The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-07-13
The Lava Flow.


upon this sabiect-op1ni0ns among the Hilo folks
differ, some seem 10 think that there Is 10 danger
10 the town. Others that there l. remote danger,
others teat Il Is imminent The fact i that the
behavior o. nadine Pels- Is Ike that Of al her
sex someEhat cratic, and there IS telling what
she viii do
ne gentlemen who had been away from Hilo.
writes Us as follows;
Returning 70 Eilo vas much surprised TO find
the Lava had made such rsuid progress hilo peo-
De nave good cause 70 be alarmed 1 know Of
nothing ID prevent Its overwhelming the town
presume the reports received n Honolulu per last
steamer gave full particuIars-s
There are nov only two flows in advance Of
the main TOW, Naiaksa and Puma having united
the latter Is about tuO and half miles from
the SEA or two and One-fOurth from the milo Court
House The Hon Fred Lyman issued a procla-
nation for day to be devoted to prayer wed
ussday. July 6sh.l All the stores were closed.
The towns people assembled IN the forsign
church at L n Prayers we're offered By Kew
Baker, COan. Lyman, DR.. Wetmo7e and others
A meeting vas also held at the native church
Late in the afternoon went up TO the flow ard
found It very actIye-EhiLs there, the Lava az
vanced twenty feet. l never saw such complete
dssoiati0u- eIesps -hen mar the top OF Mauns
L0a- really II L terrible AZ night As seen from
the little cestsry back OF Ailo the effect : start
Ing I coCld only compare II 70 an angry tiger
crouehing loz and shoEing ms teeth
Here Is another gsntlsnans account
H1Lo, July 9Th, 1851.
DEAz GAzETTEs-Hilo h4s good ground for
anxiety regarding the lava t0E. The nery TIyer
has already burnt its Eay full thirty miles through
thick jungle toward Hilo- and Is noE less than
three miles from the town
Ths eruption though quiet and undenonstra-
tive. Ia c1E1 parIsol With Previous outbreaks Is
yet very persistent one Il may yet soon cease
Or 1t may CONE down IN vast breadth and cover
the whole water front from WailukG to Naiakea-
The more likelihood Is that the fire viii Oily
daily near where Il n0E Is and Hlo be kept II
=-1suerse for QuIte q period OF time
One god thing tie hoE has done Is to cut
practicable road uauks from hll0, through the
slCshy Eoods-that terror u horses ana morse
men Il may not be tolg possibly, before a
Travelled tran vii be established from Hiio to
Wainisa between the mountains.
The future Is unknown Of coarse; only those
Who have rad history and reject Al all soberly,
are led 10 believe thzt tue year 6T 4. D. and what
then transpirsd Ii the peninsula Of Italy i about
to repeat itssIf n 1851 on the Island OF Hawaii
TOUEs EFEs, HAEAH NEI-
friend Who has visited the f0W OF the last tTip
Of the Liksfiks has kindly given Is the folloEIng
additional particulars: he states that the cad CT
what Is called BY the HIo people tie snail How l.
distant from the t1=n about tSo and half OF
three niles The large flow. watch s by lar the
more d-urzroas. vas some 81 miles on The
activity Of the advanced guard had soneshst
sbzted At rs extremity. buz foilQslng Il Up Tor
u1iIs OF tEo, the party be vas With came upon the
mother lava and there Is 10 telling when It may
not make z...1her advance Should this arm o.
that II vi. fililo= the lay Of the low land and
resch the ssz between Wsizkes and EIlOi however
thsrs Is 10 calc1lzfing upon Enat II vii do for
molten lava does nos seem 70 Be gOTsrIsd by TIE
SINE Is7-s A. any other fluid but i as ready to 90
up hill as down The f0z Is cool enough 10 admit
Of WALKING but progress upon Il l. FerJ sioE and
Il Is pretty hot work Ihs surface = rent and
cracked into al kinds Of varsO1s Shapes some
tins forming vast dnuss larger than any build
ing zs have n Ho10iulu- n0E pilIng up INTO q
fro=uIuE precIplcs and nov sF1IeedIrlE fSt Io- a
foot rhick over the grOund- Ino1gn hard and
black on the s1rface. TIE cracZs showed the rel-
hot lava not four feet bsueafn and steam and
gases kept fozuinz forth Il large q1autItles- he
fnE ranged from ore quarter to nalr nile N
width: and when it reaches the nat land L VII
Eurezd oct literally, become Thinner, but oTsr =
Greater extent Of c01nrTy and do more dau1aze-
.1hs large fOz L advancing n direction Ehlcn
I'll bring Il north Of the three ilO1nds behind dil0
this szrTuzcdI1g the devoted toFa-sl0cld y
S0urTE1s this the LIKE place = doof1ec
The AVERAGE height Of the ao= Is a50l thirty feet
II s0us Places however, it : MICH higher and III
otrsrs merely foE1s crust ever tie gro1nd OIf
informant thinks there i no d51bt but Enat Il
vii rezcn The 5ez only ne cJ1szders thai n0T II
has CONE uuon the table lands IL progress VII b
gsrT sloE. that i vii SPREAD very In1efs aud
rhzt the u-foztu1zte inhabitants zIll be KEPT N
deek both hg=s eOzli Be sse1, and last thursday
the night being clear. thers vas hne v1eE o.
Mama Loa beF0z1-the summit crater appeared
to be very active, belrtInz forth Tol11cez Of
5El0Le AID lf=- II ~A- A4E LADLr 1-A8AI AyD-----
ard dzureruus than II December last FerY
striking fsztzrs Of the f0~ IS TIE r1uber q
hzlf-chzrTsd rrss trunks =hicd are scattered oEer
the s1rfzce- As the lava reaches and lzps Io1nd
lie trees. i huns thro1zh the lower
part vhlle the upper part falls upo1
the cooled and bIacEeled szrface and soon
zoes 0Gt-nezurI1s the stump AID root are CON-
riesziy dsstroyed- leaving Tzxi01s Circular holes
pit-ing the Whole Ii1e Of the Eo~- IhO1Rh L =
presznr n10FIg sioiE- Il can move fast e1O1gh-
fortnight ago Il advanced to miles II 2
co1Ele q days Every one VII watch snxiously
fox tie arrival Of the nezt steamer II rn1st BE
really terrible fur The cfLzzs Of Eilo 70 tca the
monster slowly bit s1-siy advancing upon thsul-
for al the world like some great black snake. OF
cuarss there Il always hope and re do sincerely
tzzst that the hopes Of the sanzIne nay Be rssl-
Ized and thai the nam IRE nIsT csaes i has lasted
- iouZ E0zeFer that there seems hardly any
reason Why L sh01ld not 90 On for month q
tg0 I11Ezr uutl TIE molten nezs reaches the -
EFEn II 81 good lick the town Is spared, re great
y fear that The hzrbor VII Be iErs.risEzbly ruined