Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-01

che Tidal Wave and Earthquake.

Thc Tidal Wave and Earthquake.
BY the arrival Of The City of SyGEey we have
an accCuut irom the Honolulu Advertiser O. the
grca. tidal wave CT May 10. 1t appears 10 have
occurred simultaneously al over the group At
lirst 40 unusual subsistence Of the sea was no.
,iceJ ab2u! q quarter before five 10 the morn
log. IA observer il the town, who was near
the harJor ard saw the reefs exposed places
the occurrence at exactly the same time. J. j.
Porter, Of H!Io. Hawaii, 6xcs the moment Of
the wave which overwhelmed the village Of
Waiaka at precisely the same time. and the
statement CT Captain Smithers, Of the whaling
bark Pacific, which was lying at the time 10
l!Io B3y, corrOborsteS Ibis. The difference
betmCcu the highest aud lowest water mark at
the various localities We ascertain to be as fol
loss At lilo, on the east side Of Hawaii, Sc
feet a! keaakeakua Bay, west side Of Hawaii,
| 80 feet; at kewaihac, west sId; of Hawaii, j
feet; at kahu!ui, rcrth side OF Maui, - feet;
=! Lahoa, s0uth side Of Maui, 22 feet; at Labi-
o., south side oil hlaui, - feet; at Honolulu,
| south side Of Oahu Island, + feet 10 inches; at
| Nau:iiu!li, southeast side Of klukal, ) feet.
la some cases the difference 10 the height ol
tie save may H. accounted for by the cOntgu
:atiu,! Of Tie caaS! and outlying reefs. The fol-
owia. il an acr3nnt oi the disaster ut llllt
; iru,n ALI eye wltHCSS
| I've have had rGtat disaster Il! lliIo
! Thursday nI0rninc, lDih instant, about 1 q. u.
| the s.a IN the bay was seen 10 rise aud fall in
| an Unusual manner, aud at clock it swept lr
Z mighty wa"r, washing up and into yearly al
! the stores ii iron! Ot IhH town, carrying of a
great deal ii lumber aud all the stone wall:
Of the Makai wharf The perpendicular height
Of the wave has been sIare asetrtaiutd By level
luz 10 be iw>ivG tet three inches above the
ordinary Iow wafer mark. At Waiakea the
gamasc was frightlu Every house within a
| huudrcd yards u! The water was swept away
| The stcau;boat whar! and store house, Spencer
store hCu.c, the bridge across the stream, anl
al lie dwelling houses were swept away in an
instant, and cow lie 4 mass CT rules Lar inland
Five lives wcT. lost and numbers bruised anC
limbs broken. The hndy Of woman vas lourC
Ivy boats th H0a!li.
The iols o! the American whale Ship Pacific
Capt. SmthcrS, lying in the harbor, picked "
aiX people who were swimming for their live
III the Bay. rhc Pacific was lying ia four faith
ons 81 water, bit she grounded When the sc;
rtcsh"l, and then would be whrIeI round ant
round when The sea came in. All expected t,
| Sc her drag ashore. The STA continued To lis;
aud tail all day. timed one IT the tides il
the morning about eock, and from the low
est cbb to It's ilood was only about four u.iu
uiG<, II rose about fourteen feet pcrpcnlicuIa
height IN that tine. III the afternoon IN tn
spac. 0i' one hour the sea rose and tell three
times, with q height above The halt.lilc crc
ii ld1 Zee: each tne. ihe wave III Waiake;
must t!ave had perpendicular height OF siytecl
feet tn have taken the bridgc and wharf wheT
they BOW iir. The water swept completely owe
C0coanut Island, :n! the hospital there ha
disappeared.
The Volcano OF kl!auca has been UNUSUAL,
active II late. The steamer arriving at lilo Oh
"Wednesday, the > 1 inst, reports as she passe'
down the cOas. on the iollOwlDg night That tn
light Of the crater was unusually brilliant. Fri
lay at .!:4j =. IL. several pretty severe earth
quake shocks were ltlt, followed in few min
utes later by Il it Of lava lhrowo up from tn
li1or Il 'ha crater, uear the cast bank, through
4 crack which had evidently been made by tn
csr,Eluair. The lava continued to spout 4
the rIltn, gradually ascending the steep bluff
10 its summit, then moving along the isthmu
Gohnac!ng the large crater with the smaller
one IF Ei!aunaki, down Into the pit, into whic!
The lava l:.a. This continued for six hours, th
lava heias thrown up in numerous lets a!on!
the line at different heights at times reaching
cue hubGicd feet. Frequently there would b.
n;iccnt disilay. The locality of the eruption
and it, %cGrta! characteristics appear to b.
iicDtici'ly the $an!o as those Of 1892, 1910 an
! Isis. simultaneously with the appearance Q
tncsa iGcs these Of ;ho old South Lake wer
si,1 Ilniy ryIinuUiShrI and for tWo DAYS fniInW