New Britain herald., 1926-04-19
Fifty Feet of Molten Lava Engulfs Hoopuloa Dis trict Near Base of Mau- na LOa--Heayens Reflect Lurid Glare of Inferno Within Crater.
Hilo. T. H.. April is R,-Leavirg

es 'AtNsS SNi iiNN Ah ANo '"NNf 1 stream of lava continued to shoot forth from tho volcano Mauna Loa yesterday, beating a fiery path from tho 5000 foot level of the crater down to tho sea.
 Engulfed under so feet of lava the community Of Hoopuloa was covered blythe molten mass. Fifteen buildings were destroyed. The post office was the last to go, It burst into flames at 3:S0 a. m. Then the racing mass coursed its path to the sea sending forth q charge of steam as it struck the water. As the lava continued to pour into the sea the ocean started boiling until 1t was bubbling several hundreds feet out from land
 Prayers Unayailing
 The rampagins volcano turned . deaf ear to the prayers of old Ha- waiian kakunas who implored Pel", Ia Hawaiian goddess associated with the volcano Kilsuea, not to destroy their homes.
 The volcano, which is situated In the HawGlian National park, belch- ed forth q fiery stream which in four days made its way 10 the sea. Heat Was Intense From the sea, the air and the land. thousands. viewed the colorful display. Army airplanes arrived q few hours after the village vas wiped out but the view from the air was obscured by the dense steam and smoke. The heat, at an eleva- lion of 5000 feet was described as intense" but the airmcn succeed cd in obtaining pictures.
 Huge clouds of steam hung over the ocean, rising to a height of sev. cral hundred feet. As the lava struck the water tremendous rockets of steam would shoot into the air showering the entire region about i the bay
 Scars t1,000 Feet In Ar Last night. this great highway of fire, soaring almost 1l,n00 feet into the air. coursed its way along the parts Of the southern coat of the island into the sea, chTning the ! blue waters of the Pacific into gey- sers Of steam and gradually creating 0 new peninsula,
 i AS seen from 8. steamer last night, the illuslon was conveyed that tn" ! heavens had opened like some CO., lossal super-i inferno to spill q chan mel of molten rock down the slopea Of a great mountain into the sea,
 Watching this thousand foot wide current of lava, are trio of 4n' foot sentintls of fire atsho source of the flow, casting a crimson re- llection over the entire island, while at the ocean edge, where thunder GUS explosions mark the meeting ol the lava and tho water prismat tic srcam clouds sizzle upwards,
 Aboard tho steamer Halehala al noon yesterday the Associated Pres correspondent said hundreds stood | awe stricken by the spectacle. 1 Last nights prcdiguous flow tend cd 10 frighten rather than amacc q considerable portion of it's andi"nc" Residents oi other sections sought ,reassuring statements from Dr. J. A ,Jaegar, dean of volcapologists, whr predicted present trnptions and wh( has watched orators Of the Hawaiian Islands become disturbed for tn past 15 years,
 pr. Jaggar, with his eyes glner on pair of field g!osses, ohscrvec icvcry pulse beat of the disturbed mountain and record many signifl' cant gestures.
 A series of severe earthquakes yesterday afternoon rocked the Xii ouea, In which Mauna Iowa Is To- rated. Thls was followed bysa seri@> of aYalanchcs from the Hale Haul mau pit, causing the general i'm rrassion that Kiiauea will become active soon.
 Flow Is Reccsiing
 The flow from the Waichinu cratel ionuearcd 10 recnde last night. The crater was covered. by q heavy mis- while sections there were being drenched with rain.
 Aside from the fact the present flow Is considerably slower than tho last disturbance of 1912. which ai' ltalncd & speed of 40 miles an houl when it crashed into the Pacihc yolcanologists claim the spectacle 1' almost comparable, and predlc there Is indication Of the lava flow increasing.
 ! Residents and spectators In th' southern vicinity of the island hav' been warned of the dangers from new outbreak. '
 Mouna Loa rises 1S,675 feet be ing the second largest volcano 1T Hawaii and among the worlds larg !est active volcanoes. 1t Is seFora hundred feet lower than Launa kea
 Because of it's long slopes Mauna iLos was named by the early ha' waiians, meaning long mountain, I
 started it's eruptions in 1923. Th' pcak Of these disturbances wa
 reached In 1919, when the flow be
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