Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-28
IN THE DAYS NEWS
HILo

Hiio, second city of the Hawaiian Islands, into the harbor of which tid- al waves swept on two occasions fol- lowing the recent Chilean earthquakes, is the subject of the following bull letin from the Washington, D. C., headquarters of the National Geograp- hie Society.
 Situated on land which rises tow ard a wonderful background formed by the highest island mountains in the world" says the bulletin, "Hilo is in little danger from ten or twelve foot tidal waves such as those which re- gently bathed it's shores. But because of its location on the southermost island of the chain, facing eastward, 1t was in a most favorable position to observe the results of this mighty phe nomenon which raised the level of the ! earth's greatest ocean seemingly as l easily as a careless bather can plash 1 water from his tub.
 City in Eea ItifuI Setting
 "Hiloans claim that theiy city is the most beautiful in the islands; and it would be difficult to find a more ideal | setting. The shores of a broad bay sweep away on both sides of the town | like the lines of an hyperbola. In the | foreground as one approaches from the sea is an idylic tropic islet that it's discoveFer might have been forgiv- en~ for naming Enchanted Isle but which in matter -of-fact English is called 'Cocoanut Island Back of the city and its bay fringed with tropical verdure rise the highlands of the in- terior to their apex in Mauna Kea, of- ften snow capped, the highest of is- land peaks. To the right numerous streams rush to the sea, several of them leaping down in graceful water falls.
 One reason why Hiloans refused tc
 become alarmed because of an unusu- al phenomenon in the sea is that they live next door to two of the worlds greatest land wonders-the active vol. iSeanoes Kilauea and Mauna Loa-and not only have not suffered from theil nearness, but have profited greatly
 because their city is the gateway through which thousands of visitors
 pass to view these tame volcanoes. An excellent automobile highway lead.
 from Hilo through majestic forest of tree-ferns to a totel on the brihl
 of Kilauea, about 30 miles away; and Ia supplemental road actually de- scends into the huge crater so that mo-
 tor cars may be driven to the very
 brink of the bubbhng lake of melter
 lava in'the smaller, Interior crater. ! Beneficiary of Hawaiian "Masie"
 "The highway continues on to Mau. : na Ioa from which have. come the great lava flows of prehistoric anG , historic times that have built up Ha.
 vail, youngest of the islands of thu Hawaiian group, and make it still ar
 island in process of manufactured The latest of these lava flows occurred ir
 1919 when river of molten stone . rushed down the mountain on the op.
 posite side of the island from HilC
 and plunged hissing into the sea- Fol
 many days the waters bubbled, while
 steam clouds rose. Fish, boiled to 2
 turn, fleated nearby and could be
 picked up and eaten by those venture. Isome enough to row into the hot wa. Iters near the frey cataract.
 '1n 1880 when Hilo was still large. ly native town, its existence wal
 threatened by one of the greates
 flows Mauna Lea has ever sent forth
 Slowly the white hot stream, advane
 ed straight for the town until it wa
 less than two miles away. The peopl was panic-stFieken end as a last re sort appealed to the only survivinl
 princess and pFiestess of their great est royal line. She took her stand , mile from the town and declared tn flow would stop there. It did. Ther are Hawaiians who maintain still tha Hilo was saved from destruction on ly because Pele, goddess of the vol
 cano, stepped her fires when he , daughter intereeded.