Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-24

Jaggar, representative Of the Hawaiian
Volcanoes Research Association. in
vestigating the recent eruption Of Sa-
kurajima at Kagoshima. japan, makes
a detailed report to the organization
and attributes the fact that the loss
Of life was not much larger to the
fact that scientists have had frequent
warnings that the eruption was threat
ened and had been afforded an opper-
tunity of taking precautionary steps,
Dr. Jaggar states. in his letter, that
he expects to return TO Honolulu, &C
companied by DR.. Perret some time in
April. j.
DIR. Jaggar's report, in part, reads:
As to the eruption of Sakurajima,
1t proves TO be an epoch making event
in Japan. and. this expedition was am
ply justified. | am glad to hear that
Mr. Perret is coming. and hope that
some gas chemist will come when the
more violent explosions now in pro-
gress have subsidized.
The unusual feature of the eruption
for Japan is the outflow of two floods
of a lava of the composition of n.y.
persthene andesite. 1t is not unusual
for this volcano, for the same thing
appears by the old records to have
happened at Sakurajima in 1873 and
1916. but there are few volcanoes like
1t in Japan. At the time Professor
0mori left, January %, he estimated
ten square kilometers had poured out,
and the depth of the east flow in
places is not less than 500 feet, as it
fills channel 50 fathons deep and is
piled 200 feet high above sea-leyel.
The eruption was essentially We
suvian in quality. Premonitory were
.eruptions of Kirisbima. the next vol
cano 80 miles north, in June, Noyem-
Der and December last, and an unusual
earthquake last July The past year
has been excessively dry here. Doc
tor Friedlasuder published wrrning
In 1910 to the effect that an eruption
might be expected, heralded by strong
earthquakes.
The phases of the eruption were:
Three hundred and seventy earth
quake shocks during some q hours,
January IL to the morning of January
u On January ~ at $50 a. m. curb
ed hot springs at Arimura, on the
south shore of Saknrajima, rose sud-
ue sao;n. go -, 20 I'll 20, a..
49,. ,l - 81! VIII snls eusn -
p, 49, III aus :, 49, VS.
ooo'e ene soulnein seiiillil. cia.el.
vapor had been seen.
=. ~, q; M, Salunis - a q. eAp,o-
s'oii VIII Did11 caaiiioVsef sllohe
.ooA pace on ..e sue u me solcaIo
eoMsIus nasosllllha, me VEST sue, tlle
s,is. p.o. ~ rapns liIuicd.,ils soAie
: oo ls. " ens ~. Nes.Wafd.
Apout ~ minutes laler, accordlng
- .ne masters y sessels 70 ING souell'
mno couiu see Do.n SUES VI tue noun
Jam, sli,iiiar coluihn 81 Diack smoke
fose at the EASTERN base OF the Vof-
eaito'
Al o:oo p. M, January -, strong
eii lllquaAe shoehs Mere Ieit at All
,nuIa Oh the southeast shore OF the
isiand ana lEls time was SAID Dy the
ollicsIs VI me tslslllhi Maru 10 &c the
Tin M inleioI ol lne western EXPLOSIONS.
Ine Mele tIsl l retIsais tnol
nien. a. niuiisnt anu on the next
s.sliis ,lSsnt lnafgelouss iiery as
pay, pue .nls time was proDanly the
snas ~ un sApioslse sas pressure pc
a. w la.a toos ~ Tue y as . Anu
:. sosae eai',ll I,l u :. eo z.
-. pluDauis nal A .s ,ne Wiuer opening
-, O.. iSe ~ ~ ava ~ lne eastern vents.
a. o.oo =. N, 5altlafy Y, strons
....u so,ne Nnal proiohseu earthquake
sloon mdsosnillia' wrecked stohe walls
anu ALlled ABOUT ~ persons. otners
Mei.s "ouhueu. ne eafln wave was
s so ~ west lroni the olrectoh OF
81 sn oloano, noIeh 70 tsouln, walls
t'A. !. .u Gnu eae1 - "ese ones resisting.