The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-10
FIRE DROVE COWBOYS
DOWN MAUNA LOA
HERDERS IN COL. NORRIS RANCH HAD TO RIDE DOWN
THE MOUNTAIN LAST MONTH WHEN MOKUAWEO-
WEO BROKE FORTH INTo'F1ERY WARNING-KINAU
ARRIVES TODAY WITH NEWS FROM HILO

The following is an extract from a
letter received today by Frank S.
Dodge, of the Bishop estate, from E. d.
Baldwin, government surveyor at Hilo:
"Mauna Loa is in eruption again and
a flow is in progress from a point near
the top amongst the small cones on
the Kahuku side. We saw the glow,
and lava flow clearly last night from
our house cat Puneo) for the first
time"
Puneo is about SS miles from the
scene of the eruption.
Cow boys on Col. Norris Kahuku
ranch on the big island of Hawaii were
driven down the slopes of Mauna Aoa
by an eruption of fire last month The
same eruption that Captain Mosher of
the steamer Iwalani reported is the
one that drove the COW boys to the low
er slopes of the big mountain.
Last Monday when Captain Mosher
was at Kau he was talking with sew
eral people over the eruption that he
had seen. The story received corro-
boration from very unexpected quar-
ter. w. Wilhelm, one of the old cow
boys on the Kahuku ranch, stated that
he had seen that eruption of fire from
the fire and it had caused them to rush
down the slopes of the mountain to-
ward the lower levels as it feared the
lava would start flowing. Wilhelm
stated moreover that there had been
two eruptions of fire from the noun
tain during the last two months. The
occurrence of the last eruption when
Col. Norris COW boys hurried down the
mountain was recalled distinctly by
the people at Kau.
The steamer Isinau arrived this
morning from Hilo with the latest Hiio
accounts of the eruption of Mauna Loa
A number of passengers returned on
her from visiting the Volcano House
Every body was delighted with the
view witnessed from that part of the
island, although no flowing lava could
be seen from that part of Hawaii. A
single column of fire could be witness
ed. The fire was still playing Thurs
day night when quite a party from the
Kinau including Admiral Beckley, Wis.,
tied the Volcano House. People at the
Volcano House stated that there hau
been display of fire every night
Admiral Beckley states that thus far
no one has arrived at Hilo from the
immediate vicinity of the eruption. A
large excursion party was to have left
Hilo today for Mokuaweoweo. Fully
fifty people would compose this crowd
it was thought. This party will go to
the Volcano House and from tht place
make their way on horse back and on
foot to the summit of the mountain.
Nothing definite in the way Of news
was learned regarding the lava flow
The lava flow could not be seen from
Hilo or the Volcano House Admiral
Beckley said that he thought the pill
lar that was seen from the Kiiauea
House was a fountain of lava playing
out of the summit crater. The two 9th.
er eruptions were not viewed from that
side of the island.
Much interest was taken in the re-
port of the lava flowing. The officers
of the steamer seemed to think that
lava was undoubtedly flowing, but thus
far, no one about Hilo appears to have
seen it.
Captain Freeman, the master of the
Kinau, was on the bridge this morning
and Witnessed the reflection from the