The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-11-13
FIRE LAKES
ABOUN0|NG
Lively Last Week
Was MOkua-
WeOWeO.


pher, and II. A. Baldwin, manager Of
Haiku plantation, Maui, last week as
cended to the crater of Mokuaweoweo.
the expedition having been arranged
by Alfred w. Carter. They landed
at Kailua on Wednesday morning and
began the main ascent from 7. c.
Whites, Kainaliu, at 1880 p. m. the
same day.
Their camping and their experience
of cold that night were like unto the
experiences of others who had done
the toilsome journey. Yet they were
blessed with delightfully."- clear moon
light and immunity from snow, rain or
hail The summit was reached at 1880
p. nj. on Thursday, after actual trav-
cling time OF twelve hours from Kali
niliu. Mr.. Thielen described the erup-
tive conditions to an Advertiser re-
porter yesterday as follows:
CRATER IN DAYLIGHT.
"On arriving at the crater we found
that the central cone was very active.
ejectng lava every few seconds with
an explosion very much like the blow
Ing off of steam by n locomotive. The
Jets rose to height of about 200 feet.
There were other signs of fire In the
immediate neighborhood of the cone.
1.-The cone stood on the rim of Il cir
cular space in which activity was
shown all over. fire being also visible
in the daytime. Eruptions were in
termittent. occurring every few Sec
onds, and throwing up ejecta to n
height of from a few feet to possibly
a hundred feet.
"Other evidences OF fire appeared ali
over the moor of the crater, steam from
apertures and fire occasionally visible
during the day. over in the corner,
on the Kau side, there were also evil
dences OF considerable activity. Great
quantities of steam were being emit
ted.
MAGNIFICENT NIGHT SCENE.
"At night the whole scene was mate
rally changed. 1t then beggared de-
scriptlon.
"A circle % activity in proximity to
the cone resolved itself into lake OF
pure fire. acting In some manner like
n storm-tossed sea. Waves of molten
lava dashed against the rocky margin.
During the night eruptions were
more frequent and more violent, while
the volume Of matter elected was con-
siderably greater, than in the daytime.
There was a row OF small cones run
ming across the lake from the kona to
the Hilo side. Between twelve and one
o'clock these vents suddenly became
very active. ejecting large stream or
lava which continued for several min
utes.
at the same time the mass of lava
in the larger cone rose to the surface
and stopped over in Like on the Kau
side. About one o'clock the lake ap-
parently got fuller than 1t could hold,
for the lava ran out in three small
streams on the Kona side, uniting In
one stream some distance from the rim.
These streams broke over afresh sew
eral times, with occasionally tremen-
dous eruption. The explosions sent
matter high in air, which came down
like showers of stars.
AUXILIARY LAKES.
"To the left of the main lake, during
the night there were two small lakes
almost in a straight line about midway
between the wall OF the crater and the
main lake. A third lake was situated
at the foot of the cliff on which we
We're standing. Neither of these small
er lakes seemed to have any walls.
The one at the foot Of the cliff. be-
meath our feet. had little cone which
broke out and boiled over like water
from an artesian well.
almost the entire floor of the crater
Is gridironed with orifices through which
fire CLEANS at night. The entire lower
plateau, as it is called, has been filed
up by the present eruption so as to be
flush with the formerly higher level.
UNFOUNDED REPORT.
Iau
been no flow out of the main crater
Dr. Douglas. who accompanied Mr..
Fleming on the trip from which it was
reported there had been flow on kau
side, states that the story was un-
founded and that Mr. Fleming must
have been misauoted.
II secured fifteen photographs, seven
of which We're taken at night. We
found it intensely cold at the summit
and the water In our can was frozen
with a crust of ice half an inch thick.
There was considerable snow in the
crevces on the summit"
RECOMMENDS THE ROUTE.
Mr.. Thieen and party-whose guides
were Charlie Carr and David Nahale-
left the summit at $3.50 Friday morn
ing. The crater then showed about the
same degree of activity as at their ar
rival. They reached Kainaliu in ten
hours, having made the round trip In
twenty-five travelling hours Mr.. Thiel-
en- strongly recommends the route they
took by way of Whites.
THE spectacle to be seen at It's best"
he said in conclusion, must be viewed
at night when 1t Is more like grand
pyrotechnical display than anything
else l can liken 1t to. The sunset which
we witnessed on Thursday evening was
a close rival to any volcano on earth
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INFLUENZA is always more or less
nrevaIent this aea Jon NJ the wear This