The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-03-01


might Dc they were hunting for rlace on which TO
stand to maintain proper balance Of the globe.
hopc may never experience another shake like Il.
The sea did not arpoa, to be affected by the shock.
Another friend writes US from IAhaina as fol-
lows;
have been 10 this country ,hir,y-ave yesrs, hvc
Of them on Hawaii, and never have experienced
shock SO severe IS this ast one has beer On sun
day night, at minutes last 10. WAS aweke by the
shock. Fhe house was rocking TO aud fro SO vio-
leuily that eonla not i cut Of bed, and continued
for over lis minute, ihoUsa some say miuntes,
The vibrations appeared te proceed from northeast
70 southwest. There wers successive shocks: one
slight one st - minutes IL aud at Sc minutes
TO IL As FAR as know, there is no, single store
OF adobe house in Lahana that has no, been Injured
Oar Court house is cracked IN several places, and
many OF the adobe houses IRE in ruins. Some people
say that shock was fcli on Monday night: did
not feel it, bui decidedly seli one on Tuesday night
al Il O'clock
From LahalnalunS we are told that
A shake Of earthquake Ccczrred here at l0h Is m.
P, N last evening, eouiiuuing less than a minute,
which shattered the walls OF my house that it is
doubtful whether il can be made tenable. The
building seemed to struggle and rack Ike vessel
shipping sea, while bushels of plaster were tum-
bling and large sections of the walls falIins out
The vibrations seem 70 have been from south to
north. Crockery shelves lying in that direction
scarcely disturbed. also large shelf of med
icines, while wardrobe, stsading east and west,
dnug out its contents, and packages Of stationery
were thrown frorz shelves adjacent the medicines
bui standing essi and vest An east and west wall
OF 60 rods is d,Wn in twenty places the stones all
falling uor;h. Most of the stone and adobe struc-
tares in Lahdna are seriously damaged Mr.. An
dreSs house las the northwest corner badly open
Cd, but was hdd together well by the roof
From the IOrth side Of West-Maui, along Wal
kapu, Wailaku. &c. We learn that the shock.
though severely felt, produced no material injury
TO the plantations or dwellings, We are told
that its nam direction there seemed to have
been from the northeast or from the sea
From MakaElo, East-Maui, one correspondent
SAYS that the sho-S of the 18th was the severest
that he has felt during residence Of forty-three
years on this group No special injury seems to
have been sustained al MakaEao. At Ulupala-
kua, south side Of East Maui. the character Of
s-~ S.->~N NN~aN Ses-s " AafV ucSu hUaAi s4All-
lar in strength and oaraiion to that experienced
at Makawao and WsIuku.
On H1'r1ii. From Kawaihae, We have re
eeived the following stter:
KAwAIHAE, Feb. 81, ISL
On Sunday evening lzsi, at about eight min
utes past ten, NE were terribly alarmed by a
shock Of earthquake, which appeared to me 10 be
fully severe the shock at the time OF the Kau
outbreak This shock lasted about - minutes,
and vas most peculiar n character It commenced
ia the usual way, with r1mbing noise, reached iis
sreztesl intensity aud decreasing in strength until
almost iis termination when it gave most violent
sLzke and suddenly ceased seeming TO me as if two
earthQuzkes had merrvd in one. 1t has thrown
down nearly all the stone walls in the district
Marshal Psr1e twho srriyed here last night from
h0uz) reports hat the earthquake very severely
felt in Kaiua-in fact drove him out Of the Govern
ess' house be fearing that it about to fail He
also reports shocks Of earthquake At O'Clock II
minutes on Friday evening. nh inst, and on saiur
DAY morning, st 5 O'Clock. Neither OF these shocks
were perocpiibIe here We anxiously await news
Of orr Hil0 friends
At Waimea- inland .igOm Kawaihae, the shock
would seem TO have been some degrees less Sc
we're than on the sea-board and crossing the
Island to Hilo, We learn from that town that the
shock, though passably strong, was not Of char
acter TO create any special alarm