The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-12-25
AN ARCTIC WONDER.

Just down from that island,. contain
an interesting description of wonder
full volcanic disturbances, which are
said to have occurred near there
lately. The information is contained
in part in letter received by DR.. j.
III. Hatch of this city from his
daughter, Mrs. Frederick Smith, wife
of the Deputy Customs Collector
located there. No other written in
telligence has yet been received,
neither the Signal Service agent nor
the Geographical Society's cores
pondent having been heard from in
regard to the matter. The COM
munication to DR.. Hatch bears date
of October 10th, and says that on
that day a most unusual sight was
witnessed in the heavens to the north
of Ounalaska and that soon after
ward the sky grew very dark, a
dense black cloud covering the whole
horizon and hanging so low as to
permit close inspection of its com
position, though this could not be
made out at that time. This cloud
and its general color and outline
were SO unlike anything the writer
had ever seen before as to defy COM
parison. The light of the sun was
completely excluded from that section,
many ascribing this to total eclipse,
and others, seeing the cloud and OK
periencing peculiar and very UNI
usual element of heat in the atmos-
phere, thought the world was APP
preaching its end. Mr.. Apologize
of the Signal station predicted a
heavy gale on the appearance of this
phenomenal cloud, but it was not
until it broke, which occurred half
an hour afterward, that it's real nature
was discovered. On collapsing the
entire mass fell to the earth, envelop-
ing everything to the depth of four or
five inches in sheet of dull, gray
ashes. Its volcanic origin was soon
apparent, but there being no active
volcano on the island and the only
mountain of any great extent, Maka-
shin, 5474 feet in height, being close
at hand and showing no disturbance,
Interruption was thought to have taken
place at the island of Bogoslov
Goods land), thirty miles northwest
from Ounalaska. Reports had been
brought in from time to time during
the summer by natives of the s'angry
mountain" of Bogoslov, and to this
volcano it would seem to have been
entirely attributable.
A voLCANo-FoRNED ISLAND.
Wishing to ascertain if any of the
nothern voyagers had witnessed a
phenomenon of this kind, Captain
Hogus of the Dora was called on by
a CHRoN1cLE reporter Thursday after
noon. He was found at an assay
Office, he being an experimentalist
in this branch of science. Laying
aside his blow-pipe and metal, the
Captain said in answer to the first
inquiry;
eyes; l was at Bogoslov twice
during the past season and [ did see
something most extraordinary. Sit
down and I'll tell you all about it.
The reporter complied with the
request and the Captain went on;
''When 1 say that was at Bogo-
SLOW you INST net take it for granted
that landed there"
sis it not habitable island?"
asked the reporter.
Sat certain seasons, perhaps, but
at the time saw it there was nothing
visible there but mass of flames
and smoke, with pieces of redhot
rocks issuing from the great cone in
the center of the mass and great guam
titles of lava running down to the
sea-"
GLOW near did you approach"
81 stood off ABOUT mile and a
half, not daring to venture nearer.
1t was the grandest scene 4 over wit
messed and have been pretty n.S.arly
everywhere"
''How long did the eruption last?"
81 can't exactly say as to that, as
/ found the cone in disturbed con-
dition and left it next day, still in
state of eruption. 1 have learned
that it had been throwing out lava
for several weeks and that it had still
continued to do so up to the date of
my departure from Ounalaska. But
what was most remarkable and most
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