New-York tribune., 1877-06-01
THE GREAT PACIFIC TIDAL WAVE


THE SANDWICH ISLANDS V-I-Ep-rHE WAYE'fS
PLACES rHmTY-sIy FEET mGu-C)NsIDERADtE
DAMAGE CAUSED AZ HiLO.
SAN FRANCISCO May 31.-The steamship
Cy u sydney Onnc- acrolEt from the Honn.a" 1d-
r-rsc Of tie great Tidal ol May 10. ID aPpears o.
uave occurred simultaneously all Tie group.
At Eahanii. on the Island Of Man, al first au
unusual sub>idcuce Oi TIE sea was noticed
about quaIter before O'Clock in the
morning. An observer in this town who was
ur the harhor uud saw reefs expos, 2, places the occur
renee at exactly the time. J. j. Porter Of Iii"
Hawaii fixes the moment tnat tine wave over
whcmci the Wliage of Walakea a. precisely the same
time and the statement Capt Smithcrs or e Whaling
bark Pacific sicn lying at H,lo Bay, coriohoae'
tis The difference between the highest and lowest
water n ,rk. at various oclte. a-certiaed 70 be
as follows: st Hlo, on the "ast side oi tia
vai 36 feet; at Kea'akaalua Bay, on the
west side Of Hawaii 80 feet at KlWaiAac ou tie west
side of Hawaii feet; lt Kahrlui on tbe north ,1e ol
Maui % feet; 1T Ilhaa on tSc south SID" o Mn' -
feet 10 Iahana Oh the south SIDE Of Maui = e'; ~
Honolulu ON ihr south side Of Oahu Island .''t I'D
inches. and at NawIliwt. ou the southeast side or
Kanai feet Ia the difference ~ The hight
the wave may nc accounted for by the c"ihsuraOiO Oi
the coast ANA tAc O-tiving reefs.
L. Severance. an eyt-vtne-, Of the disaster at h-io,
writing, May II, TO a friend. says ave b1Fe hal "
great disaster ~ To. On Thursday morning the 10Th
inst about 20 ,n the sii IN the bay was seen 70 Else
aud tan in an unusual manner and at O'Clock t swept
ia IN "a mighty wave, washing gp and INTO nearly "l me
stores in the front the town. carrying of great dtu
u lumber aud al the stone wall of the Mala Nhir.
The perppudicular hight Of the wave has since been as
certaiued by o eycling tube 90 have been i ie't .
inches above the ordinary lowwatcr mark AT alakea
the damage was frightfll. Every house Wiih4h 100
yards of the water swept away. Inc ste+hn"'.
wharf and st0rehouse Speuccrs atorehous' the blse
across the stream aud all the dweinehouses were swept
away ln an Instant aud lie mass Of ruins Tar IN
land Five live, we're lo,f and number Of people were
bruised and had limbs broken. The body Of woman
was found bv boats of Hooi The boats Of the Aneu
can whaleship Pacific Capt smithers' living IN the haI-
boz picked up six people who were swimming Tor uleir
lives IN the bay Tne Pacific lying IN four fathoms
OF water but she grounded when the reeeded and
then would he whred round and round as the sea came
in again. All expected TO see her drag ashore The sea
cont .nueI 10 rise and fan all day. timed one oi
the tides in the morning about o'clock, and from rs
lowest ebD To It's food ony about four minutes IL
rose about fourteen feet perpendicular hgut ID tht 'le'
IN the afternoon. m the space OF one hour tue sei rose
and fell three with hight above highde level OF
lOIa feet each time. The wave go Naiakea must nave
Lad rerpeptcuar hight OF Is feet 10 have taken the
bridge and wharf where they lie. Tie water swept
couleely over Cocoanut Island and the hospital there
has disappeared"
The volcano Of Kilanea has been unusually
active Of late. A Steamer arriving at lilo
on Wednesday, May .. reports that rs she passed
down the coast on the following night the light OF the
crater was unusually brilliant on Friday at 215 p me-
several pretty severe earthquake shocks were felt fol-
lowed few minutes later by JET Of lava thrown mp
Irom floor the crater, uedr thc east ndhA thl
crack which had evidently been made by the earthqake.
The Lava cunfinu ii % spout al this Ilnce giddidy
ascending steep buff c. IT'S summit, then moving ohg
fnr i.ihlu, and connecting the larger craze lh te
smaller of kincak down INTO tue pl. oi Von - @ W.
layn ran This continued for six hours. Tie ava
briug thrown un in numerous JETS aluIs
the line 40 different nights, at umes rea'n.
lpg 100 feet Frequently there would ne a,
at least 90 II those cts 90 once, making mashiceh,
diepi.r The locality OF this eruption ana us teuttai
appear To be dentcay the same a. those
of I-3y 1910 ana 1865. simultaneously WIN the aI
,,, ,, th,s tres those OF old south Lake were sud
denly sii, .led and for two days following no Dres
were hi0nua.
LONDON. MAY 31.-On the Stock Exchange
there have been eight failures Of bear spectators an
Dounced during tie pending settlement
ROME, May 31.-The meeting OF Republicans
at the Apollo Theater to-day was numerously attended
Resolutions were adopted condemnins the mtrsues of
tie clergy.