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Show it ; ub::;:sriao Volcano nt the Sumlwlch IiIhikIs -. San Francisco, 9. The Honolulu e UiZ'ttc of February L'Sth, contains ,. an account of the remaritable sub-,j sub-,j marine volcanic outbreak in Keala-, Keala-, kcakua bay, near tho entrance to the ; harbor. Natives report that the t eruption occurred at '6 o'clock on the 1 morning of the 24th, appoarinc i red, blue and green lights. In the , afternoon several boats visited the eruption, cruising orer the most active part, where the water was in a sUtcot peculiar activity, boiling and appearing us if posing over rapids or vcry much like the water at Jlel Gate, ISew York. Blocks of lava two feet square came up from beluw frequently striking and jarring the boats. As the lava was quite t-6lt, no harm was done. Nearly all tbc pieces on reaching tho surface wero red hot euv.tting steam and gas, strongly sulphurous sul-phurous A rumbling noise was beard like that of rocks in a lrcshet. It was caused, no doubt, by the eruption erup-tion ot lava from a submarine crater which is suppod-.d to be a ciaek o'r ' lino of rupture extending at least n nine Irom shore. Another rupture, doubtless the continuation of the sub-in sub-in irmo fissure, was traced inland trom the snore nearly three miles varying m width from a few inches to Uirec teet. In fi0nie pla,ea wapr was seen pourm- down into the abyss belcw. A severe shock of earth-quako earth-quako was Mt by til,so living nt KoaAaa and kell during the night of the eruption, wki-.h must have preceded the outbreak. It was qn-e severe, but no damage is reported |