Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-11-20
THE GREAT ERUPTION
OF 1000.
mAuNiLoIs GREATEST EFFORT.


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On Friday evening last week some OF the folks
In Waimen saw faint light reflected on the clouds
above that point Of Mama Loal which cannot be
seen from here, Mauna-kea coming Detween. ms
was about P. NJ 1t kept increasing all night, till
about A. NJ, ! happened TO get up and saw
most BRILLIANT reflection on tho clouds over Mama
an eruption low down on the slope OF Mauna ls'a,
or else big IRE IN the woods on the Kona
slope OF Mauna kea. After daylight we saw the
come 70 the conclusion II must be volcanic, when
the folks from Kau per Likehke came up from
kawaihee and reported an outbreak ON the Hilo
side OF Mauna L9. and How OF lava running
down the side Of Mauna Isoa, rather towards Lau-
pahoehoe or Hilo. This was on Saturday of
course there was great deal Of excitement among
all hands, about the How. Saturday night the
reflection was very, very bright and extended
farther along the slope Of Mama kea Early the
next morning, having procured guide ACROSS the
Waimca PLAIN started out to get better informa-
ton about the whole thing, and return the same
day. After dirty and hot ride Of 10 miles reach
ed the Divide where could see the slope OF Mauna
Ioa could only see a line of smoke issuing
along the top OF Mama loa, distance perhaps OF
miles No smoke, or Signs OF fire any where TO
he seen down the slope OF the mountain. began
to think that the steamer ioiks mad big eyes
and saw too much. but could not as yet gee
down INTO the plain beyond kala9eha. 30 70 make
sure that there was no mistake ! climbed high
cone about one mile from where was, ana peiore
1 got 10 the top iairly,I was almost I,ighteneu NJ
seeing the smoke coming up all oyer the plain be,
yond keleeha, for space Of mile wide could
not nee now iar the how nad GOT as range OF hiRn
cones some three miles TINS sue OF haiaeeha smut
out the view lower down. watched the now Tor
some three iourtns OF an nour, ana tneh the log
and mist shut out the view entirely, and then
started back Tor Waimea. NOT DIT OF smoke or
fire could see down the mountain-side the whole
distance and could see no hre, only smoke, the
smoke principally OF burning bushes and grass
felt satisfied that the How was near the Ola isS"
flow and Thought II might be running right over IT.
But as could not get 10 IL That night, returned
TO Wainea, where arrived dusty, DIRTY ana tired
late Sabbath, p. M. That night there was no dim
mutton in the light The next morning Messrs.
Morris, Daniels ana myself all started on to reach
the flow and determine Its exact position 1t took
us till p n. Monday to get to kalaeeha station;
before we got there however, we could see no
smoke, even where had seen II the day before
But we still could not see down far on the PLAIN
beyond. so after Milling up our empty stomnchs
with rice and tea, we got lot OF blankets and an
axe and went on 70 the hill called kalaeeha Pun,
ION the road to Lanmaia }, where knew Ii, h1e
view of The whole plain down to the Hilo woods
conld he had. 40 80
We pitched our tent under the lee OF the hill and
could li see the whole slope Of Mauna Loa, but not
the whole plain. Clouds and log had now en-
ycoped the whole plain and mountain, and not
light could we see. We climbed the hill side how
ever, and sat down under the lee OF some bushes
and awaited the clearing up OF the fog and clouds
II was not long before ola aauna Loa n1ted It's
paio neau ap3ve the .ops ol lie SNOWY ciouos anu
orhuaht HRht purst Oh our view lrV o the sum
mt; IN rev miDutes We c9ulu see 'ue vn I nne
OF nre alonR the summit uown 70 .ho teri1'nai
crhter; wne,e IN ntenso uIis ir LSn. Snoweu us
that ora ree was true 10 nersell anu was Preparhg
sight for all, seldom TO be Seen AS the fog grad
uay Cleared from on INC saes % sr e mount.
am, we saw 'ree''uU M rvel oi IRE Pour,hg
9owh Tue s'eeP SUES ~ We .ouu see !. ustlhcy
down tne SLOPE VII II ram lhto tie i1g pahk, whch
had sett,eu ike huRe SNOW peu an over tne low
hnos. me nre was aI itese "nse hgnt anu was WI,
running InrIously aoWnw"Iu. ht t Wal.Ig I'll
eieyeh CLOCK, anu .ne log iio' uie"iIilR vi .he
pam we wen. paok uo"n 70 WY op anu wntoneu
the mhgmhceht SNOW hDout nan P,s' WE'VE tne
log nIthB, TWO Oh US wenl up tne sue Oh 'le M
toWaras ruha 10 wee .ne s,gh.. anu VIM sign. u
Mas hnos! uluer OUT iees iay s,e el' oi she iiow
Slowly p"STns ~ way aions .ntoukn ..e s S
mamahi. INC whole e, stIean NY peiole vs.. os,h
.he moon set anu s.iil ~ WAS nSilt enouph 70 see
10 read. away above Us III tne heavehs shohe the
prln'ant iountuii heau, "Iu rom tnehoe 70 we
end was q continuous stream OF hqud lava, bright
or ny iai IMAM ge as we oou,u see nov pure ere
looked IN coinRaisoh whenever i "a nusn oook ere ere
hna purn' up aiohHsiue. ii y adui u, hle
before US at Ieas. .hI'y nes iohs, e'sy iHTh vi
whlcn was one pIlgh. loii,nR uue VI hIe 1ne 5'
WAS not Single Dreak III the wnoie IenEth. ~ III
viaed ABOUT mile from tne top anu ran aowh
forming a fntaielp9rahl; 1oheu agaih, anu run
nVe miles below Inc whore front eoSe uehg"pout
three 1ourths OF mile Woe was most 1ntenseiy
brilliant light, ana as II SLOWLY advanced and