LATEST PARTICULARS.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 1, 11 June 1886, Page 3

LATEST PARTICULARS.

TEKETBLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT IIOTOMAHANA. mEii^MATEST, OKOKI?-.TT.EAlENtfUOVSLY; scfiyii' *•' lOrr- OF. ;VT"WAIEO r C' (Ter 'Cmteil t’relS Af®'6fation:>; ;• • .- WetiaAoios, 'Jttnel(L fir Percy Smith/ijf lias been instructed fo proceed to the of the eruptio’d, ami to observe tTie phonofneTi'n.' Tho .Hineamba leaved to-night' for Taurangri;** taldhg Dr Hector ami, 3lr.Jv lt« PdpCr G over Anienl lixspeclot of iNativo beliools, who have been iustnicted to report to the (lovornmcut tliit -lri'tiirc of.the diutiirbunce. TliOGd.xviio.iiriy conversant with the spot nnl. of opinion that tlio terraces can. hardly have t*scapc*l ilamage. ,*uiil most probably "liftvo totally ilistippeariHl. ..Theue-W&ofthi?eruption has caused the pxcitemeut ih town, and , tlio. publication 'of extras was niixiou.‘J.y.awaite<l« _ Th&oflictr in charge of the Napier Tolegraph Station wires the following, which was received from Rotorua:*—A mau arrived TrOm Tv Ngae and rcpjrtul tliat tltoro wero iltruf) polos down ah*)tit six miles nortli of there. He stays tlio whole roml anil etmnlry roruwT i& cortereil with bluo. mud three foct deep* At Wairoft it • ist . 10 feet dei’p. ajul the housed ftll buried or up to the caves* Thp following in-, farmatioii regtvhluig (X\6 seepc of the eruption tag- been supplied h>‘ ejem; Lers of forluuucnt eonvtarsatiSFiyi the district afTefitcd iTorbWcra ininit- 1 4m U*». c£tt rl<» nt >]}«» yrifeytiift Cfrirition.,

tops eeparkted by tw» ixtirgit cja*.-ie, tho fornjatipn of which is beyond the memory of-man. Its'surfiice, of hare volalhe rock', contained uo vegit.ttion except near the Laser fV>r fifteen generations the natives living near the spot. haVc carried tbeiif dead to the ton, where thousands of skeletons-lay exposed, a SUtt of *' tower of silence." The spot was very “ Tapn,” and the Maoris [luivo. 'always held that any sf ranger going thern would bring about a storip; fhev will probably now attribute tho eruption, to this cause, although are (or were) two craters ori top of the mountain. There has been no eruption within the memory of man, and the Maoris had no tra-. ditiona respecting oflntr eruptions in the north.

Towl.ourangi tribe numbering about 250 natives lived at To Wairoa, which settlement contained a number of substantial wooden'dwellings occupied by Europeans and Moans. There were in addition two capital hotels for tlie convenience of tourists, three stores, a hall, and an Episcopalian Church, Mr Ilaszard, who with several of his family wds killed by theeruption, was schoolmaster.' The family was a most interesting one and highly 'esteemed, alike by Europeans nnd natives. Mrs Ilaszard and her two grown up daughters took an active interest in the welfare of the native children and the conduct of tho school, which was the most successful native school in New Zealand. Mr Haszard had been occupied as a teacher in the district fq? about 8 yenra uul was about 50 years of age. Tron.- the scene of eruption to Tauranga as the enjw flies is about 55 miles, and to Taitpo 50 miles ; the distance to Gisborne is 12C( miles and to Opotik! 01 miles. Rotorua is situated iii miles kmn Waitca and. ak*ut 20 iron) T:\rawera Mountain. To Wairoa is a village where coaches with tourists for the Terrace stay. Wlnikari ori White Island has -generally; been in violent eruption, and the workmen employed in obtaining sulphur from thut Island, havftbeen’unablo to work tliero owing to tho great activity of the crater, and vessels have been unable to effect a landing, as stones amt debris lmvo been hurled thousands of feet into the air, while clouds o* red -volcanic dust have envelope*! tho islcta Whakari is the northern terminal ofvolcßnic zone Tongariro,' 15<> miles ■ 'distant; the southern Terminal width. Is about 40

'miles, and between two,-termini, are humerable geysers,'inud volcanoes and boiling water boles. ' The Tongariro -*sa's remarkably active on the 6th July,. 1871, at which time flames were seen issuing from the crater and vio-' lent explosions were heard as her as Tauranga. 1 Worthy of nbto that for OieTast few weeks hot'water at Rotortitt has been falling; in'manner quite

unknown previously,' 'The only eruption in the Ilot Lake district' which

-caused loss of life is said to have occurred about. 120. yeaW ’ago.'-wlten a portion, of the Ohinc-irmtu Pali called .Uruika, was submerged in a' part of a was ifoiling.; r On tliat occasibrt about 80 nutifbs were scalded to tic-allf.; ItTyfoarfed’ that 'flip. Pink anct W'hito Terraces of Rotomahafia will.bo., destroyed. ‘ TljO- Gcvernnjcnt

.ii'iblriietfohs 'to : Inspector GoodalC at the Thames, to proceed at onen Jo tluf 'cctiin of the. eruption and investigate inatters'as-closely as possible. Tlie Maori ■mv.aiiih| 1 of Tarawm is •‘JIHVUiug Peak." TAVfiANttA. 7-Soain: . Tho Itihabiiants wora-' startled" by some severe shocks of cartfiqrtako and following each* othc-c in quick succession; tlio sky tou'ardh southeast Was brilliantly illnniinattd iri flamesivlaicH: continued all morning - towards seven o'clock-, donsf ciotidSr began slowly todrSLcud from tho direction .of tlio Rutorna *vliji;h enveloped the iowjiand district. FrOrn 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. it pitch tUik-. All business being suspended- TUo poqpla aro finding their way about witli lanUams, and tho ground is covered an inch in dej-th by a coating bf sulphoroua Uust wit'll n disagreablc nsielL Ab Ctualiiki .four eratcra pxro goiug ahead. Tho Tilt* kipn Bush is all uprooted and there fs -lit of thud at Teugan. TW-latcst from Jlotorua reports fhu disturbance qnitcr and the inliabitautS have dcciUoii to re.* main. and wmny.woeq are in rcailiness to tiring tiros fire not rCituirad^