The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-10-13

Letters and reports received yester-
day seem to indicate that the grandeur
| of the Mokuaweoweo eruption is shar-
| ed generally on Hawaii, the reflection
| being seen from the Volcano House.
| IIilo and the Kona side. The manager
of the hotel at Kilauea announces That
| q party has started for the summit in
| clear weather.
Miss Anna NJ. Paris, in letter to
| Mrs. Harriet Castle Coleman, an
| nounces that she obtained magnih-
cent view of the eruption from the rear
of her house, situated on the kona side
of the mountain. This communication,
reproduced herewith with letter from
w. T.. Reynolds, once a resident OF
lands largely affected by the volcanic
disturbances. tends strongly to corrob-
crate the theory advanced by Joseph
S. Emerson in Friday mornings Ad-
vertiser that the flow will break out
upon the Kona side of the mountain at
the place of least natural resistance.
SEEN FROM KONA
Following is the letter from Miss
Paris to Mrs. Coleman:
"Kealakekua Kona, Hawaii,
October Z, 1903.
MY Dear Friend: You will probably
hear about the new outbreak on Ma
una Loa by the Wireless, but l send
line lust to let you know what | have
seen.
at was in all its glory last night,
magnificent glow at the summit crater
back of the house, and other bright
spots farther down, showing that
stream was going down the mountain.
THE flow appears to be n little this
side, but just where nobody knows as
vet. Several have gone searching and
we shall look anXiously tonight to see
where the light is. There must be
grand display of fire at the summit
crater, judging from the light.
How | would like to see it at close
range, but unless the stream should
come this side to the sea l don't be-
lieve | shall get to the real fire, but it
is thrilling to see it even as we do.
"It has all been so quietly done. No
earthquakes as yet If the flow should
stop suddenly we may expect them. l
hope it will not but will give some ma
lihinis a chance to view Pcle in all
her glory.
1--WE we're wildly excited last night,
It looked so near us and so different
from any ordinary fire.
yours sincerely,
"ANNA NJ. PARIS
This interesting communication from
Miss Paris would appear to dispose OF
the negative evidence published yester-
day. to the effect that no fire was Nisl-
BILE from Greenwelrs and therefore
there was none on the kona side.
"The bright spots" seen by Miss Paris
on Tuesday night must have been or
burning lava in its course down the
slopes of Mauna Loa.
Mr.. REYNOLDS communication, ad-
vncing views practically in harmony
with MIR. Emerson's reads as under:
ISSUE EXPECTED AT KONA.
Editor Advertiser: Perhaps a few
words from one who has lived on the
lands largely affected by the volcanic
disturbances of the far famed Mokua-
weoweo may not be out of place.
Mr.. Emerson is quite correct in his
statement in your todays issue as to
point of advantage and a reference to
Mr. H. NJ Whitneys notes on the
1865 flow will bear this statement out,
With regard to the flow of 1887, SINH
| lar conditions exist now. When the
| first indication of an eruption occurred
on Mauna Loa, it was at first brilliant
and then subsided only to break out
/ later in the serious flow from under the
woods of Kahuku. 1t then divided
| itself into two streams of lava cover
| ing thousands OF acres and destroying
much property. Strangely enough the
enormous force behind this flow dis
charged all the lava out of n space not
much larger than the front of the Ad-