The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-12-05
COtoPa1i's Latest Eruption.

QUTro. July Arb.
Tie eruption took place on the s6th OF June,
with every circumstance that could Increase lis
horror-utter darkness In the broad day. thauder
aud lightning fearful explosions that asde the earth
treuble, sub,srraneau noises. sud wild gusts Of
wind. accompanied By a raiu Of ashes An eve
witness told nc that the volcauo poured out
cataract tines the bulk OF Niagara, which ear
ried AL before IL u hezdlo1g course, and sgbmerg-
ed the whole surrounding country, The torrent
divided itself into opposite drectious as ifto give
greater scope 70 its devastation, and 10 make
the coufusioa still more dire Oae braneh took
souihsrly course toward The city OF LAtacruga,
situated twelve miles from C0,opexi
On is way the torrent converted the PLATA Of
C4lla0 ioto al immense lake There i eut faint
hope that the ruins Of the paace Of the Iacas de-
scr,bed By HUMBOLDT sud other travellers through
the eertral valley OF the equatorial Andes, have
escaped the rGvages OF the food. Near IAtacun-
"a the furious t0rreut tore up from its very foun-
cations the cotton fctory OF jose yaIlasoueE hose
value was estimzfed At $50 600 crops, cattle,
buhdiugs were swept 4Eay; the massive bridges
OF Catucae sut P4nszls0 we're destroyed; a. well
A. part Of tie 6ne carriage road lsezrce egutIlei
in Europe wbich connects Quito With the towns
in the south OF the republic
Tie brsueh that headed toward the south Of
Cot0Paxi devastated the prosperous and enchant-
Ing valley OF Cdillo AHd in particular the estate Of
the senores AEuirre. noted for having been the
residence OF Humboldf. There, too, as 10 Lata-
e1nga arose the buii6iug Of thriEiug factory.
which. 0uly the year before had been DESTROYED
D Ere, and lad j1st been repaired AZ 4 great ex-
pense- Tue Torrent roo-ed il from the ground. and
bore . a@ay 4 thousand fragments. II i asserted
that a uiI o. Dec Manuel Palscios raated on the
water Ike ship AZ ultil scattered bT rhe cur
rent TIE loss iu the valley OF Chilo alone Is es-
unated a over tEo miiiious Of dollars aud the
loss in other sectious Is equally great Il Is like
wlse calculated that the number Of dead exeseds
one thousand.
third e4taraet took an easrerlv direction de-
stroying the bridge OF Palate, sad doing grteyo1s
injury 70 the estates in that ueigbborhood, Of
Wnien tue most important ! celebrated for its ne
vines, vel knoEn as The --Viao de Palate
Aithougl the Surroundings Of Quito have been
hid waste, tie city itself as suffered from ouly
raio q ASaes and Complete darkness which be-
gsn % tne ota q Juue ~ three in the sffsrnoos.
Al N4enaens aad other places the night lasted for
thirty consecutive hours. l. the midst Of tbs
y opsq1e gloon one eOul6 hear the b-IIoEinz ofthe
cattle and tie ertes u the other animals. 10 de-
priFed OF tEsir usual food in the shower OF ashes
soeZtt IN species Of fHeGEy for the means OF
satisfying their hungsr Othe- beasts frantic with
terror. ezr=red hithSr and thiher a. II in despair
and ne piteo1s hoEiIng o. the dogs pierced the
air VIII IL omi1ols souaG- Il Quito the DARK
ness Vas not thzt Of HiSht: il EAs ike that de-
seuoed y tne goulE Play u letter - TseitES.
n which he rslares the eruption OF VssuFius and
ths osstr1efian q P0mpeu- III E4sn be SAYS,
as ne liStcs u roc0 lad been rIriuguish-
ed A. Oaito the Shower a. first Wzs eo4rse,
heavy saE1, Shica sGbsze 1sutly turned into sshes
- Tue and impalpd1is thai they penetrated iut1
the uost eareigly closed rzceptaeles In the depth
o. TIE d4rkuess uel ard Eomsn, brsFsug the rai1
OF ashes, sailed forth into the streets screening
themselves WIKI umbrellas, and EEnrIng their way
Win Lanterns. ard al the Shiie Of these strsngs
apP4uuous the air Was rent Uitn cries and przyen
Tor mercy TIE ullreilas A. well as The greet
eFeEi2Sses used here o. l5Graeys Eers no sgDer
rno1s preeaatiou, although Lley afforded but sczni
Protectl1a against he s1bte % Hder. which Il Ma
REMEMBERED had il many ca<es prod1ced blind
nsss Curing the eruptioa Of IS4s and the raia c
Asess e thl-iy hO1rs that srr=ndeG it,