The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-03-27
CHE 4ailg 9 ,lletin.
SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1886.
the VOLCANO.

reigned yesterday when news by the
Kinau began to be Giro ilated through
the town to the effect that the great
physical phenomenon of the Ha-
waiian Islands showed signs of pass
ing away. The reports, however
that the bottom had fallen out of
New Lake and Halemaumau and
that the Volcano is thereby shorn
of its fiery grandeur, have on in
quiry, proved to be considerably
exaggerated. Old residents say
that irregularities in the action of
the crater have been of frequent
occurrence, and that the apparent
collapse of last week is but the
prelude to a grander outbreak in the
near future. A letter received
by Hon. S. G.. Wilder, from Mr.. j.
H. Maby, manager Of the Volcano
House, dated March 9Th, gives an
account of the phenomena, which
may be considered authoritative.
Mr.. Maby says:-
Since last writing there has been
considerable of change in the
crater. Saturday evening March
9Th both the Old and New Lakes
were unusually full and brilliant
looking from the House, and re-
NAMED so until $3.50 p. NJ. of the
9th instant, ut which time there
commenced series of earthquakes,
forty-three in number, lasting until
1880 A. NJ. of the 9TH.
The first three were slight, and
the fourth one quite severe; and on
looking out upon the crater, all fire
has disappeared from the New Lake.
At about 2 or 3 A. NJ. the fire had
also disappeared from Halemaumau.
During the night, while the shaking
was going on, all hands were up in
the sitting-room, not knowing what
would 60.
On the morning of the 9TH, after
the mist and smoke had cleared
away, it was discovered that all the
bluffs surrounding Halemaumau had
disappeared during the night. They,
and the path formerly travelled to
go from the New Lake to the old
one, and quite piece on the noun
tain side of the Old Lake, had all
fallen away, forming one large
chasm.
There have also been several rents
in the ground, one on the road to
Kilauea Xxi, and three on the Keau-
hou road. Two Of them were cracks
across the road, which l have bridged
over. The other is large hole
where there was cave, and the
road bed had all fallen in. l have
cut a new path around it. No other
damage has been done that l have
heard of up to writing.
Last night March 9TH all in the
crater was in total darkness, except
ing few small lights from previous
flows.
MARCH 9Th, 7P. NJ.
My guide has just returned from
the place of the burning lakes.
There is at present no fire to be
seen. In the place where the New
Lake was there is a deep hole and
from there to Halemaumau. All
that part formerly used as a path
from the New Lake to Halemaumau,
along with the Little Beggar, have
fallen in and form a deep valley,
At Halemaumau there is no fire to
be seen and no bottom.
From the account that / had from
Mr.. Lentz in 1880, just before the
Hilo flow, the fire disappeared there
leaving q bottomless pit for weel
or more, when the fire returned.
A VISITORS STORY.
Mr.. Charles Putnam, a returned
visitor to the volcano, on being inter
viewed, to-day, says: We wen
down to the crater, two miles owe
to the lava, to the edge of the lakes
We could see the bottom apparent,
about 500 or 600 feet down, filliu!
in with the debris which was tumbl
ing down in immense masses from
the cliffs all round. The top of ON
the lava tunnels had caved in nea
the lake, and we went down into i
and could see on the one hand int,
the New Lake, and, on the other
into the tunnel which presented thu
appearance of a red hot furnace
with thin crust over it, the Law
having flowed back into the lake
leaving the tunnel glowing hot. L
some spots no bottom was to be seen
The bridge between the two lake
had settled but had not gone CON
pletely in.
The next day, we went round tn
cliffs outside the crater, to the san
bluffs opposite the hotel, and il
tended to 60 down the slope and &C
back across the crater, but foun
the sand bluffs split, assured an
cracked, the sand crust under on
feet sounding very hollow, an
breaking through easily, while jet
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