The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-10
DESCRIPTION OF PELE's GREAT
MANIFESTATION.
Not Yet Determined Whether There is
More Than One Stream From Moku-
weoweo-Flowing Toward Hilo.

The Klnau brings word that the erup-
ton on Mauna LOa is unabated and
that the indications are that Pele in
tends to play long engagement. Num-
bers of the Kinau's passengers were at
the Volcano House to see the wonder
full display, and they report that Hilo is
getting ready to move up there In masse
to see something they cheerfully admit
is bigger Shan Hilo
f. Nj. Hatch, who came down on the
Kinau, was at the Volcano House at
the time of the outbreak. What we
first saw" he says, was an immense
column or pillar of smoke and steam
rising from the crater of Mokuaweo-
weo. 1t was pierced through and
through with the light from the fires
beneath, until IL glowed and shone like
column of fiery light, resplendent be-
yond description, and rejecting it's
burning glow over the whole heavens
The column seemed to be at least five
miles in diameter, and rose to a tre-
mendous height, how high 1 could not
say. There was no indication of vio-
lence that / saw, but simply the awe
inspiring suggestion of tremendous
dynamic force. / heard no explosions
or noise In connection with the out
break and do not know that there was
any
1T was early in the morning when
we were all called to see it. Later in
the forenoon the clouds came over the
sky and obscured the sight. When we
saw it again that night, Tuesday, the
column of fire had disappeared.
I'm place of it was the equally i'm
pressive, but different, glow of the lava
as 1t broke from the lower side of the
crater several thousand feet lower
down than the column of light had
been, and was thrown upward to Won
derful height by the forces which were
in action On either side of the stream
whose surface of fiery red we could see
like line of glowing molten metal.
were two cones which had formed since
the eruption began. 1t was from these
that the lava was being elected 1t was
thrown up in fiery cascades high in the
air, resplendent in the fiery light they
gave as though gnomes or giants from
the region of Vulcan were sporting with
liquid fire. These cascades in falling,
built up the cones, and the molten lava
running off from these formed the
stream which we could see as a trail Of
fire flowing off toward Hilo. 1t would
be hard to say how high these cones
were, probably somewhere between 500
and 1000 feet high, and half a mile in
diameter and five miles apart.
AT night the scene was grand and
Impressive But in the daytime ii was
generally obscured by clouds Friday
morning, however, it was clear and we
could plainly see the cones with a glass
and the play of the fiery cascades above
them. From the Volcano House we
could only see one stream of lava, that
going off in the direction of Hilo. | do
not know whether there is one off
through Kau or not"
George Beckley describes the cones OF
lava as being built up hundreds of feet
as high as the consistency of the mat
erial Will sustain the weight and then
dropping down again as the material
spreads out to feed the flow
At night the line of the lava flow can
be seen from the bridge across the Wal
luku river at Hilo. 1t seems to be fol-
lowing the course of the Wailuku river
and very near the flow of 1SSO-S1. its
source seeming to be about the same
place as that of the latter
The Hilo Tribune says there are three
streams, one in the direction of Hilo
another off through Kau to the south
east, and third toward the crater of
Kilauea.
Julian Monsarrat and w. Fl. Shipman
are fitting out a party from Kapapala
ranch to go as near the crater as possi-
BILE.
The utmost accommodations of the
w. G. Hall and the Kinau are taxed to
take the people who want to see the
wondrous sight. The CIaudine will go
to Hilo this trip, arriving there at 8
o'clock Thursday morning. It is prob
able the Helene and the Maui will be
dispatched later. probably Friday and
Saturday, though each has DAYS
work. one at Lanai and the other ut XII
hei. before they can touch at a Hawaii
port