The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-04-24

they take place it is apt 70 mean de-
struction to the property on the line
of the flow.
The information brought down was
not such that enables one TO determine
the character of this eruption. 1t may
be in the main crater, as shown in the
cut, OF it may have broken out on one
of the sides, and perhaps hundreds of
feet, OF even thousands, from the era
ter proper. Ordinarily the eruption will
begin in the crater proper and continue
for several days, and then through ire
mendous hydrostatic pressure, break
through the sides and emit from some
point further down the mountain,
which is a collection of caves connected
with oHe another.
The flows of 1852, 1856 and 1881 were
toward Hilo, the one Of 1881 going al
most TO the village, and ran more rap
idly than the others, because it was
almost directly on top of the flow of
1855
The flow of 1887 was short but mag
niicent Likelike died at that time,
and superstitious persons believed that
the manifestations had something to
do with the royal family.
The flows of 1859 and 1880 were on
opposite sides of the mountain, and be-
gan about the same distance from the
summit
Probably the best starting point on
Hawaii, to reach the crater, is at Kappa
pala, at Julien Monserrat's ranch.
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the assistance OF guides the journey
at this season of the year can be COM
fortably made.
Among the persons in Honolulu who
have visited the crater, H. M Whitney
is probably as well posted as any, and
while not having made a close study
of the geological formations, he has
kept close track of the eruptions, and
may be accepted as an authority on the
subject as far as anyone. He was
seen last night and related his expert
ence as follows, as to the. frequency of
eruptions:
They occur at very irregular peri
DDS, and nothing is more hazardous
than to predict when one may occur,
unless it happens to be heralded by
heavy and unusual earthquake, which
is not always the case. Mauna Loa and
Kilauea being two separate volcanoes,
earthquakes may belong to one or the
other, without our having any means
of ascertaining which. Several severe
shocks have been reported lately, both
from Kau and and from Hilo, which in
Dictated increased activity in the vol
canic craters
THE report brought yesterday by the
Kinau of brilliant glow over the
south end Of Hawaii indicates an erup-
ton either at the summit or on the
slope of Mauna Loa. AS the last erup-
ton took place on the western or south
ern slope of that mountain, the present
one, if it proves to be such, may be in
that direction. But whatever it may be,
il will probably be well worth visiting,
as an eruption affords one of the grand
est spectacles that can be witnessed
anywhere.
THE eruption of March, 1868, which
was one of the grandest displays ever
seen, was preceded by a severe shock,
which shook up all Honolulu and was
felt all over the group. On the strength
of that notice from Madame Pele that
she was ready to give show, steamer
was chartered which carried passengers
TO Kona, just in time to witness the
great eruption, which lasted only five
days, but was seen in all its glory by
those who succeeded in reaching the
scene, of which party was one.
Yet some of the eruptions last for
several months, while that of 1880 con-