| Show CRATER OF MAUNA LOA IN VIOLENT ERUPTION greatest volcanic disturbance ever witnessed in hawaii marvelous and awful scenes tribune I 1 j honolulu july IS 13 pete thi the hawaiian goddess of volcanoes Is 13 ram pant and raging and the old crater loacano ole ALno of mauna loa on the island of 0 hawaii Is in active and violent eruption thin grandfort gran dit dort of 0 all natures ria tures f displays broke out at 3 clock on tho the morning of 0 july ath R a noel anil and pyrotechnic chelc rom com for the celebration of uncle saras anis natal day for 1 or some me tim past rumors of 0 disturbances tur bances lit in the clater cial crof of come to honolulu but nothing of tin I 1 hortonce tonce ce occurred th 10 Il mauna launs lol loi I 1 blaes 1 ice to on an elevation of 0 feet above bov s aea e A leial etc and ills his elmr in it la tile the elate of chich li two molten miten m iten lal lava streams pro holne flo colne ing from the side cilc of ill the crater 11 avid and fountains of nrc fire ale brini bring throb thrown u hundreds hundred of feet in the air one nt nf the j lava streams ali earns Is fl lot ting talk toward a rd the how bow high these cones were probably ably between and 1000 feet high and halt half a mile in diameter and rive five miles a port alart i at night the alcene wits waa grand and I 1 impressive but in the day time it vaa w as generally obscured by clouds friday morning last however howo vcr it was clear clap and like e could plainly see ceo the cones with fill our glasses elas sea end tile the play of the th nery fiery cascades above them from the iho volcano boils we could only see ece one of if laval that going oft off in the direction of hilo jovn the hilo tribune says saya thero there aro are th three ree streams on one I 1 in n th direction of hll Finn ther off through kau kail 0 on n the cipp opposite osite or veat et side of the island and a ihlia lid toward the old crater of all ach aiosi all AH indications combined with the opinions expressed hy by those wh who nhav havo seen previous oua out hi oaks mark this eruption eun to 10 he bo the fiew of the century and it scene only to 10 be onro once in a L ak vas ft as last laal active from aar apr april 11 slat to may gill WIG ibos and on the S 2 0 I 1 0 I 1 I 1 k 11 I 1 r Z 11 1 I 1 1 w P I 1 k Z kl kj I 1 r 0 jacc a 4 10 I 1 af Z I 1 11 11 v C it R fai 1 I 1 I 1 i jil N va 1 1 i I 1 0 I 1 c I 1 a q I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 cm t i Z 11 19 eife e Q I 1 P I 1 O I 1 1 it I 1 0 i N af 41 IA veo 1 tt I 1 11 aj J f f JI 1 A IT ais 1 4 0 I 1 9 aj S I 1 t 0 cavot toiv bolto fol to cose PI al 11 tto T to Z ao I 1 ater sit r ft I 1 A U hi 11 vati binl l kaj J V 6 L T I 1 town of hilo taking the th course of the tha flow ot of 1881 1891 alli abile tile the other molten river nver js Is flowing in the opposite direction into kona district through the kalapala Ka ranch the guests of the volcano house near nar the crater of Kilau ea were awakens awakened 1 I on the morning of the ath by a I 1 loud 0 4 explosion all was calm and q quiet if t in the neighborhood of 0 but bul in the direction of maunn loa the tha sir ht which met the eye was one of marvel n brilliancy from ahe lilie of oceo ot at an elevation of some som SOW feet two great livid stream dreams s f oc lava pushed gushed fulfill foith fuming tile cn entire tl r e district into daylight brilliancy thi streams seemed to descend from the mountain oil tain with fill great rapidity and at this writing it la Is feared tho the Is now som in ill the th vicinity of tit the town toun of jilin hilo which is nearly forty all miles from the crater the stream li ig nearly the flip same course na its tile the on ono 0 of f ri 81 bul tile old now flow Is 14 ruin now ridge like and the new flow Is in likely to he be diverted in ill its course gresia greut exciter rent prevails in hilo and parties are outwitting outfitting out fitting for tile the expedition to approach as closely to iho actual scene frene of the disturbance as ag the heat beat ind lavit lava wll will lilt the island Blea mets between honolulu and hawaii are crowd crowded ld to the utmost passengers sleeping on deck and in the dining ro booma orrus and the next weeks ate amcis milis will be equally crowded intense ln lenie feeling Is tell felt throughout eliout the group as ai it 11 la is expected ill the present erupt eruption inn v ill III outrival out t rival ormer former ones in activity T and nat brilliancy the lava stream 8 are said a id to flow raster of t their ll 11 ear movements is dependent upon the ab nb b arid and depressions of cou country 7 try through which they pass As let pt sut r fici plit until has not elari elapsed sed to oh obtain taij ark correct measurements of tho the speed and flow lull 1111 men are being beine sent gent out by the government to the scene land find ro re perls will kill probably come in by the tha next inter island asland steamers the th eruption shows no slim sign of abatement runt and in fact till nil point to a longer period of activity than heretofore witnessed the low flow of sl 81 continued for eight months F ar match flatch former hawaiian minister to ill the united states who ho h haa as just le te turned front from the volcanic island says pays what we ale first saw was nas tin an immense column or pillar of gomoke and altun alt un irl rising irling ing fi aiom am the crater of it was pierced through and through with nith the light atom the fires beneath until it glowed and fhone like a a column of fiery light beyond description the column seemed to ho be alve miles in diameter and rose rom to a tremendous height how halh hagh I 1 could not say there was no indication of viol violence nee that I 1 saw b but ut simply the ane L si ring bugg 1 stion of ti emen dout s d dynamic y force I 1 board no explosions explosion s 01 noise connected with the outbreak 11 it II wua was early in the morning mornine when wh n we wore called lied to we it later in talo tho were ca n forenoon the clouds cloud came over the sky eky an and d obscured the a gilt when we saw it again that night tuesday the column of fire had disappeared in place of it was the equally impressive hut but different glow glon of t he lava as it broke from th ahn sides of tile tha critter crater several thousand feet lower loner down than tile i olumn volumn of light had been and was visa thrown upward to IL ft wOrld wonderful erful height by the forces which in a action c tion on cither ald 3 of the stream whose those surf surface acle or of flery red wo could see like a line of molten glowing metal meta wele two inc cones conea which had bell ak formed m nancu cc t ahe lie eruption began it was nas front from these that the iva was waa boing boine ejected it IL was tavo thrown n up in fiery cesk cabale ca wale d ps high in 1 lit lh 1 air light th they 1 y gile baie as though gnomes gantries or rI allt f from born the region of vulcan were sporting with liquid ore are these cascades lit in failing built up the cones conea still anil the molten lava running on off flout t theae h I 1 so formed the stream which re could pe falp p e ai ag a trail of fire HoI heisig sig orf off laird anart nile hilo it II uld ho he hiril h iril lo in say my following july bilth the fires returned in lasting tor for three weeks hal maumau Is smoking about the same a as s for the bo past three months but the flie racks cracks a are hotter the lava now flow from lava in 52 lasted asted ne me months flow of 05 65 a year 57 and were tor for several months burati duration in 81 continued unabated for eight months kila ea has long been exhibiting signs and Is liable to turn loose at any time and although altho tho the two craters are but a few miles apart eminent emigen t author authorities ldes deel declare a re that there Is no connection whatever b between tn the t two wo preat great volcano vo loan li taken altogether the erupt eruption inn of 0 loz loa tar far exceeds ira in grandeur flow of lava arid brilliancy of 0 scene the much heralded erupt eruption inn of desu lm last year it ha bas been unfortunate that the rius ri us of the erupt eruption inn has not been sent to in the united states before this but since june no vessel hit has loft left for sn sark francisco on oil account or of the quarantine naich is 9 being maintained on vessels florn hongtong Hong kong to san francisco Francl tile the american maru ill probably leave Honni honolulu ulu for san francisco to dav the steamer authulla Auti ulla at ai lived monday fill one ot if the biggest pas passenger Ia genger lists of the year anil a 4 tile hie passengers think themselves fortunate n to have arrived just on time llin e to alt n it nes nelin tile ahe beginning ot of tho the arup eruption tion still and bedois tile the rest of the virld Is apprised or of the fact madame pole bv breaking forth in her fury on the fourth of july has evidently signified her intention of becoming coming jingo 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