Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-13

Two IHcIsAED SHOCKS IN A FoRTNIGHI-
SEASIDE VILLAGES WHELMED--CHURcR
rs AND DWELLINGS DEMoLIsHED--A
HUNDRED Inhabitants SWALLOWED
STREAMS OF LAVA FORM AN ISLAND.
SAN FRANCISCO, May THE bark Com
ct, from the Sandwich Islands, brings ac-
counts Of a terrible volcanic eruption by
Mauna Loa, which began its demonstra-
tons on March q. On the 2sth, 100
earthquake shocks were felt, and during
the two weeks following TO April l3, 1000
earthquake shocks occurred At Waisch-
ina the esrth opened in many places, and
tidal wave go feet high rose over the tops
of the cocna trees quarter of mile in
land, sweeping human beings, houses, and
everything movable before it. A terrible
shock Frustrated churches and houses, and
killed many persons In all, one hundred
lives we're lost beside q thousand horses
and cattle. The craters vomited FIRE, rock
and lava and river of red-hot lava, five
OF elk miles long, flowed to the sea at the
rate Of ten miles per hour, destroying ev-
erything before it, and forming an island
in the sea. A new crater two miles wide
opened, and threw rocks and streams of
fire a thousand feet into the air, and from
it streams of lava rolled into the sea. At
one time, the illumination was visible at
night fifty miles distant The lava has
pushed out from the shore one mile
At Waischina, three miles from the shore,
conical island rose suddenly, emitting a
column of steam and smoke, while the
Kono packet was passing, scattering mud
on the vessel. The greatest shock occurred
April 2, great shower of ashes and pum-
ice. During the great shock, the swinging
motion of the earth was dreadful, SO violent
that no person could stand. In the midst
of this tremendous shock an eruption of
red earth poured down the mountain, rush
ing across the plain three miles in three
minutes, and then ceased. Then came the
great tidal wave, and then the streams Of
lava. The villages on the shore were all
destroyed by this wave The earth opened
under the sea, and redeemed the water
The earth eruption swallowed 80 persons,
and the sea many more Dreadful suffering
and terror prevailed in the district, and
the whole region was affected The sloop
Live Yankee has been dispatched with pro-
visions, &c to rescue and relieve.
ANOTHER ACcoUNT-THE GREATEST EARTH
QUAKE on RECORD.
hONOLObU, ApfH Q, via DAN II hANClSCO,
May 6.-The greatest volcanic eruption on
record has occurred on this Island. Fifteen
hundred shocks of earthquake were felt in
ten days, causing fearful tidal waves. A
Whole village was destroyed, and enc hun
dred lives were lost. The shocks of earth
quake commenced March q, and continued
up to our latest dates-April 10th. This
district (Kau) is the center of motion A
stream Of molten lava is flowing from the
summit of Mauna Loa through recess in
the lands of Kakuku and Poakini, to the
sea- At Kaoluola Landing the slope and
part Of the summit Of hill, 1900 feet high,
were lifted bodily and thrown over the tops
of the trees, distance Of 1000 feet. AT
Wahoinee, a crack has opened extending
from the sea to as high as the eye can
reach on the slope of Mauna Loa, from one
to seven feet in width, and an eruption of
moist clay was thrown from the side of the
mountain between Lyman's and Richard
son, a distance of wo-and- three quarter
miles, one mile in width in three minutes,
overwhelming houses, men, and hundreds
of animals