, 1881-07-24
STREAMS OF FIERY LAVA.

Continued and Fierce Eruption of
r1unna Loa-Vo1caEic Floods Pouring
Down upon 1ailo-One of tho Great
est sr,,pt1ons OH Record.
Advccs from Honolulu have been received to
July II per steamer Australia Mt San Francisco.
The most exciting event when the steamer left
Honolulu was tho new outburst of MAunn Lon,
which threatened to cause great destruction.
The Sheriff Of Hawaii writes from Ilslo as fol-
lows, under date of June ~: 81 fear that we
are on the brink of great calamity. The lava
stream has at lust prokcn out of the woods I'M
mcdately above Waalzia and the fist pond, aud
that portion Of lIilo,. including possibly tho
harDor. cassnot escHpe except by II mir1lcle.
as' o ws otseo sa aaa ~ fassv nxsf
and Sunday tue taya broke out OF the
woods, and Ec ttang Into Il small water course
came rushing down III the direction Of kuklius
and kalipohpo At great speed. Monday visited
rht, scene Ut the llow, ana 1t WIS IL truly terrific
sight to see strenins Of lara almost us liquid us
water rushing down the beds Of streams, pour
ing over fertile land and carrying obstruction
with it everywhere. The roar Of turning grass
and ferns. the EXPLOSIONS and conclusions were
fearful. While We Wcrl. watching it-uluut
three hUhrs-the 5treHm progressed some +N
feet II cannot be more than nb0at two miles
froul the sca in direct line. \ continuous
stroAtn Ut people nre going and coming. 1t
SEEMS almost incredible tllut lava stren1n is
SO near u.s. but it Is. alas. too true. One part Of
Tue town seems safe ent il the strca', gets into
the bay 1t will doubtless destroy it, and all the
people In thAt vicinity will be ruined and ho.nc-
less This morning TUNE :DJ the report from the
How Is ttlut ;:ctlnn ut the lower end il somewhat
ever. 1t is probably only IL temporary iu1l.T
Another correspondent describes the out
break as follows: ''Abuut June - tho old
mountain was observed to be more ttl;lt, USUALLY
active, the ve submit crevusSc pouring forth
immense volumes of snake. lsy Friday noon
and rushing into Il deep t1ilt narrow rujch
turccd its way down the gulch in rapid How.
BY Saturday noon It bad run II milo. The How
was on au average Of seventy-tivc feet vide and
fftuil ten to thirty feet in DEPTH as it tllc the
gnlch up level With its banks. Tile sight WIS
grand, The rhoc frontage was one mass nf
lluld lava carrying on its surface huge cakes Of
purity cnottd lava. Suon after VIC had reached
It the How. reached Ii deep hole. some ten or
r n1tevn ieet III depth. with pcrpendcuar sides.
The sight as 1t poured over the full in Two cas-
cadc5, was magnificent. The flow WIS tuel,
moving iit the rate ut about scventyiys feet III
hour: II il gocs through kuklla., probably Mi
tho lower front purt Of the town will fill u
prey to Nine. Peic.''
The Hawaiian Gdzctts Of July says: "Tbe
Hito IN consequence Of the renewed activity in
tho volcanic tires Nn,lna Lon. One arm OF the
merry stream ha5 pushed itself into the kukuau
.ulch ai,d is within three miles of the Village nf
iiiio All iiiio t,ny be said to have visited tho
Hoy during the lust few days. Men, women. md
children, some on foot ami some on horseback
day. June -, 1t presented view never to be Tor
gotten y mtlc above the 0Ver end Of tho
strctf14 the lava ~ils 3pwinx In Il liquid, living
torrent. some thirty feet wide along Its course,
consuming everything in Its way. From this
point nbont half mile Of the secthins. surSlus
torrent coulu bc seen. The belt covered with
iaya was some ~ feet wislr all loI and liable Il,
any moment to break out intp removed activity
seripun11.''
The Rev. Titus Coan writes from IIilo. under
GATE OF June Is: "The northern wing Of the urt.
Is less than six miles from us, and the south
eastern Is less Than two tuiles tstnnt, while the
centre OF the lire mppeArs mprc sunputunry.
= rom rue southeast wing the secthlnK fusion has
laAeo anto rough Wnter chauuel. twenty to