The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-09
ERUPT TON ON ONE SIDE RUMORS ON THEOTEER
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'Oo"'uou i'O' P"SN '''0'
observed peculiar action Of the sea preceding eruption
morning reached Pauu the kau Of Hawaii
within plain top Mauna Loa very high tide
usually high and the running In peculiar There
big rollers chopped and irregular in on rushing in from the
eastward This condition the remarkable Puma
uu and Captain erson and his officers remarked about Ordna
lily the sea runs from the northeast
AT 80 p Tuesday plantation time the summit broke
forth into volcanic activity The eruption said Lloyd Conkng the
purse occurred about I25 standard time The fire broke
forth first from the summit OF Mokuaweoweo The eruption came
forth with gigantic puff We could not hear the The first
puff column OF smoke least two miles into the air The
column was big 1t was white in color and alter the hrst outbreak kept
coming regularly always maintained its form until got high
heavens, separated and formed cloud
Within few minutes OF the hrst outbreak there followed two
smaller eruphon The smaller upion occurred lower down the
mountain and toward the Kona side They large
first outbreak although of them seemed be violent owing
being able fire from readily during the night SO
mated the columns be about miles from each other the
eruption being about four miles from the large the
All of Tuesday those the watched the display No fire
could be but the three columns smoke continued without any
Night eagerly dis
play would be magnificent after darkness had in SO proved be
Purser Conlng makes the following regarding the eruption:
80 Tuesday Mokuaweoweo
forth column of smoke In the night three fountains of flame
could plainly The largest the crater
being the Kona side 1t reported that flowing
wards Kahuku and Honomano but nothing definite flow
could be learned On Wednesday night the fires
bright Tuesday .,s
One thing reported however Purser Conklng
states that nobody the Mauna Loa evidence of lava flows
The absence Of evidence running lava caused much surprise those
expected that bring
wonderful part OF the eruption but no trace OF the flowing lava streams
to had although the officers and watched all night for it
The about the lava flows have emanacd from o
The widest prevailing Tuesday
One report that the lava had burst forth different
Two of the said be rushing along the of 90
hour down the slope of the mountain while other streams said
to be moving Iomie rate One that the six
finally united and flowing rapidly gigantic the
direction Honomano Col Kahuku ranch 1t was
ported too that the lava rushing toward Koha One report
that the cowboys the Greenwe ranch had been close the lava
how 1t running down that land But subsequent nvesga
ton failed to corroborate these runlors.
The Mauna Loa remained nauu Tuesday night Dur
the three columns of fame observed The
into the heavens but there heavy fire underneath the others Ere
quent gusts of flame told this fact and the brilliant reflection the
banks OF clouds above and the rising pillars OF smoke showed the
of fires beneath No have been
forth by the epons The color the flames night and the
smoke during the day showed that deadly gases being
forth by the volcano The could Punauu the great
Wednesday morning clouds be-
the mountain and shut off further OF the columns of smoke
Punaluu Honuapo Wednesday
Hoopuoa Bay arriving
ter place by o'clock that night To the surprise everybody aboard
Mauna Loa people Hoopuoa did anything
the eruption Although that place the shores HAWAII
and about the distance from Moaweoweo that Punau is the
people Hoopuoa had heard OF interruption until the
brought them by the Wednesday, The for then
being of the outbreak the fact that
ans ntefenes between them and Mauna Loa shutting off
the higher mountain The clouds moreover, heavy.
Everybody Kaakeka Bay had witnessed the outbreak
ing Wednesday night watched with the interest Ac
ton the amount OF fire shooting from the three erons AS usual
the opening the brighter than the others While
Keaakekua Bay Conkng investigated the truth of of the wild
reports that he had heard from o Mrs Greenwich asked
telephone regarding the that the lava had been by the
cowboys her ranch She replied that the incorrect
There lava flowing that star they had been able
learn and of them had the aya TWhe Kanau
also communicated with but he had any lava flowing
Il Loar
sailed Thursday Kaa The eruption had been witnessed from
Kaua but yesterday could longer be the
of heavy clouds about the mountain.
So far the officers the vessel learned nobody had
the the outbreak and reported lava flows Few details
the OF the lava outbreak learned only the
ing from io obanabe Were for the fact thai
the officers and Of the British ship Omay reported having
the lava flowing Tuesday night those on the steamer Maun oa would