Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-21

tue BUN Shunc uui's' hhe ~ VIZ uci. i'u
ball.
Fire 10, sighted
AT about ii:sn o'clock the Mauna
Ida sighted the y In the distance.
The Kinau caustl Ithe FIRST view of 1t
at about midnight. and the Mauna Loa
at 1880 p. m. As the steamers pro-
cccded steering for these pillars of nre
their aspect changed continually. Some
lines the fire appeared In three or four
isolated clumps, one higher than the
other. with occasionally a bright yell
low blaze relieving the dull red Of The
general connagration, wherever a tree
had been caught by the moving wall
of fire. A cloud nj smoke enveloped
the island. through which TIE moon
shone htfully and dimly All the cx-
cursionists turned out of their hunks
to see the distant fires. and all vowed
that the trip was well worth taking
for this sight alone.
Landing 10 Made
At daybreak there was some inds-
cision as to which place should he chos-
en- for landing The steamers. which
were at this time standing of tie
beach makai of the fow nearest the
Kona side. the fires Of which had been
seen at night, made a trip Kauwards
to spot where Captain Simerson had
some days before seen flow nearing
the sea. Here the two steamers met.
Admiral Beckley and others were
cheered and there was much good
naturcd bantcring. However, on study
Ing the point closer, II was found that
there was nothing doing. and the
steamers returned to their original
anchorage, a point known as Pun Pele.
where landing was made. The place
was not very favorable one. but
thanks to the skillfulness Of the in
comparable Hawaiian boatmcn every
one who wished to go ashore. was land
ed In safety.
Some Go To Hoopuioa
Not all the passengers started for the
flow from this point. Some. who had
engaged horses in advance nj Hoopu-
loa. were taken to that port by the
1
the flow would prove to be too far OF
stayed on board. The distance was
very deceptive and while Captain Free
man estimated pretty correctly that
the distance from the shore to the fire.
was about five miles. others Thought II
was ten or fifteen miles.
Hard Tramp Across IA
The trip was n rather hard one from
the very start and some turned bacl
after going a short way. thinking tina
II would be impossible to reach tn,
flow In the allotted time. The res
pressed EDWARDS. and even the mos
sangulne were agreeably surprised t.
find that the fire was only about -four
miles from the shore. The first part o
the trip was across an old pahoeho'
flow. which was comparatively cas-.
to walk across. The last stretch. how
ever. was over a rather recent a-'
formation, which could be appropriate
ly described only by the coiloquia
term "beastly.' However. wher final
~ the goal was reached. everyone pro
nounced II to he well worth double tn
trouble taken In gaining II. Franz
Armstrong was the first person t.
reach the flow. Mrs. Marshal was TN
first lady. She won prize of $40 of
tered by Manager Kennedy for III,
first lady to get to the flow.
In Front Of the Flow
The excursionists saw tho flow d.
rectly from In front OF It. II was about
half u mile wide. moving In an irreg
ular line, curving with bays and prom
ontories. and rising from a height o
Is to so feet III front while furtl,e
back It was fully 100 feet above tn,
old flow, over which II was making n!
way. It was very difileult to say how
last the mass was moving, hut abou
forty-five feet an hour would probabl,
be "A fair estimate. Some parts move,
faster than Others. The line of In,
front was In an angle OF about 4,
degrees to the coast line.
The Flow
Imagine a wall of grey stone. half .
mile wide and extending back furthe
than the eye can reach. The mass Il
composed OF stones, large ones an,
small ones, grey and red, and In shades
between these two colors. This wal
Is moving, slowly but irresistably. Tn,
stones tumble from the top, strike tn,
ones In their path, start an avalanche
and the flow gains a few feet. Th!
movement Is taking place continuous
ly, at several places at once, and thu
din OF the rolling rocks is constant,
In your ears, The movement Is slow
but continuous. The advance OF tn,
trempndous mass OF rock impresses IN
onlooker with the mysterious titanl,
force behind II, which is moving thl,
colossal pile forward, brokenly and ir
regularly, but constantly onward.
And beneath and behind this du!
greylsh-red mass Is stream OF llqui,
fire. AS a matter Of fact the whole flos
is n whitehot, molten mass, with onl
Il thin coating of rock over II. Her
ind there where the stones roll dow