The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-12-24

MN Zee A7lhs ISL.
Euu1U G,zrru .-Dn THURSDAY Dec. llth M
f.2 q. en- must remarkable phenomenon was
utttrs-ad hy several liii1 people. A mH-sivg IT.
rggullr wall OF water E8s utI0d against the r4tpru
hnrifnn no great usinuCH from the land, Mr,
Charlie ktuuudl. manager lf NHiakpa Mil uns
coming d1uu from the ulun fields un the llcuuu-
tive aud bad go1d vigu ui tlo great wave as Do
termed u. With him on thu locomotive xns a sai-
Dor who had seen lll IuHuuCr of sca-s1hts but who
had met with nothing like this. The degcfiutinu
given by hlsC two witnesses talhcs with tho 0b.
rvatiunF ui several other witnesses Ht The writer's
rlasldfurU. which commands Is yirW Of the whole
-esiiufir1n. AT agruo iu the FIRST impression that
great ulvr was moving shurU-warls But gll
likewise arrr1 that iu reality there was no onward
movement iu any direction Masses al wuter ruse
and fell tu SLOW irregular undulBti1ns. These
masses 7evuicd o. o. sometimes hundred feet Ia
ieuEth and Mr. Kennedy thought twenty feet high
The mussgs were crested with foam. looking very
much liku % hcarh-clmhgr. Al the witnesses sAw
what sccned Like puh 90 stetm- The SKY dircct-
lF over tht scene ui agitation was clear and cloud
less the SEA in shura perfectly calm, and NO wind
Wds uuilcgahu lu ans quarter. Toward the north
and sruth, uu either side, tEg watnf-uu along the
horizon remained undistut bed. No wnyos we're
sgtn entering thg lly, and 81 Tar a. known no
rlancl uccurted iu thU watcr-lcvcL In the after
uuun parties unloading thu Sclf. EHmu CI1IHiiHH
found Dc very hard work to keep the sc1W near tlc
yrs-' and couldn't understand what made ihc
Ihn writer uucg ,la two i1rgs vaiCr-spuuts NOV
ing along near each other at perhaps half the dis
tincn. and The C1mw1iinu they caused iu the sea
vas nothing 90 DC compared with this heavinr
wall e water Nhu greatest agitation Fns central
y located and couiiuuud Tor about fifteen or twpu-
a. minute. u b. the uritgr's conviction that the
agitation va, oCcasi1ncl hv the escape OF volcanic
huai frum "a submarine vent which threw Abe water
iu tlC Immediate vicinity into violent cbuiitiua
llr agitation thus ucca-iunud being irregular IN
n. action and not confined io single spot would
uni C likely tn cause great waye> that voaid irl-
tul hiirun milu- and make any special impression
uu thC clrulcss observer. Just as fho motion of
lniltuc waiter iu vessel o. mot communicated with
anything likU she volume attained BY water when
acted ou iy single i0rcg tn siugg direction 30
o Be- cuucuivable thhi considerable proportion of
the agitation -ccn Of HilU Il caused hy cscarinr
heat u'uld b. dissip3tod within comparatively
small ana.
ltisnut altogether improbable that some mighty
island -buildiur D. c1iue uu underneath our Ha-
waiian -cas, and that modern geography may have
o. VAR thr physical outlines OF Hawaii rs indeed
she hls had to do Tor haRuiis volcanic sister IN
fhs West Pacific.
Mr.. NJ &. Ioayiit suggests that the puh uf
sieain nutioed was something more than a puf I
being well sustained and gradually dispersed srf
hrrf lkr The smoke from a steamboats, smoke I
siack This aocurus With my own ohseuation.
vs., B. OIrsoN