The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-17
WORLDS
INFERNO
Vim. T. Brigham's
Description of
NIauea.
VIVID DESCRIPTION
OF THE VOLCANO
The Curator Of Bishop Museum
Gives Scientific Explanation Of
the Esrth's Forces.
written BY wlpam T. Brigham.

I'm the southeast part Of the Island
Of Hawaii Is the volcano OF K-l
- 1auea. In many respects the most
remarkable volcano In the world; mott
only because n - the largest activel
-rrafer. but because even In those rare
intsrvafs when the molten lava 10 In
visible. the wonderful mechanism OF
the volcano may De closely inspected
We may stand in the midst of this ter
rfsle mountain builder and look upon
LIE S9rces which have fashioned the
INST Of this earth And when the
,,x., are ~eIIIng up from their eistcrns
in me bowels Of the earth. sursins N
,h- nit. of Haiemannau. spreading In
braek. ropy streams over The NAH Jed
sG tss crater. or saneinE In frenzied de-
u<st at Their escape from the dungeons
Of Fsfuto. not alone the child Of Hawaii
eaa see the divinities Of inore than
mortal power IN the home OF Peie. but
M -naa who Is not moved with awe as
ven as wsnssF In the presence Of these
rock consuming hres." lighted BY no
mortal hand. is less than half n man.
We pass by the grand Haieakaia (tbe
dwelling or the SUM. whose vast but
silent crater would almost hold vesu-
In. Mauna Kea. whose cinder cones
and summit Lake. fed from the SHOWS
that much Of the year mantle the upper
slopes. are OF great interest: hauna
uuaraiaI. whose summit L. crowned
~lth many pit eraters and cones. but
~so-e f,res have been Invisible since
.arIy I'm this century Passing also
MaunA Loa. the mishtiest " not lottieSt
~ Hawaiian volcanoes. whose fires are
- sshanked.' and come far down on
-. .,stfeast slopes OF this last giant
= vast nit between seven and eight
- On rfrth and varying between
-, and twelve hundred feet III
.t-o,b which seems To the casuai oo-
Yer nc more than u lateral orincs Ol
Afauna Loa. -,
Hovever the traveller approaches HI
Inca were he not warned OF It's exist
400 and on the alert 20 spy IL out. =. .
,xoutd break upon him In unexpectsu
sse,re~s He might come from hiio
80 climb four thousand feet "itnou1
.---.~taffnx the elevation. pass
through iuxuriant forests and az tas'
,orne abruptly through green neids W
an me very brink Of the crater VI on
the other hand he might ascenu n
sleeper path from kau and IN tne I'.es'
of dry and graveIiy desert come % ""
expectedly upon the crater NO tren-
blt,x Of the ground. no clash or roa'
n-,rk~ns the near presence OF this
s-txbtv monster. Standing on the
:, ink OF the vast amphitheater. whose
au.~rfve walls are scanned with many
- EARTHQUAKES. whose floor 10 covered
rtta frozen stone which giistens In tne
-u.sxhs. while far In tire distance Use.
~ u,x.terfous smoke. the traveller does
nor nse who cares TO know no mors
~ Snat - before him a lonsinE u
knov the past and the causes OF tn'
mystery. struggles Within MIN
while. IN. records OF vesuvtus &
. -. ,,.sotx centuries. those Of kiia'
,,-. hare cover n hundred years. and
b~yona this a. must be inference. II
imagination we may strip OF the laNa'
vshArh Mama fsoa has poured aSains
me sides % hfs neighoor and We nav
= r,ou1tsfn ms hslsh as veSuvius but o
rror~ than twice us diameter Cwent,
,rtIeaJ II n stood alone 70 would o
n~arty as prOrninsnt as the cone Nnie'
suaras she bay % Naples Mauna ioa
g~rhap@ tho Erau4o1t Se
vo-fd nearly 1900 feet hiEh. mas
.los@ Of only seven degrees. which !
sbsut that OF Eiiuaea-
TB~ foundations of Eil@ue1 are iai'
deep beneath the surface Of the sea
hut NJ illustrate its formation we ma
suppose a mouth In upper ar cofurnp
uf~zsine with some Internal sourc- "
f-va around which successive out tn"Ns
IN. action being interrnittcnt. form
u .-cunf the mouth or crater. an
.. --f-- the lava coiurrn until IN
,.u- are no longer able 90 witnstHn'
ts- pressure. when th~y give wy m
- ~. escapes to sorre lower lers
n, tn~ rent. When ire iava stors 1oN
- az tt~ eud % a so-raihcd erurt.p
20. r-nt - closed By tne eooiitE ~
=. - growing mountain may b
1900 thar before st that riar'
-rsf. mountain building uay h- reff
IA, seen On thc Slopes of l+'t. wnfF