The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-02
KILAUEA'S
LAVA FLOW
IS ON VIEW
The Eruption Is
a Splendid
Sight.

tullcu since lN9l.
An earthquake shook IIilo last alon-
day night and within a few minutes
thereafter telephone message from
Manager Waldron at the Volcano
House thirty miles away stated that
the pit Of Halemaumau was rejecting
a light plainly visible on the clouds.
The message also stated that Mr.. wal
dron would go at once to the crater's
edge three miles away and see what
had happened
Tuesday morning Mr.. Wadron was
able to report that he had looked into
the pit and seen a boiling, tempest
tossed lake of molten lava 400 feet in
diameter and probably 500 to 1000 feet
below the rim of the great cauldron.
The face of the lake of liquid fire
would alternately be black and white
like the gushing fluid that leaps from
the furnaces of a steel plant. The
oxidization and cooling of the fiery fluid
would b!acken the surface with a pail
that would clothe the vast inverted
cathedral in darkest gloom. A CULVER.
caused by further subterrancau up
heavals would break this oxide ice into
a fretwork of a thousand lncandescent
cracks. lighting up the smoke-charged
pit with a fierce glare.
the lake. columns of white hot lava
would shoot upwards like the harmless
fountains In the public gardens. The
great forbldding walls of the House
of Everlasting Fire" would simmer
awhile in amazement with this unac-
customed light, and as the geysers Of
fire would die away. and the surface
again turn black, the whole pit once
more would be hidden in darkness and
smoke.
All day Tuesday the same conditions
prevailed. Tuesday night the light
from the red hot furnace was reflected
on the clouds. The same conditions
held through Wednesday, and Thu;s-
day Mr.. Waldron reported the volcano
as simply magnificent" Wednesday
night people living near Hilo could see
the vivid reflection on the clouds.
The present upheaval of lava seems
to be from the very bottom of the
crater and not from n wound In the
side as appeared in June. The liquid
lava is troubled and convulsed as from
powerful activity of forces below.
Large crowds of Hilo people will go
up Sunday.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Following Is the Herald's story:
Madam Pee Is doing herself proud In
Halemaumau and unless all signs fail
the Volcano House will be the center
of activity of Hllo and tourist folk for
weeks to come. on Monday night Man
ager Waldron of the Volcano House no.
tlced bright glare in the Vicinity of
the crater and as the time passed his
desire to investigate grew in Ike ratio
with the brilliancy of the illumination
from natures furnace.
At $3.50 Mr.. Waldron and one of the
guests of the hotel took the trei. to
the crater, arriving there safely an
hour later. They found the crater rather
full of steam, but at intervals they
could plainly see the lake formed at
the bottom Mr.. Waldron estimated the
distance across the molten lava at 400
feet and from the view point ABOUT 1000
feet
Two hours after reaching the crater
the steam disappeared entirely and the
scene was one of indescribaple grand
eur. The lava was boiling from the
bottom, not running down the side as it
did in June last. Several of the guests
now at the Volcano House say the
present lake strongly resembles thai
which made its appearance in Hale
maumau in 1892. At times the surface
ot the lava darkens. then suddenly it
will break out in brilliant red the dark
leaden color disappearing. There
are indications of several blow holes
and these may develop fountains at
any ume.
The present AXE Is o.. the Kan side,
OF HaicpIaumau and a fine view may
be had Of it by persons Standing on the
edge of the crater. The glow is visible
- 10. 90 q N"aIa I
and IN Tuesday night, wnel the guests
went q, wn INTO the crater, there sore
s;s's that the lava is rising perccpti-
w. Just how long i. will consume In
reaching The main craft, is difficult to
calculate. 1t may not come that high
during the present outbreak. but "a it
has many times in the past and as
the present eruption came so easy and
with comparative sud de IN ssS. il is fair
to believe that within n few weeks la
lemaumau Will be giving continuous
performance that will be worth while.
Manager Waldron, however. makes no
promises in this respect
There were no earthquakes at Kilau-
ca just prior or subsequent to the dis
covery of the eruption. In Hilo at 1l:i5
p. m. Monday, 800 and 3:l5 a. al. Tues
day, there were severe and distinct
shocks, but they were not ho7,ceI at
the Volcano. Manager Waldron was up
nearly all night Monday and is positive
that there was no disturbance of that
character up there. In Hilo those which
took place early Tuesday morning had
sufficient force, to awaken some resi-
dents from sound slumbers.
For the past ten days smoke has
been seen in the vicinity OF Mokuaweo-
weo and Dewey Crater, but on Monday
and Tuesday II was not visible owing
TO heavy clouds hanging over the noun
tain.
There will be an excursion to the
crater on Saturday over the Hilo Rail-
road, the train leaving Hilo at $3.50
p IN. Tickets will be sold at $1,000.