Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

tVuhos
The Great Tidal Wave In the
Sandwich Islands.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To THE COIN Hni.
DALI Naval
The Tidal wave Ia the sasdwieh
Islands.
San Francisco. Nay Shy the arrival
Of the City Of Sydney wo have an account
from the Honolulu Adrsri.sr OF the great
tidal wave Of May 10th. It appears TO
have occurred simultaneously all over the
group. At Kahulului. on tho Island Of
Maui. tho first unusual subsidenco Of the
~ was noticed about As In the morning.
An observer In Honolulu, who was near
the harbor and saw tho exposed reefs.
places the occurrence Of precisely the same
time. J. J. Porter. Of Hilo, Hawaii, hres
the moment Of the wave which over
whelmed the village OF waiAksa at oxactly
the same time /; and the statement OF Cap
tain Smithers, Of tho whaling bark Pacific,
which was lying at the timo In Hilo bay.
corroborates this. The difference between
the highest and lowest water mark Of vari.
Gus localities wo asccrtained 10 he a. fol.
lows: At Hilo. on tina east side Of Hawaii,
so feet; KealakekuA bay, IN the west side
Of Hawaii. so feet; KAwAihae. west side OF
Hawaii. 8 feet; KAhulului. north side Of
Mani. ~ feet; Lahaina, south side OF
Maui, II feet; Honolulu, south side OF
Oahu. 4 feet 10 inches Nawiliwili. south
east side OF Kauai. . feet. In some cases
the difference In the hight Of the wave
may be accounted for by the configuration
OF the coast and outlying reefs. Following
10 an account Of the disaster at Hilo from
an eyewitness:
HiLo, May Ito W. @. Parke. Esq.,
Dear Sir: We have had 4 great disaster.
At Hile, on Thursday morning the 10th
instant, ut about 4 A. NJ. the sea In the bay
was seen TO rise and fall In Mn unusual
manner. and at 8 o'clock IL swept In In .
mighty wave, washing up and into nearly
all the stores In front Of the town. carry
ing off q great deal Of lumber and all the
stone wall Of the wharf. The %perpcndicu-
lar hight Of tho wave tsince Ascsrtainsd by
leveling) WAS twelve feet three inches
above ordinary low-water mark. At Wal
akeA tho damage was ~frightful. Every
house within 100 yards OF the water was
swept away. The steamboat wharf and
storshouse, spsncer's storehouse. the bridge
across the stream and all the dwelling
houses were swept away In an instant, and
now lie o mass Of ruins far inland. Five
lives we're lost and numbers Of persons
we're bruised and had limbs broken. The
boats Of the American whaleship Pacific,
lying In the harbor, picked mp six peo-
pie who were swimming for thoir
lives In the bay. The Pacific was lying In
four fathoms Of water. but she grounded
when the sea recsded. and thon would be
whirled round and round rs the sea came
In again. All expected To sec her drag
shore. The sea continued 10 rise and fall
all day. I timed one Of tho tides In the
morning Of about 7 O'Clock. and from is
lowest ebb to its full flood It was only
about four minutes. II rose about four
teen feet 10 q perpendicular hight In that
time. In the afternoon. in the space Of
one hour. the sea rose and fell three times
with q hight Of above three feet each time.
v,yc M W.ik,a must have lad a per.
pendiculsr hight Of sixteen feet 10 have
tsLen tbs briige and wharf where tbev
now lie. The water swept completely over
Socoanut lIsland' anu the hospital nero
The yalcsno n, Kilauea las been nm.
usually active Of late. A steamer arrived
at Hilo nm wedncsday. the Oil instant. and
Iasin, n,sS, ,nn u mJ ~ No crater vas
unusually brilliant. On Friday several
pretty severe earthquake shocks were felt.
,olloued q lew minutes iAier py let OF
ns., M s.., b.nt ,hror"b n cracL wsich
had evidently been made by an earthquake.
The lava continued 10 spout at thi. plAec,
snmm;, ,hsu n,n.'sa .iong A." ;.,hmns
Connecting \ elarpc crater with the smaller
one Of Kilanss Xxi. down into the pit OF
which the lava ran. THIS conilnnta i9r
hours tno iavA DcihB thrown up w
numerous Jes ALONG ,ho Iiho ~ uIne,rn'
nlghts, =, timos rcacn,ng ohe 'uhu'su ies'
frequently there "ouiu % " ieas. ns,y y.
,ness lets ~ once, maAing = mAshino.h,
uisPlay. Inc locality OF inscription Anu
in general characterisues appear 10
ldcnncally the same A. those oi 1884, iofo
md isOS.
n Euronenu War.
Lssnos NAV u-A po,Ii, Ji.naicb
'nN
'la'es 'hA' q senii-oineiai paper 'hero on
TO intimate that the end Of the war
Is approaching, and that tho conclusion Of
srmistics 4. .iro.d, rrmorod
m," :. =
fhe f'"'' correspondent ~ vienna 'ole-
~ follows : Humors Of the posi-.
bility Of pescs ars floating nbout here.
rhoy .m.n,,. In p.,,,n ,nd J.,o ,rom
~
me Time OF Prince bismark'S VISIT AZ
irst they were vague /; now. however, they
have assumed n more positive form, 10 tho
g., a., an. ,.u =, a,,.,., a., A..
'"se' y. ~ " @"' "o'0
OF the Turks to Erzeroum' togethsr-
with tho impression made ON tho Porto
by tho menscing attitude Of the Chamber
and population u the capital. have already
furnished an opportunity for German
1t 10 also to be remarked that
The Grad vizisr was for some time En-
bassador at Berlin, and has been keeping
up rather intimate relations with tho Ger.