The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-23
BE]RTELMANN RANCH
IS DESTROYED AND
CATTLE IN DANGER
Three Streams Of MoEen Rock
Pour Out Of Fissures and
Down Mountainside
COURSES ARE ALONG
TRACKS OF OLD FLOWS
Country Of Kau District South OF
Volcano Being Devastated BY
Fiery Rivers

FAUNA LOA is in great eruption
MI and a heavy lava flow, which
Az branched off into three streams
when the head of the flow of 1887 was
reached yesterday, is carrying devas-
tation before IL. No lives have been
reported lost and as the country over
which the molten OutpOurings of Mo-
kuaweOweO is spreading is practically
barren waste, because of previous
flows, and not peopled to any extent,
no apprehension is felt on this score.
There is considerable danger, how.
ever, that cattle which roam over the
district now criss.crossed with the
triple flow may be lost. The news
received by The Advertiser late yes.
terday afternoon was that all possible
measures were being taken to drive of
the cattle to safer quarters, but that
several hundred head might probably
be caught in the "islands" formed by
the different lava streams.
News Of the eruption is told in gra.
phic form in Mutual Wireless specials
to The Advertiser and others in Homo
lulu. The latest word from the scene
of activity came from Hilo at five.
twenty-three yesterday afternoon, as
follows:
Bertlemann Ranch Destroyed
"At half-past eleven o'clock Sunday
night an enormous eruption of Mauna
I.oa occurred on the Kau side of the
big mountain, lava stream breaking
out at the ven-thousa nd foot level.
"At this point an immense stream
of lava broke out from the side Of the
mountain and flowed down its slopes.
On reaching the head of the 1887 flow
the lava broke forth, ihto three streams.
Zone of the streams is making it's
way towards Kahuku and Waiohinu;
another is following the course of the
1887 flow, while the third stream is
keeping to the 1907 flow.
1.-THE government road has been
crossed by the lava and the Bertlemann
Ranch is practically destroyed. The
Kahuku Ranch lands are being rapid.
ly covered by fiery lava. The manager
and all the available men of this ranch
are rounding up and driving the cat
tie, which have been at large, to safe
ty, but il is likely that hundreds of
head will be caught in between forks
Of the flow and destroyed.
No Lives Are Lost 'ls'
mo human lives have been lost, the
slow progress of the flow giving the
people in the threatened district ample
time to seek safety elsewhere.
Every little of the activity on Mau.
ia loa can be seen from Hilo, except
ing dense volumes of volcanic smoke
which at periods this morning covered
the mountain top. Fifty automobiles,
carrying hundreds of sightseers, left
Hilo this morning for Kau, going by
way Of the Volcano Road and the Vol
canO House"
A9Other wireless message to The
Advertiser, received here yesterday at
fOur,ffty- nine ihk-the afternoon from
Kau says:
"On the Kahuku Ranch lava foun-
tain erupted at eleven fifteen Sunday
night, when a radiant column Of hot
vapOrs rose to height OF 5000 feet.
Jaggar On Scene
"ThomHs A. Jaggar Jr., director of
the kilauea observatory, accompanied
by Capt. John w. Kilbreth and Capt.
Charles Il. Lloyd of the First Field
Artillery, Sehoiield Barracks, Oahu.
Prof. H. o. Wood, Professor Jaggar b
assistant, and J. w. Waldron of Hon.
Olulu, drove all night from the Vol
canO House towards the scene of ac.
tivity and finally located the flow ten
miles above the Kahuku Ranch.
1.-The lava stream forked today, one
branch flowing towards the 1897 flow
On the Kona side and the other to.
wards the Waiohinu Homesteads.
1.-THE flows are respectively 200 and
300 yards wide and are progressing
slowly in their march of destruction. .
Early Messages Bring News
At twelVe-nine yesterday afternoon
the promotion committee here received
from George II. Wears of Hilo the fol
lowing:
"LaVa flowing in three streams, one
in the direction of thel907 flow, u sec
Ond towards that of 1868 and the third
one Ia approaching the Bertelmann
homestead, The last mentioned stream
Is expected to cross the government
road tomorrow.
message to The Advertiser, filed in
Hilo Sunday morning, but received
here at nine-twenty yesterday morning,
says:
Almost continuous slight earth
quakes have convinced Professor jag
gar that second outbreak of Mauna
LOa is momentarily possible.
Second Eruption Was Looked For
"Friday's eruption lasted for five
hours. Gas and smoke issued from a ifs,
sure two miles long, which points to-
wards the Kahuku Ranch. The smoke
and gas rose, like MUSHROOM, 10000
feet into the air. No flow has been
located and the exact spot of the activ-
ity is not known ut this time"
This message proves that Professor
Jaggar was right in anticipation Of an
early second outbreak of Mauna I.oa
on Sunday.
The Inter Island Steam Navigation
Company received two messages yester-
day from Hiio. The later one read:
"The lava flow increases and has
three forks, one ON the 1907 flow, one
going south and the third going towards