Evening star., 1926-04-19
SECOND VOLCANO
THREATENS HAWAII
KiIauea Expected to Join
Mauna Loa in Pouring Out
Molten Stream.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
H1LO, Territory of Hawaii. April
19.-Leaving a village buried in its
wake. stream of lava continued to
shoot forth from the volcano Mauna
Loa Yesterday, beating fiery path
from the crater down to the sea.
Engulfed under so feet of lava, the
community of Hoopuloa was covered
by the molten mass. Fifteen build
ings were destroyed. The post office
was the last to go. 1t burst into
flames at $50 am. Then the racing
mass coursed its path to the sea.
sending forth a charge of steam as
1t struck the water. AS the lava con-
tinued to pour into the sea the ocean
started boiling until it was bubbling
several hundred feet from land.
The rampaging volcano turned
deaf ear to the prayers of old
Hawaiian kahunas. who fmplored
Pele, a Hawaiian goddess associated
destroy their homes.
The volcano. which is situated in
the Hawaiian national park, belched
forth a fiery stream which in four
davs made it's way to the sea.
Thousands view display.
From the sea the AR and the land
thousands viewed the colorful display.
Army airplanes arrived few hours
after the village was wiped out. but
the view from the air was ooscureo
bv the dense steam and smoke. Ihe
heat. at an elevation of 5000 feet. was
described as 'intense," but the, air
men succeeded in obtaining pictures.
Huge clouds of steam hung over
the ocean. rising to height OF sew
eral hundred feet. AS the lava struck
the water tremendous rockets OF
steam would shoot into the air. show
ering the entire region about the bay.
Last night this great highway of
FIRE. soaring almost II 900 feet into
the air. coursed it's way along the
narts of the southern coast of the
island into the sea, Churnlng the
blue waters of the Pacific into gey-
sers of steam and gradually creating
a new peninsula.
Heavens Seemed to Open.
As seen from n steamer last night.
the Illusion was conveyed tnat the
heavens had opened like some
colossal superinferno to spill chan
mel of molten rock down the slopes
of. a great mountain into the sea.
Witching this 1.OO0-toot'wide cur
rent of lava are a trio OF 4oVIoot
sentinels of fire at the source OF the
f,ow. casting a crimson reflection over
the entire island. while at the ocean
edqe where thunderous EXPLOSIONS
marx the meeting of the lava ana
the water. prismatic steam clouds
sizzle upward. ,,,, -.
moon Yesterday the Associated Press
corresnondent said hundreds stood
awe. stricken by the spectacle.
Last nights prodigious f1ow tendeo
to frighten rather than amaze CON
siderable portion OF Its auoiehce'
Residents of other sectlons SousI'
q ass,,rinp statements from DIR. j. A.
Iaegar dean of volcanologists. VINO
,,red;cted present eruntions and who
pas matched craters of the Hawaiian
Isla nds become disturbed for the past
Is years.
KiIauea May Erupt.
A series of severe earthquakes yes
.orday afternoon rocked Kilauea, on
the eastern slope of Mauna Loa
Mountain This followed by a series
~ ovaIanches from the Haiemaumau
pi+ causing the general impression
that Kila,1ea will become active soon
The flow from the Waichinu crater
.nnear rod TO recede last night. Ine
crater was covered by a heaVy mist
while sections there were oeing
drenched with rain.
Aside from the fact that the present
eow is considerably smaller than the
iast disturbance of 1919, which at
+ained q speed of 40 miles an hour
,,-han Il crashed into the Pacific, vol
canaIoyists claim the spectacle Is
almost comparable, and predict there
is indication of the lava now IN
creasing.
Residents Are Warned.
pesidents and spectators in the
southern vicinity of the island have
been warned of the danger from a
new outbreak.
Mauna Loa rises 1855 feet, being
the second largest volcano in Hawaii
and among the worlds largest active
volcanoes. It is several hundred feet
lower than Mauna kea.
Because of it's long slopes, Mauna
I,oa was named by. the early Ha-
waiians, meaning long mountain. 1t
started it's eruptions in 1923. The
peak of these disturbances was
reached in 1919, when the flow became
devastating for the first time.