The evening times., 1899-06-19
VOLCANOES BELcHma AGAIN.
KiIauea. in Hawaii. and Ambrin, in
New Hebrides. Active,

Ki1auea. In Hawaii. and AmbFin, fs
| New Aebrides, Active.
Victoria B. c.. June 19.-Word is receiv
| ed here by the Warrimoo that, colnciden
! with the earthquakes at San Francisco re.
! Gently. old Kilauea. the great volcano o.
Hawaii. sent a column of smoke. cinders
and lava into the air. while 2,100 miles
away. the mighty New Hebrides volcano
Ambrin joined in the eruption. Neither
Ambrin nor the Hawaiian volcano has been
in large eruption before since 1894.
AS to the eruption OF Ambrin. the Rev
T. Small writes as follows from Nikana
Epi Island, New Hebrides:
Another great volcanic disturbance Is
in evidence. few weeks ago Lojeyi
showed signs of unwonted activity, and we
feared another violent eruption. This did
not occur. however. On April Is we heard
again the peculiar rattling din that pro-
claims one of our volcano neighbors In
eruption. This turned out to be not
Lojevi, but Ambrin-
by the afternoon. its majestic pillar OF
cloud stood high in the air, a column fully
1000 feet in height. almost perpendicular
and rose-tinted. II may be merely CO.
incidence. but Lepivi also showed much
more smoke than usual. On former occa-
sions | have not noticed any sychronism
in their activity. The high black column
OF smoke went steadily up all Sunday, and
toward evening windows and doors ratified
and finally the house shook with the vibra-
tion. although We were thirty-Ive miles
away.
This continued all night. the roar from
the volcano being at this time alarmingly
md nd bea Of
resembled distant thunder. but somewhat
lighter and more rafting in tone. II has
the boom Of country thrashing mill, to-
gether with tie cracking of a metal road
crusher.
"A curious phenomenon was seen yester
day and once previously. namely. rain
cloud in close connection with the column
of smoke, and evidently caused by it. The
smoke went spring up in the centre, and
rain kept falling at the edges, but not
eEcircling it, / cannot say whether this
water was thrown up as vapor from the
bowels of the mountain. condensed by the
cold air and then precipitated as rain. or
merely ordinary atmospheric moisture
thrown down by some action of the vol
canic smoke in the Clouds
The outburst Of Hawaiis great volcano.
which has shown few signs of activity
during the last five years. began on the
uiSHt oi Suuudy, June :. anu lustedu VI
inspiring terror has caused rejoicing
among those interested. The crater was
once more rolling its billows of fiery lava
within the pit of Halemaumau on June 5.
and the smoke. ashes and vapors rose in
a great. beautiful column high above the
mountains.
Details of the eruption were not obtaina-
BILE by Captain Simnerson and his officers.
as the telephone line to the Volcano
House refused to. work. having possibly
been disturbed by the earthquake shock
preceding the eruption by few hours and
its only sign Of warning.
The steamer Hall reached Honolulu on
June s. and her masters report was to the
effect that when at Punaluu early Monday
morning. he and his officers saw immense
clouds of smoke rising from the crater.
Captain Simmerson, who has seen XII
lauea in action many times. clearly recog-
niZed that the Goddess OF Pele was dis
playing her power even more effectively
than in 1894. and also asserts that the
smoke cloud is higher and larger.