole line OF
the coast.
At keaiwa, a land slide occurred
which buried 33 natives.
Over fifteen hundred shocks of earth
quake have been experinced within the
the last ten days.
LETTER FROM KAU.
WAIoDINO, Kau, Hawaii. April 3. 6S.
DEAR SIR :-kau is in mourning. The
glory is departed The Lords hand is
upon US Our village is almost in runs.
As | wrote to you in my last we were
having succession of earthquake shocks.
These continued in number and strength.
Yesterday, at a quarter to o clock, We
had : shock which sent destruction and
death throughout the district As MANY
as twenty deaths have been reported, but
| think this may be exagseraiion. By a
tidal wave sixteen We're said to have bee,
swept away and lost from one village
This may be so but | doubt the truth O.
the statement All our churches are
Frustrated. Our house is perfect wreck.
We have left it and moved into the house
built by Captain Crane.
Last night there was report hat q
flow of lava was coming down upon rs al
Waiohinu, which caused us all,-smal
and great, natives and foreigners, -td
leave the place. This proved, however,
to be incorrect. No such flow was seen
"a native report. What we have suf-
fered in the last week or ten days no one
knows. May the Lord sustain us, and
help us to trust him always and ever.
Much of our furniture is among the ruins
of our houses. Our dwelling house has
not fallen, and probably Will not, but is a
perfect wreck
APRIL 6TH.-The number of deaths
mentioned above is not exaggerated, but
Is too small altogsther I shonlh moi be