The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-11

| SAN tRANCIECOt May ..
The bark Comet, from the Sandwich
volcanic eruption. MaunR-LoR began
| demonstrations March q. On the 18th
over one hundred earthquake shocks
were felt. During the two weeks fol-
lowing, to Aprils1Sth, two thousand
earthquake shocks occurred at Was
china. The earth opened in many
A tidal wave sixty feet high rolled
over the tops of the cocoa trees quar-
ter of a mile inland, sweeping human
beings, houses, and everything nova
BILE, before 1t. A terrible shook pros
trated churches and houses, killing
many. In all, one hundred lives were
lost, besides one thousand horses and
cattle.
The craters vomited fire, rocks and
lava. A river of red hot lava, i've or
six miles long, flowed to the sea, at the
rate of ten miles an hour, destroying
everything before 1t, and forming an
A new crater, two miles wide, has
opened, and throws rocks and streams
OF fire a thousand feet high. Streams
of lava rolled to the sea. At one time
the illumination extended fifty miles
at night. The lava has pushed out from
shore one mile Mt WRschina. Three
miles from shore conical island rose
and smoke while the Kono packet was
passing, spattering mud on the vessel.
The greatest shock occurred April I'd.
Prior 10 the eruption, there was great
shower of ashes and pumice.
During the great shock, the swaylng
motion of the earth was dreadful. No
person could stand. In the midst OF
this tremendous shock, an eruption OF
red earth poured down the mountain,
rushing 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 erup-
ton swallowed up thirty persons and
| the sea many more.
Great suffering and terror prevailed
in the whole region affected.
The sloop Live Yankee had been dis
patched with provisions, &C., to the
rescue and relief of the people.
SAN FRANCISCO, May The Homo
lulu correspondent of the Bulletin gives
details OF the volcanic disturbances,
showing that the earthquake shocks
extended to all the islands of the Ha-
waiian group, but no damage Is known,
except around Mauna Loa. Numero us
extensive land slides accompanied the
other phenomena, destroying life and
property. The summit and side OF q
| hill, 500 feet hiRhs was thrown a thou.
sand feet over the tops of the trees and
landed in the valley below. The gases
that issued afterwRrd destroyed vegeta'
BILE and animal life. Bottomless hs'
sures opened In the mountain sides
One lava stream flows under ground
breaking out in four jets, six miles
from the sea, and throwing lava and
stones ten or fifteen hundred feet high
The new island thrown up Is four hun
dred feet high, and is now Joined to th'
main land by stream OF lava mile
wide.
from the mountains where the eartl
eruption occurred. From the base o
the volcano, a space about three hun
dred miles In circumference, Is desola
ted. at least half h million dollar
worth of property has been destroyed
The King of the Sandwich Island
had issued proclamation for the re
lief of the sufferers. Many visitor
. had gone from Honolulu, and will g
, from San Francisco. The worst
thought TO be over, but the lava ho'
continues grand spectacle.
An earthquake shock at Hearlds
burg, last night, awoke all the inhat
itants. Several shocks were felt 4
: California, about the period of the out
= break in the Sandwich Islands.