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


the cold air reduces II to the same dull,
brownish and greyish tones Of the sur
' ro,indings.
An enormous grey boulder ON the
top of the ledge Is undermined. II
splits. and the interior is red fire. The
detached portion tumbles down the
slope, reaches the bottom, and Is split
by the impact. throwing a shower of
red stones In all directions. The other
halt of the stone. on the top Of the
ledge, does not fall. but dissolvcs slow
: ly into fiery torrent. tumbling down
the face Of the moving mass.
The lava flow is the product Of an
inconceivable energy. working In the
bowels OF the earth, throwing forth Its
| terrible weapon Of destructiohs6vith u
| force against which the combined pow
! crs Of man-steam, electricity and ex-
plosivcs-are as nothing. II Is irresist-
ible. II flows onwards wherever It
foot from It's chosen path. as II moves
f, on. melting the rocks and destroying
mighty trees like stems. And in front
Of this terrible destructive energy one
on, .,o,d watching IN, vort,nv. M i,s
strength see,pp tho exert,,, M tho Arc
,odess in bor r,iuhi and he p,,p,urcd
j aase and living IN On forth ana foil
the tale TO fellowmen.
Saw Flow Crossing Road
while the main bodv landed nj Pun
J pelc and had the front Wow of the
aow n small marty. consisting nj Mr.
and Mrs Geo Rodiek. Aupus, Hum
,ury ~ wo,dron and Mrs Inn,
J was taken nv the Kinau IN uoonuIoa
where they had engaged n four.horse
foam and saddIeborses in advance hy
wireless This marty saw n disercnt
mart of the flow. probably n po,nt 10
miles higher nm than the from, seen nv
tho msin body. and returned IN The
steamer. which picked them nm n,
aho,, +, m mil nj enthusiasm, ov.r
the wopderfuI sights which .,bey had
, seen
/ eve ,ravc,ed about IN piies dow,
: the Government rpad." said one of the
marty describing tho trim "Tbero VIZ
/ had IN s,op Tho lava oow had crossed
tho road and haired /, comn,e,.,v 4,
3 was about 40 fec, high twice as high
as n ,c,e,hone noIc which stood ncn,
( n n WAS abou, n milo wide I'm, was
n M iop,or rod bot
I "From tho road wc won, N, a,onp
tho aow about ono and n half miles I,
formed four senara,o ,odycs Their,
n were two high ones IN each side eyi
k gently tho edges az tho ars, aow wbic,
/. Lad left n hollow Mace In the middl.
g I'm this hollow tho second 8ow ran nm,
I its edges formed two smaller lodges
i inside Of and paraI,eI with tho ou,e,
o ones. Finally between the two inne,
r lodges the present lava stream wa,
& growing Wo stood IN tho o,,,er ,od,e
p which was cooling but A, was s,iIl 9,
!, bot that whore we throw naner nm 4
: n burnca
4 Molten Lava Lake
: Looking mauka from this point W,
4 cou,d 600 n i,to n, ,,n,,o, i,y, ro,
J. hot and seetbinp From the lower on,
y lof II n cascade of FIRE ahon, ,5o foe
- wide and with a dron of pm IN 40,
k feet was rushing down n ranid inc,,n.
. In both the lake and the cascade IN,
y lava was IN sucb rand motion that n,
: crust had time In form ana as a con
q sequence the surface was copstan,,,
lionid and nj n rcd heat Al the I'M,
tom of the cascade the STONE was mor,
: gentle and the 8ow of tho Lawn Io,,
I iapid. Here the formation NJ c,inLer,
: began. and the bir masses of s,on.
: tumbled and ios,,ed In tho Arc s,re.,
4 like Ice foes I'm tho breakinp nm NJ
y river. A little further down tho cr,s
T. enyeloped the entire stream so that AR,
: could onIy he seen shining, ,n,orn,,,
v tentIy besw the cracks FINAL,
( there seemed IN he some obstruction !,
y the flow. for only abou, one-ronr,h +,
4 the mass flowed south in tho mai,
O flow The rest sho, nm IN . branch
) which was making its wav across m,
inner ledge on the Uoopu,oa side who,
we left.