The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
4 TAME VOLCANO,
\ VIOLENT OUTBURST
IAN GODDESS OF FIRE
AlIHN QUIET 1874 YEARS.
Be- n~roN FORETOLD.

kRUPl lOF
-. hundred and thirty-four
O' on;te respectable behavior
. : s great Hawaiian Goddess OF
u 3,ne volcano" had a terri,
Et h. l+'D 81 temper. Most world
|tDq lsou u that Pele is OF all god
.; KNOW n,o.t roval, says the Ameri,
Et iDe l'9 ASSOCIATION. Her splendid
GatuF &c depth Of the crater OF 81
u y u' tbc large island OF Hawai-
2 on . 5nw,e.inspiring spectacle on
no. y. II tbe same time is the most
|a l1i;t "a, '1 Volcano in the world;
n T'li 6a Vis-Norton, Of the Ha-
Y I, De Research Association,
J C Nature Magazine, "one may
y IN n'' automobile at Hilo, the
u ? az Ettre coast city, and after
|al to t''t thirty miles through all
lo' Of '' the tropics emerge with
pre- ,, u, upon the very
| ,5 ,aon migbty crater itself. !.
i ino down upon a world OF
/ e., ioU .tation spread over an area
|o y, }00O acres below his view
Ply :ynr 2,Ugp by perpendicular
|.s sui,b which there is only one
T. And an amazing automobile
lI' "a. tbrorgh this entrance onto
b EsJ floor OF this crater and comes
a. ! DC end inst as one becomes APP
u ..I.. 'r II being driven headlong
f. Nv, rarv rim OF the inner throat
Iii N that looms hardly fifty feet
i there the automobile comes to
| a 'r fen second later one has
|, sense OF human proportion
n world absolutely apart; the
|. u re,ln1 OF the mighty goddess
+. one's feet he sees the unbe-
|. : oroces, OF the creation OF the
tbe formation OF order from
chaos, IT,, ,,,
and boils aud adde's less than
Ned feet beneath the jagged
In which we stand, giant toun-
/ wbjte-hot metal break through
I surface and are hurled in the
'of giittering spray high above:
n time to time avalanches OF
m from the surrounding wells
crashing into the molten lake,
surging waves OF fire that beat
he bank
4 ndescribable grandeur. One
in perfect safety upon the brink,
No his lace from the terrific
Eth an inpromptu mask made
cardboard picnic plate and
/ spellbound hour after hour
Dmetimes the dawn comes upon
lawarcs.
! is the normal condition of
the vOr1d's most famous
Volcano.
haps the Goddess Pele began
mt the appellation tame. Per
ke all her charming sex she de-
to 60 into Mysteries. Anyhow,
! 18th, with only a few prelim-
as a warning, she
but in a terrific explosion that
rock, and burning sand and
in every direction. A mighty
OF gas charged smoke and
urged from the throat of the
rater and poured up and up UNI
actual triangulation its height
und to be the dizzy elevation
I've miles.
h by Jagged streaks OF vivid
roars and crashing
peals of thunder,
tied by the stuccato crack of
lasses as they hit the crater
ID burst asunder, this explosion
spectacle. But it was
FIRST Of a series that occurred
lew hours for more than two
increasing in intensity and
+ until they reached a point Of
and thereafter began to die
uea has even been a great tour
1rt and thousands of visitors
ZEN fortunate enough to be able
ess portions OF the great erup-
E volcano is now staging. 1t
TRANCE that people should flock
a spectacle instead OF running
rom it, but the scientists in
OF the little volcano observa-
at perches upon the crater rim
,rater have made excellent reg
Tor the safety of the public
e taken for the prompt evacua-
the neighborhood."