The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-01-17
FIERY LAKE ON HAWAII.
Wonders and MagnifIcence of
Volcano of kilauea.
PELE AGAIN ASSERTS HERSELF.
In shape the Crater Is an Inverted
Cone-NIore Brilliant and Majestic
Than Ever-Luxury and Comfort at
the Volcano Hou>e-Grand Sights.

Than Ever-Luxury and Comfort al
I the Volcano House-Grand sights.
A writer in the current number OF
the Hilo Tribune. dated January 18th
describes the volcano of Kilauea as
follows:
Today. in the cleaning OF evening
snd in the gathering darkness, we have
stood upon the bank OF Lake Halemau-
m2u (the house OF everlasting fire. and
gazed down +00 feet into the depth OF
this bottomless pit, and have seen there
s lake Of fire
ON all sides round as one great fur
mace famed,
4 fiery GeIuge fed with ever-burning
sulphur unconsumed."
And il seemed SIS though we could
almost discover
Floods and whiriwinds of tempestuous
Z fire.
In its face OF 200 by $50 feet OF molten.
burning lava, and its lurid light cast
forth liz up the surrounding formations
II all their CHASTITY and darksome cav
ems and craggy formations. all partak-
ing so strongly Of the internal region.
Reminders of the immense heat below
were given 10 US by the hot air tina,
burst forth from the cracks and crew
ices beneath and all around US.
Standing there we saw volume after
volume Of liquid. burning lava spout
ed into the air fifty and one hundred
feet as water is sprayed from foun-
rsins. continually rolling back and lap
/ ping up the red-hOt mass. higher and
higher slowly but surely coming TO the
top and where We stood.
Surely the eternal fires below are
not Quenched. Pele is aroused and
sEain asserts herself. The wonders
and magnifeence Of kilauea have not
I departed Pele was only sleeping.
Z gathering 10 herself new strength 10 give
70 the world s more brilliant and ma
IeSIic display OF the wonders OF Hawaii
than ever before.
The air was searching Us with its in
ts1sity- The burning lake OF fire BE-
lOE boiled. bubbled. seethed. rolled and
I r1Dbled about, revealing ii each sue
I ceeding moment new phases OF won
trous formation and changing color.
And from this chasu with ceaseless
turmoil sssThiug.
( As il this earth in fast, thick pants was
whitening;
And & mighty fountain momently was
forced
Amid those swift Intermittent bursts
And this was nidwinter in the
( tropics
return to our task and give TO
CUR readers the details OF the return OF
the wonders of kiIauea- On December
[ I. 1894. the fires left the lake in the
/ crater Of HaIenauuau in Kilauea. and
since then no fire has been visible,
though smoke and heat have been
I emitted frequently from the cracks
around and in this crater On the
nisht OF January 3 1896 about 11-5u
o'clock, light was seen in this crater
: from The Volcano House, which told OF
the return OF the fire. Early Saturday
morning Manager Lee, OF the Volcano
House. and others visited the crater
and found that the fire had burst forth
on the east side, about 200 feet from
: the bottom Of the crater and had
flowed down and filed the crater 10
This height and above The action
was violent and continues active, and
-zTs evidence OF 4 permanent Te-
-u-7 Of The volcanic fires Since then
TIE f7OE has been constant and the I'LL
fug I'D continuous. 50 that the top OF
the lake Of lava is about 2T1Xz5S feet
This is the longest period OF inactivity
known unless the one in 1850 sur
passed IL
This crater Is il the shape Of an in
Terrsf cone having base about 1201x
1900 feet and q depth OF ESQ feet go
Of which * now filed up, leaving the
fare OF the lake about 400 feet from the
z1rfses. and this distances il being
diminished slowly
Manager Lee, OF The Volcano House,
tseIs confident that there is plenty OF
ground 70 believe that Tiers "a perus-
Eezt rs-uru OF fire This cFsreF IL Git
rated II the large crater KtlsGez.
Tnied Is about three by fo1r miles IL
area, and Is below the surface OF Lhs
surrounding country about SO feet
Isks Hslensumzr is near the south
zffs and Is reached from tLs Volcano
E0ase OF horses The distance = near
rso and 8 half miles The descent iato
EiIsusz Il t0rtE5as, Trough tres zzd
shrubbery. some places quite abrupt
You then eT0sS zcres OF Lara flow for
over mile, leave your horses and pur-
s1e your way u foot % ms very brink
q The lake. Thsrs pe-fect view O. the
AXE Is 70 Be had
Mr Lee intends AZ once 10 construct
some seats and shelter OF this hank
and 10 connect the pIzes By tElephone
10 his house, 50 that persons may Tie-
this lake AZ their ease II night, tbs best
effects being then Secured
This property and iEs exhibition l.
al under tie eoatrOl Of the Volcano
Hotel Coupzn-- Eh0 have built, fur
aisted and are l0T managing a fine
hotel UPON the north hank Of KiIzuss-
L Z the best ho1sI On the Island for
tourists OF families Tie scelery Is
grand the air cool the sulphur baths
heslth-gIFirg. the c1isfne excellent.
the 1zzzgeuezt fsUItIesz
Il Is The pIsee for ozs 20 % 70 have
Z qEiet tine Of eH5oEmezt and al tLs
sane tiDs en50y TIE surroundings q