The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12

ing CHIMNEY IN tne wall at the west end
of the lake, and though the fumes were
obstructive, still the pools could be seen
from the old resthouses on the north
cliff. The glow was so strong that somp
night photographs were obtained on the
evening of November 2, by Mr.. Wood
and others.
From $3.50 to 9 pm. November a
survey of the lake was made. The out.
line is similar to that of the lake of
last February, the coves being E., NE.
NJ, NV. and s. The largest areas of
fluid lava are at the west end. On this
date there were overhows through a
rampant NE. The Old Faithful crack
was ejecting great spurts of lava which
fell back on the hard surface as thud-
ding blobs half CONCEALED, and south of
Old Faithful there was a long straight
crack in the crust at least two hundred
feet in length. The Old Faithful ORR
fee is in fiat cone built up to con-
siderable height above the mean Level
of the lava lake. The measurements of
mean level indicated a slight fall of
from fifteen TO twenty feet during the
preceding three days. Blue flames could
be seen playing through cracks in the
crust here and there.
Increasing Activity.
There have been no marked changes
from November to the present, except
increasing activity. slow rise and di,
minishing fumes. Today for the first
time since earv in August. photographs
of the lava pools were made by day
| light without se-ious interference by
the fumes. Old Faithful was blowing
with n great noise at Intervals, and
there was strong surface flow from the
south side of the lake. A small flow
noured down the west side of the Old
Faithful cone. The main sources of
fumes are from lines of wall vents west
and north. the western ones yellow with
fresh sulphur.
| The director returned to the OBJ
servatory from Honolulu November 8
While in Honolulu, through the month
Of October, he succeeded in increasing
the membership in the Volcano Re.
search Association, and he completed
the first quarterly report of the OBJ
servatory.
Great Quake Somewhere.
The following is II. O. Wood s re
port on the seismograph records of the
week, among them being notable
graph of distant earthquake of great
magnitude, which reached this station
between nine and ten o. clock last night
| November q:
During the past week three very
slight local earthquakes have been re
corded.
One registered from 1O;46;27 p m
10 l047i46 p. M, II, $. T., ON October
l3l, reached an intensity Of about one
nineteenth the minimum sensible shock
rhe distance of It's origin could not be
estimated.
A shock registered on November ]
from l0i2sil4 q, IN, 90 l0i2sii0 a. m,
H. >. r., originated At distance ap
lproMmately Of tweniy-six miles Thu
reached an intensity Of about one
fofiieih tho minimum pereeptlble 10 TN
snusrs
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1T twenty fiA miles, This attained a.
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sensible minimum
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