NGAURUHOE IN ERUPTION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9391, 10 March 1909, Page 5

NGAURUHOE IN ERUPTION.

DUST FALLING EVERYWHERE,

Per Press Association. Tokaanu, March 9. Ngaurnhoe' burst atgeight this morning, throwing forth thick volumes of sand and steam. It has been continually in eruption ever since, with light reports. No earthquakes have been felt. Later. Lava is running down Ngaurnhoe. Tongatiro is in eruption. The’inhabitants in the district cannot see for smoke and are much alarmed. Waiouru, March 9. Ngaurnhoe became very active early this morning. Loud reports were heard about 2 a.m. and the sky has bdfcn very overcast with dust and sulphurous ashes all day which at present shows no sign of abating. I understand that the coach from Tokaanu was unable to leave there for Waiouru. Karioi, March 9. I am not sure whether it is Ngauruhoe or Tongarir* that is in eruption, but think it is Ngaurnhoe. Early this morning Karioi bad a slight coating of a light slatish coloured ash. No one heard any report. Large volumes of smoke are going up and travelling due east towards the 'Kaimauawa range. This was probably from the change of wind. No alarm is felt and no danger is expected. Rangataua, March 9. The Rangataua correspondent of the New Zealand Times telegraphs “Ngaruboe is violently active. Dense volume of smoke and ashes are Isuing from the crater. Rangataua and all the district to the southward of Ngaurnhoe are covered with a thin layer of ashes this morning.”

Ohakune, March 9. The Ngarufaoe eruption started at 5 a.m. yesterday with a rambling noise lasting three or four hoars. Smoke and steam are at present rising two to three thousand feet, obscuring Ruapehu. Some new geysers appear to have broken out at the foot of Ruapehu on the Waimariuo side. Ohakune was sprinkled with dust from the mountain this morning, Aniti, March 9. Yolcanio dust has been falilughere since 2.530 p.m. to-day. Wanganui, March 10. The effects of the Ngauruhoe eruption are being felt at Wanganui, CO miles distant from the mountain. A thick haze is hanging over the town and the air is distinctly charged with sulphur, while jthe country to the-north is completely hidden from sight. - v '