The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-07
KILAUEA IN ERUPTION
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there has been no dimnution and unless
there should be a sudden stoppage it is
probable the crater Of Halemaumau will
fill as it did in 1894. The presence of so
many bloWhOles is a guarantee that
should the lake fill the display of fOun-
tains will be something gorgeous.
The peculiar feature of the present
eruption lies in the fact that the smoke
and steam continues as the lava flows
uoWn the side of Halemaumau. Ordi-
narily, directly the lava makes its APP
pearance the crater becomes clear.
w. f. Drake of the Internal Ravenue
department returned on the Kinau to-
Gay. lie visited the volcano on Sunday
ana remained until the following day.
lie says that at that time the lava had
not commenced to flow, but on the day
of the outbreak of the fire, it began.
lie confirms the report of the boiling of
lava in Halemaumau. The fire he says,
is down in the crater and does not
shoot up. The reflection can easily be
seen at night.
captain Freeman, the master of the
kinau, saw the reflection while he was
on the vessel in the harbor of Hilo, on
Thursday night.
The news which was brought yester-
day by the steamer Helene was of a
very startling character, although the
vessel was not nearer than Il seventeen
miles of Hilo. On last Tuesday while
at PapaalOa, Captain Nicholson MOTTO
ed a sudden activity in the current.
The water began at p. IN. in the af-
ternoon to set suddenly in the direction
of HilO. 1t went at a rate of from 4
to- Az knots an hour. Such an occur
renee was unknown in that vicinity,
and he could not understand it.
The rush of waters kept on from 4
o'clock until $40 p. m. one peculiar
circumstances accompanying the rush
of water was the large quantity of fish
swimming near the surface. Nicholson
says the fish were all going with the
current. SO strong was the current
and so unusual the occurrence, that
Captain Nicholson became ARMED for
the safety of his vessel and was con-
sidering the advsability of moving out
of the anchorage.
There was the greatest change in
temperature, the thermometer rising
fully 9 degrees on that day. The baro-
meter has ben low for the past six
days, on last Tuesday it was 1880.
This rush of the current toward HilO
and the direction in which the volcano
Hay is remarkable. In view of subse-
quent occurrences it much significance
is attached to it. The rush started at
p. m. of last Tuesday and continued
at Papaaloa for about , hours and 40
minutes, and about 31a hours later that
night the volcano broke into activity,
followed by an actual eruption Of lava.
The officers of the Helene heard at
| Papaaloa of the eruption and lava flow
| and on Thursday afternoon "A 5:3U
o'clock, when they sailed from MANU-
kona, the same report regarding the
| eruption of lava was given them. This
! report was more sensational than the
news brought later by the Kinau, as
! the news at Mahukona was to the et-
| feet that the lava had not only over
| flowed Halemaumau and was in the
! big crater, but had moreover broken
out at the side of the crater of Kilau-
ca and was flowing down into Puma
| This report appears however to have
| been exaggerated.
| Evidence of submarine volcanic actor
on last Thursday night after the yes
! sci left Hawaii, is reported by captain
! Nicholson. 1t happened while the He
] lene was about 8 miles off Maalaea Bay
: Maui. The second officer was on Watci
at the time. The boat had passed XII
nau light at 1925 p. m. About five min
|
startled by a sudden shaking and vi
bration of the boat. There was an Cd,
noise as she were scrapng along tn
bottom. His first thought was that tn,
Vesesel had gone aground but LOOKING
out, he saw that she was in plenty o
water.
Captain Nicholson was aroused from
a sound sleep by the vibration ant
shaking of his vessel and ran on decl
to learn the cause. Like the second Of
ficer, he feared that the boat mad struc
the bottom, but the instant he surveys
the sea, he knew that the boat was Il
at least 70 fathoms of water.
The submarine earthquake lasted 70
fully thirty seconds and seemed TO tax
a course from south TO north in IN
same general direction that the lie
lene was travelling. The surface of tn
water appeared considerably disturbe
but there were no signs of volcani
matter floating on the water. a sec
ond shock occurred later in the nigh
but it was not so long or quite so Sc
we're as the first one.
Now that the volcano shows signs o
breaking forth, the prediction of tn
old native guide are being recalled. II
has lived there for thirty years pas
and he has been saying there woul
soon be an eruption that would be tn
| Greatest in the history of Kilauea.