Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
MAUNA LOA.

Brief De criptfon Of the Recent Erup.
ti0n""An Unasually Magnificent De.
RIay-E"rthqsake sh"ek' In the
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On the evening of the 18th inst. the
people OF Hawaii were startled bv the
sudden appearance Of an eruption 1t the
summit Of Mauna Loa, tho locality Of the
volcano of MakusweOweo. AT frrt, in
HiI", 40 intense was the light of the erup-
ton, that before the exact cause was d.
covered, the ,inhsbitants were alarmed
that FIRE had occurred in town. The
following extract Of . letter from Rev.
Mr.. Coan gives a description of the frs,
appearance of the eruption:
All 1lilo was startled last evening bv
the cry offire. Looking to tho summit Of
Manua Loa We saw gorgeous pillar Of
red light starding upon the TOD of the
n'ountain and illuminating those heights.
1t is grand eruption, but, fron' our point
Of observation, we could Gee no evidence
Of flow. We conclude that it is in the
great crater Of Mokusweoweo. It il
cloudy to-day, and tho mountain 10 yelled.
When We Can get view in tho daytime
we shall be able to determine ito locality.
| regret. much that Prof Kneeland and
party could not have seen this pvrotech.
mic revel Of Mime. Pele. But The old god.
dess is quite capricious and utterly iode-
pendent of US all.
Capt McCregor Of the Kilauea, informs
US that upon the passage to Kona last
week he saw the light Of tho eruption a
night in the channel between Msur and
Hawaii, though through the mist which
hung over the mountain it looked more
like fiery red star than . volcanic erup-
tion. Upon reaching the coast Of Hawaii,
however, h. found that there must be .
grand commotion in tho crater of
Mokuaweweoweo as tho top If tho
mountain presented . magnificent ,llumina-
tion, column, apparently Of lava, being
constantly visible above The mouth of the
crate7. Some severe shocks cf Earthquake,
We have been informed, have been felt
in Kona, Kau and Hilo recently. It il
not at I'LL certain that this eruptioa in the
summit Of Mauna Loa is tho perourser of
q lava flow from the sides Of tho noun
tain. We are informed by those who
have taken great pains to inform them
selves upon the subject, that similar
eruptions have taken place frequently,
and after continuing for = time have sub
sided: 1t is possible, however, ito -.
cumulation Of lava in the crater Of
Mokuaweoweo may be 20 great - to
force its way through some weak point in
the mountain side.
The Gazette, in its issue for August %
gives some additional particulars, saying
Our latest advices from Hawaii informs
US thut the eruption still continues in
Mokuaweoweo ut the summit Of Mauna
Loa. A column of fire Or lava is constant.
~ being thrown up several hundred feet
above the summit Of tie crater, presenting
IN the night, most imposing spectacle
The people living about the bass of Mau.
Ia Lou are in mJmentary expectation of Z
flow of lava from the sides cf the mountain
When it is considered that the floor III the
crater is something like 500 fest below the
rim, and th't the column of lava 10 esti
mated to t'e thrown something like 2Ol
above the rim, it must be thrown up q,
least 100 feet The column must aleo b<
immense, ~ it Can be distinctly seen At oil
aidos of the mountain, which in The night
it lig ghts up in grand style. Tue eruption
rea chel its grandest Dimensions sbou
eight days before our informant left tb<
coast Of Hawaii, since which the column o.
fro had not percepiibly diminished.