The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-26

command, was at Punaluu. Kau,s on
Friday when the first intimation Of the
, impending eruption was noticed at that
point. ga go
' From the ship OF seven O'Clock
Friday morning we observed huge col.
Iumns Of smoke.like vapor rising from
1.-THE southern slope OF Mauna Loa
mOuntaiH, said Captain Simerson,,
"but thought AZ the time IL was mere.
~ big are set by someone on the
mountain. We watched Il closely, but
later in the day the entire slope was
'enveloped In cloud and that remained
until eleven o'clock Sunday night 4
The smoke had appeared 70 be not more
than halfway up the slope
Glow Grows 'Brfkhter s. ,
"Ateleyeh O'Clock sunday night the
third mate saw reelection of the fire,
in the clouds above Mauna LOa and
tealled me. We were at Kealakekna
bay, on the Kona coast, aud almost due
west Of Mauna Loa's summit. As we
moved north along the Kona coast the
glow in the sky grew brighter. When
we arrived az Kailna we were told that
persons in the vicinity of the flow had
reported two streams, moving down,
roa.hHa W.h.sh VIZ -
49,. tsa. - ;So,l,
Ithot s.hs,.,s 80 80 -.
Idow'r .ha s,.s.ss, &c. 49, ,bo Kds
huku ranch in Kona.J
NcInerny,. .hos Co., ~bo stopnoJ
~, ~, y "a 80 az, gu" 80 t 1922 -,
IWa;msa IN a. pa.lar R"n"b bod
spectacp,ay v;sSS - On. hisSiDo MAS
Ifron, that hos,alrs - tnnr > ,ciocs
MONDAY moyninr The neon was shin.
Inc hr;ohtfv - 4. sts,.,,.e = ho,o buIs,i
over Mauna Eoa,s crest and far down.
the side; bft'he distinguished clearly a
great glowing mass on the right side
OF the mountain, ~ he looked south,
ward from karhuela- n
Mass OF Lava Near Summit
Tbj, bube n;,h ~ serv Inv, did NOT
onnear "a ~ I oreat disto nco from tie
lsnmm;t 10 80 IT, a. s+ot;onor,,
cbanoiny ,cn,a. sl;.htI,, g., hr;1ht II,
idark red snd yatnSn;ns to aom;nS br;I.
Tonce. A TNp mas. 10 infcrre1 had
ibeen denos;teds thara earlier in the
nicbt or morn;ng from n bicber
source. ~
Samuel p,rk.r ~ foromor NJ The,
tparIer Rsnss reseiveS a to,onboSea
y. ler,,,, n ~ I M, !, IA, Npn5I,,
EISpri5e tbsF M tb;sd .t%.syn vas "a.
10 ne;as .na6 IN. IlssuIr -Iar5s ma
ltbraatan;ng ,h.' 5;vastocL. no bostensd
oway, ~ orsehs,.t to,s1ra tbo scene
lKsh5kn ~ IA, ,ro,, - a n.rt ~ Tho
portar ao,n.s,, RSs,h.ro - nnfnbar ~,
~, 80 1,r.eas,,r 7 ga taroS;-io noddo.E a,
lbaSs h.a, 4, s;n.a;n.5 anJ + ia nm
IJerstood he AVA ~ Aow;ng over some
! ~ tba rancbJ. cbnicest roz;ng nron-
lerty. .'''''ttt, =. .s.....t
Brilliant Glare In Daylight
An nr,s,.l fo.,rto ,nf ,ho snoctocIo'
ia rennrted hy sSnemhers ~ tho nmhlic
mtiI;tT com ,o;ss;nr nortv boodaJ by
Thairr,, O. Fo,bes who rctnrned
IN the stc. mo- t1;lonoo y.s+ordov fror,
rim scrns. tbn Ria IsIon5 Tbev
sov that on WonJav 10 broad d.vl;gbf
1.-THE brilliant glare Of the Ares could be.
saer IN az sSv and reIotiveIv near
Nv the neoL 81 Mann. Lon wr,pnsd
IN , m.5tle ~ snoy was visibIe Tho
hon The mountain tbev renort is
wcll covered in snow. tbus proving that
ttbe eruntion ia a considerable distance
below the crest, = = - -;
'Reports Yesterday afternoon from
Hawrii were that the ftwo earlier
ilstreams. moving south in Kau, appear.
led 10 be losing strength while the new.
Ter and westerly branch, working its
lway across the Kahuku ranch lands In
1.-The general direction of Kapua was be-
looming larger and more active It
twas moving only a few feet ar, hour,
hove YER, and had attained half-mile