The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-03-30


Ascending step hin at the end Of |
this very desirable site for a steam
laundry, the Volcano House is re-
vealed in the center of narrow
green terrace, with a high bank
sloping up in the rear and a jump
ing off place, over cliff of several
hundred feet, about fifty yards in
front. This is more vaporous
area than that just left. From the
left, and rear, and front, dense
clouds of steam are rolling upward
through the gloom of advancing
evening added to the already dense
atmosphere. This, indeed, must be
the roof of Madame Pelc's wash
house, but we are going to take the
risk of the boilers bursting in the
meantime, therefore gladly resign
our mules to the care of the guides
and enter the house, where Mr..
John II. Maby and his wife, with
pleasant faces, welcome us to
roaring wood fire on an old-fashioned
hearth, with warm dinner follow
ing. Learning that it is not true,
what we had heard on the way, that
there had been twenty-five shocks
of earthquake felt week after the
collapse, and that gaping rent had
opened close to the threshold of the
house, the photographer and 1
abandoned the resolution formed on
discussion of those reports while
riding along, of sleeping outdoors
under the light of the moon, with an
eye and ear open for symptoms of
possible catastrophe. The following
entry by Mr.. Maby, keeper of the
Volcano House, appears on the
visitors record: =
March 7th, 1886.-From June
20th, 1885, up to December 18th,
both the old and new lakes were
very active in the way of boiling
and surging away from one side to
the other. And in December, about
the 15th-20th, the new commenced
to build for itself wall which car
ried the surface of the lake up to
100 or $50 feet higher, by the first
of March, 1886, than the surface
had formerly been.
son the evening of the 9th of
March at Z p. NJ, both the old lake,
Halemaumau, and the new lake were
quite full of boiling and surging
lava, and very brilliant as seen
from the verandah of the House,
and continued to remain so up to
$3.50 p. NJ. At which time there
commenced series of earthquakes,
43 in number and lasting until 1880
A. NJ. After the third or fourth
shake, in looking out upon the
crater, there was nothing to be seen
of the new lake and only slight
reflection from the old lake. At the
hour of between 2 and 3 A. NJ. OF
the 9TH all fire and lights in the
crater had disappeared, excepting
few sparks from previous flows
around on the floor of the mair
crater.
cat 8 A. NJ. on the 7th, after thu
mist and steam had cleared away
it was discovered that all the bluff.
surrounding Halemaumau, that wer'
very much higher than the opposite
edge of the crater, had disappeared
by falling down in the lake, along
with the path that was formerl.
used to 90 over from the new lax
to the old, and the whole, togethe
with the new lake, forming deel
chasm, making it look like one larg
lake instead of two.
"During the night, while tn
shaking was going on, the groun
was rent apart in several places
One large crack opened up on tn
road to Kilauea-iki, and two on th
road to Keauhou, about one mil
and half from the Volcano House
$3.50 p. M. No fire or light t
be seen in the crater, excepting tw
, small places, that look like lantern
, in the distance.
, "March 8, IL p. NJ. This P. NJ
t at 8 O'Clock, the guide crossed th
2 crater. There was no fire to b
: seen, there only being two dee
g dark holes in place of the burnin
lake, with a deep valley runnin
; from the former new lake to Hall
Y maumau. No fire or light TO /
seen from the House, excepting I'll
two small places seen last night.
"March 8, A. NJ. No signs {
r fire. Smoke and steam still arOun
s the chasm. The ground or lay
y still seems to be sinking.
r "March 10. No fire in craft
9 that can be seen from the Hous
I During the shaking here there WI
G nothing felt at Keauhou, and on
!, two shakes felt at the Kapapa
e Ranch. This ranch is II mill
e away, toward Punaluu. 8 p. !
c Two tourists just return from Il
k crater and report no burning lava.
n Mr.. Maby had only brief stat
e ment to make Of succeeding mar