The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-30
THE VOLCANO OF EILAUA

News from the Volcano is always
interesting, especially when there is
something new 70 write. There is
plenty q news now, >uVe enough.
HSlsmSuuSu dcSS not look like what
il did nine months SSO. Then, az the
bctton % deep pit hSG = mile
across. = round lake. perhaps 5 thouS-
and feet in diameter, contained the
sole activity q; the volcano. IL Mss
then most interesting Sud unique, for
none @; the rscoverisS sfter collapse
have rsssmoisi this The roUui lake
hSs continued 70 push up sud 70 en-
large Its Circumfersuce. TIL IL : row
ovsg twelve hundred feet ScrosS and i
on top oi : neatly circular cone, which
i four hundred Sni fifty feet shove its
position IN August. l>2Z TIE sur
tScS q the lsSs ! now only about
seventy Tee, below the Volcano
H0GSe, But thSl need nct ScSTe the
nmid, .o- is Is over TWO miles SWAY
and Su s-O-Iuou> Sult lutsrveuSS-s
Activity hs> increased the past few
months, I'll. 5 dsy does no. p&SS with
out one Or more flows over the rim
down the sides q the cone Sni cut on
the ticcr % the mSin crater. The pit
of ESlsnSumSu no longer exists,
During the pSS. week there have been
several flows sSch dSy. On WSdus>-
dSy afternoon shout = O'clock. while. |
fortunately, no tourists ws7e in the !
crster. sn explosion occurred. Ny. |
Lee Snd Albert. the old. TsliSbls |
guide, standing in front - the hotel, /
saw Sn extraordinary Sni Sws-luspir-
Ing sight. The whole surface q the Il
lake w4> much SsilStSi, flows were
pouring over the sides in three or four
plScsS, nSSvy volumes q smoke Sud
steam TOss Sni hung threStsningly
over the CrStsr. Suddenly, from the
northeast side u the cone MSS q
rOcSS SDi lIluii lSvs wSS hurled into
the sir several hundred feet. Sn1 the
vail SCi 5 large section q the main
crater ioor covering several ScreS Was
lifted bodily 70 The height o. hun |
irei iesi o. more. Perhaps i; would bs
more exact 70 SSy the MSS wS> tipped |
Il now presents : Jagged p-eclplcs
overLS-ElnS the lSks, while steep |
bSck slopes 70 the northeast From
the house il looks Ike huge whsle |
back, hiiing the center q the l2Ss,
b-c sill leaving the TWO ends
I
IRE fountains ThS. this hill wSS
simply forced Up BY pressure o. the
ire column below = shown Cy the
tSc; thSr smother ISks. very small
roE, hAS opened on the side next the
hotel, Sld oGt O IL : bsSvy ScrsSu q ,
lSyS hSs flowed constantly ever since
There were fourteen OvsTt;ovs OF
" sGlsSiSy, one OF which hiss con- |
UnCed Sud now extends mile Sui : /
h< from Ile lake \ cone i fas-
rising, We: il confines full ot liquid |
lSvS the i've 70 ten flows every GSy |
since Wednesday not being sufficient ,
% drzin the supply. Tls volume
which i coming in from somewhere
below mus oS simply immense. In {
,sss il b-s&ks o1r somewhere soon,
hIlSUsS will lose much q is depth !
NSCnSloS = Cuisc. there having been .
10 signs q ScsIyI-y since the light w&S
seS1 one evening last December. Both :
Srs. however, eXQuisitely
beautiful With their splendid uxutlss
q snow which extend f&r down the
ssiss- s
By the hI1zc- which takes this Ls.- {
.sr, Mr.. h Hitchcock sends 70 Homo r
lulu C1s o The most Interesting SCd IT, :
vCicSC0 pictures ever uS6s
1S-s- [. Czs the rxrs merit O being
true L E&S ben executed With rare
1C5l5-v sud true SrEis-Ic -zS-S- l. VS.
: CCCrE-- Picture Two weeks zEC. but
: 10 .C-Es- tEz5. for the change rs s
ZONE ~ClSG ever cones 81 hILSCss. :
making l. = plz,s o ICEXEzCS-LUlz !;
EC1tis- md Interest. Mr.. Hitchcock (
-zS &E'--l- pl->Ll51 what : rarely seen
= these vol sz-o views the c1zuES ! :
which cones - soon On the S-rEsee o
Rowing LzvS- Ehils the ect, where
living IRE flows ouc- : preserved il SlI :
il vivid glow he picture vii be I
exhibited - Kings Sc1 CC one should | '
i&il q seeing L before soCe fortunate I
person oGys zld carries it sway.
". 2 CASU.
hI-zuzz- March a. 1854. SPIN.