The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-07
KILAUEA IS IN [RUPTIONf
HALEMAUMAU FILLING Up WITH LAVA.

Positive confirmation of the eruption
of Kilauea was brought this morning
! by the steamer Kinau which arrived
. from HilO. Additional news was also re-
, ceived from another part of the ISL
. and by the Steamer Helene which came
| into port yesterday afternoon. Both
reports tell of the startling activity of
, the volcano. accompanied by a flow of
| lava. According to one report receiv-
. ed by the Helene yesterday the lava
I had already boiled over in the pit of
iHalemaumau and begun to flow into the
great crater of Kilauea, while by the
| <inau today, come the details of the
rise of lava in Halemaumau. The re-
port by the Kinau which was later than
that brought by the Helene gives many
details of the outbreak.
Within the short space of two days
. and a half, the lava had risen 60 feet
in Halemaumau and at the time that
the Kinau departed from Hilo, was
within 200 feet of the brim. The sides
of the crater We're crumbing rapidly
and falling into the boiling pit, help
ing to fiji it up. 1t was felt certain that
the lava would begin to overflow into
the main crater within a very short
time.
The breaking out of the volcano was
first heralded by the two explosions
which We're heard last Sunday and on
Tuesday night, the fire and actual
eruption came. Evidently the eruption
has steadily increased for on Thursday
night the night before the Kinau sail
ed, T. WaldrOn the manager of the vol
canO House, notified Purser George
Beckley of the Kinau that the fire had
increased in volume. The following is
a brief report on the subject which
Manager Waldron sent Beckley under
date of June This evening the vol
cano was a grand sight. The tourists
were well pleased. Every thing now
looks as if we will have an active val
, cano for some time to come. The re-
ports in the HilO papers are about cor
rest, only the display tonight is much
better than last evening, when their re-
porters viewed it. l would like if you
would telephone the number of passen-
gers for the volcano next Wednesday so
l may prepare for them"
HILO, June 6-The Hilo Tribune
says
, The volcano of Kilauea is in a state
of eruptive activity. Every indication
points to greater violence in the vol
Cantc disturbance and the past history
o fktlauea gives reason for the belief
that the lava geysers will give a con-
tinuOus performance of indefinite dura-
ton. The atmospheric conditions on
the windward side of this Island are
noticeably affected by some strange
= anu UNUSUAL interference. L ne air Is
. dry, oppressive calm and the stiffness
of pine woods reigns. Neither noun
tain breeze or sea breeze seem capable
. Of stirring the stagnant air. Night and
day, it seems that the volcano has as
serted its power and is ruling the for
ces of the air as well as the fiery ele-
ments of the earths interior.
kilauea has the center of the stage.
She has decided to do more than smoke
q Il L. al
erupting without first becoming appar-
E emily extinct Every prior eruption
has ben preceded by an absence Of
smoke, but this one is something en-
tirely new in the volcanic line.
The first subterranean disturbance
= was noticed last Sunday morning. At
o'clock a heavy volume of black
smoke was cast into the air, for thou
, sands of feet. AT y o'clock, a second
explosion took place in which a large
quantity of red volcanic dust was
: thrown into the air, so that all the era
ter was covered with the dirt.
After that the crater quieted down
and nothing more of Importance took
: place until Tuesday evening. In the
meantime the crater was filled with
Y dense clouds of steam and smoke Mon
> day, occasional flashes We're seen from
little hole far down on one side Of
turbance took place.
On Tuesday evening about 10 o'clock
. Manager WaldrOn suddenly noticed a
faint light reflected on the clouds of
smoke in Halemaumau. 1t grew stead
lily brighter until all the crater was
: lighted with a beautiful red light. At
times the light would die down, only
to flare up with greater brilliancy than
before. The theory advanced for this
10 a.. ion 10 hot fl,a lpl ~ fire fna
bottom of the pit cooled over as in the
old days of 1881, and then suddenly
burst out into dozens of fire fountains
casting the lava many feet into the air.
u The glow laster until o'clock We'd
, nesday morning, when the rising sun
5 obliterated all traces of the subterran-
. can disturbances.
! 1t was midnight before the news of
) the eruption was telephOned to Hilo,
but late as il was the Tribune was able
:, to dispatch a representative to the
Il scene of the trouble by daylight The
q Tribune reporter on his arrival found
= the crater filled with steam and smoke
= so dense that nothing could be seen OF
{ Halemaumau or Uwekahana, the Gov
{ ernment surveying station on the Kau
y bluffs. In the afternoon a trip was
u made into the crater, but the sulphur
=, fumes forbade a near approach to the
-. Rlls II many al Ter hbllNl'lhl ADlt Nllbl u
), the crest was reached, but the riffs in
" the smoke closed up again and nothing
% could be seen.
on Wednesday evening, as soon as
daylight had disappeared a brilliant
Light flashed from Halcmaumau, light
{ ing up the surrounding blulfs with
- great listinctuess. Tie steam i'm the
a steam cracks diminished quite percep.
q tibly, and the sulphur fumes We're moi
4 nearly 50 offensive as earlier in the
- day. As had been noticed ON the pre-
{ viuus night, the light died down al in.
o tcrydls only To return with a sudden
e ness that was dazzling. About hall
n past eight Wednesday night a party oi
o eight gentlemen started down into the
S. rater. on the trip across the floor o
the crater, theTrbune representativ,
notice that I'm places where the sui,
phur fumes were the most offensiv,
- when he had made his eXDlOratiOnS In