The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-07-18

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have been ample to guide the pedes |
TRANS to the proper spot.
A they approached the red. ruthless
mass its heat was In a direct ratio tol
the lessening distance. until. at a mile |
from the emission. Il was deemed wisel
to call q halt. and then the awful
grandeur Of the natural phenomenon
appealed to the viewers.
A cone had been thrown up. east Of
the summit of Manna Loa. to height
of 200 feet and was continually in
creasing the height and base area byl
the cooling Of the fiery stream pouring
from its vent. The lava flowed In twol
distinct streams but it's exact counsel
could not be determined-only thel
general direction. which tallies with
the Hilo reports. The glare illumine,.
the country for many miles and at
night the glow and reflection ON the
heavens, the streaks and shadows and
color effects were beyond the Aurora
BOrealis In beauty. and as one of the
party. who had been to North Cape.
said, ''This Is more vivid light than
the Midnight Sun gives" Numberless
fountains of liquid Are rose and fell,
higher and higher. They spOuted until
a livid column. hundred feet above
the cone, marked the limit Of present
power.
Rolled In blankets, at safe dis
lance, from the flow. few Of the men
slept, they were too entranced with
the view, the opportunity Of life
time. to yield to Morpheus while Vul-
can worked.
In the daytime water in the ere
vices and holes near the crater was
ice cold. The camp cook, found half
an inch of ice covering 1t next morn
ing. Snow. the surplus from last sea-
sons fall, was in abundance in the
caves and cracks and -"Aungst and
Ienhart versus Tout and White" were
the sides in a snow balling match
a game that some Of the players had
had no material available for in many
years.
The crater proper was smoking
violently especially the western side
OF the pit.
Return home was commenced and
the forest camp made Monday night
Tuesday, at noon, the homes and
haunts Of civilized people were reach
ed. where the explorers fought their
rocky battles DER again; that the
Journey was a rough one, a glance al
the horses. and the infantry part OF
the gang, fully decided. At Is said to
be q wise precaution to chain up
horse when fodder is wanting at a
mountain top, or the animal villas
some of our party painfully know
chew the hitching rope, the only nbre
at hand.
July 13.-This morning at a. m. the
writer saw and spoke to another hap
py band OF pilgrims who were march,
ing toward the fiery vane. Davey.
Kluegel, Jr., Stearns Buck and the
Patriarch-Emerson. Four guides or
familiars had the city people in tow.
The visitors propose descending on
Sunday, taking the home steamer next
day.
KILEAUEA NOW THREATENING.
From various sources reports to
hand show that Kilauea volcano IS in
a threatening mood, signs Of an out
break becoming more apparent every
day. Manager Waldron Of the Volcano
IlOubC CohhI HE thCbC iCpoIto ny inns
mail. saying that there is constantly
increasing activity. not only in the cra-
ter itself, but from the various cracks
and assures outside.
Z FROM THE VOLCANO HOUSE,.
Mr.. w. r. Castle writes from the
Volcano House under date Of July 10:
"The Kona side offers the advantage
of an easy ascent to the summit of
Mauna Loa. Water Is to be had in
plenty. The Baldwin party arrived
here thi sevening. They came YEARLY
In one by one. They have en-
dured great hardships. Many did not
reach the head or even the flow.
Mountain sickness used them up. But
those who got there were we'll paid,
for the action Is exceedingly grand.
The lava burst out somewhere between
the eruption points Of '43 and IS. and
after two or three feints In other d.
rections is now flowing about north
very near the '43 stream. and 1t Ia
'ssSSSo"s shoS ~ hoo Couy tCh VI
twelve miles. II SO, 1t cannot be far
from the Kaloeha ranch houses. II
there were accommodation for visit
ors there 1t would be the easiest point
of access. Mr.. Wilson will organize
trips via the Volcano House. At the
source, the original crater has ceased
action, and the Dresent center of ar
tivity has rome down about mile or
over. There It roars and losses to the
height OF hundreds of feet In the air.
The surrounding earth quivers and
trembles, and thunder Is heard TWEEN
ty miles away which deafens all other
sounds. A stream of molten lava, be-
lieved to be nifty feet wide or more
rushes down the northerly side of the
cone, which is building up to q heighth
Of hundreds of feet. and rushes away
with almost incredible speed. The
scene beggars description. II the flows
keep on for weeks or months as other