The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-18
Val pARAISO AND MAUI
ISLE HAD COMMON
BOND 80 YEARS AGO

coast Dy earthquake on the same I'd.
in 1868. That shock, coming at 49,
o'clock on the morning of the 18th O.
August, 1868, resulted in the most ter
rible loss of life recorded up to tina
time of any similar catastrophe in the
western world. The shock was mos
severe in Ecuador and Peru. but was
felt in Valparaiso. one city alone re
corded a loss of nearly $4,000 of it's in
habitants. orion in describing the
/ terrible disaster and the tidal wave
| following says:
| The trenor was felt from the Andes
| to the Sandwich Islands" He states
positively that the shock came on the
| morning of the 18th, although other
writer's give different dates. And
other writer's confirm orion
In August. 1868, the Hawaiian Is
lands were visited by tidal waves. The
dates of these visitations were vary
ing from August to August Is, IA and
u.s. Hilo noticed a terrific rise and fall
of the ocean on August T.. On Maui a
tidal wave twelve feet in height swept
inshore on the night of the 18th and
was followed by lesser ones on later
dates up to the 18th.
The Advertiser of August o. 1868, has
the following story of the tidal waves
which struck Hawaii and Maui from
August to the 18th of that year:
.On the windward side OF Maui, it
was first observed at early daybreak,
and continued during the day, leaving
the reef and some rocks in the harbor
quite bare. Capt. Powers thinks that
The tide. ROSE AND FELL NEARLY
TWELVE FEET between the highest
and lowest mark. 1t rose there as here
slowly and not sufficiently to cover the
beach or enter the houses, but
covered the wharf. 1t was high
est about and II o'clock a., M
AT places on the lee side of Maui the
rise and fall appears to have been not
So great as at Kahului
1--WE have two letters from Hilo re-
ferring to the tides. !. +. The sub
ject is the tidal waves which we are
having and which we have had (says
the letter. for the past 80 hours or
more. On the night of the 18th. at
about Il M, these visitors again made |
their appearance on our coast, sweep |
ing the bridge at Waiakea and making |
ID clean sweep of the boats anchored |
and fall of the ocean since that time, |
up to date. The fall is, should judge, |
from six to eight feet, on the aver
age, and occurring once in an hour
the day. There is no regu-
tidal wave, but a steady |
rise and fall of the water of the bay.
Yesterday 1 accompanied a party, |
by boat to Waiakea, to note the rel
suits of the wave in that vicinity. Wei
found that the bridge had been bodily |
lifted from its position and carried up
the Waiakea as far as the fishpond
walls. This was done by the rise Of
II o'clock yesterday forenoon. OUR
boar went up the stream with the flow
of the tide and, half an hour after
returned with the ebb, which
ran like mill-race. On the night of
the 18th we had a slight earthquake
shock, but not at all of sufficient force
to account for the incessant ebb and
flow of the ocean,
Similar reports from Kawaihae, Mol
lokai and Kauai are published in the
but the dates vary from
the 7th to the 18TH
CITY OF VALPARAISO.
Valparaiso has always been seaport
of Importance 1t is the point in the
early part of the eighteenth century
and throughout where nearly all mer-
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