The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-19

lava are flowing towards the sea. 1t is |
reported by visitors to the outbreak |
that all the streams are coming from |
the same source and that one has |
reached the sea at HOnomulino. The |
others i'm Kahuku, are flowing over
worthless land.
HENsHALL.
In addition to the wireless messages
the morning paper received the fol-
lowing correspondence from its repre-
sentative at the volcano, J. 7. Stacker.
KILAUEA, January 17.-From this
point fifty miles from the scene of ac-
tivity l can see the glare from the flows
now gliding down the mountain to-
ward the sea-
Rumors are numerous and mostly
misleading From parties just return
ed 1 learn that none of the streams
have reached the sea but are within
from one to four miles and going slowly
The government road at the first flow
is covered with new lava to the height
of a telephone poll and for a quarter
of a mile in width
The exact source of the outbreak has
not been determined but the elevation
is estimated at seven thousand feet
From the bottom may be seen a con-
tinuous outpouring of sulphur smoke
and further down the mountain the
boulders burst into thousands of pieces
but not with loud report, and then
come rolling down until their force
is spent.
So far as I can learn there has been
little, if any, damage to pasture lands
on Kahuku ranch.
The new flow merely points toward
Kona. ana is excessively active but
the natural barriers will prevent it
coming into the district The original
of the present outbreak was from a
point about where the 81 flow start
ed and it followed the same course,
much of the new lava going over the
old The second flow started a little
on the Kona side of the first and is
going over waste land without inhict-
ing damage. The third is from
point a few hundred feet below it,
flowing a short distance toward the
81 flow and there turning to the
north.
The first flow has subsidized and no
fire is visible but the IA formation is
too warm for the Kau people to cross.
Their only road overland into Kona
is Via Hilo and Kohala and down
through the Konas and the reverse
route must be followed by Kona peo-
pie who wish to get to Kau or Hilo.
Persons who go from Honolulu with
the sole idea of getting a view of the
| flow should do so via the Mauna Loa
to Kailua or one Of the ports further
along to Kona and there taking a team
or horse.
! The district is invaded with smoke
from the burning scrub bushes and
young ohias and the sulphur stencil is
strong for a distance of fifty miles
Within five miles of the flow the
| illumination is so great that lights are
not necessary and news print may be
red with as much ease as during the
day
At no time has the flow been seen
from Kawaihae, only the reflection, so
that Pohakuhanalei-the Pohakuhana-
lei generlly spoken offs not the cen
ter of the present disturbance but
several miles or more away. 1t is
conceded that the first flow was the
most brilliant of all but tht may be
the case merely because the people are
firing of the grandeur This last one
is active beyond all others and it looks
as though it would continue for some
time. Excursion steamers are running
from Hilo but the way for persons
to get a genuine and wholesome idea
of the extent of the outbreak is to go
by land and go up to It, The road
is a good one to within a very short
distance Of the flow.
STACKER.