NGAURUHOE'S OUTBURST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 164, 20 October 1910, Page 5

NGAURUHOE'S OUTBURST

VARIOUS REPORTS. FLAMES AND SMOKE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Messages" from Ohakune state that Ngauruhoe is still very active. The extent of the latest outbreak is variously reported. One eye-witness declares that on Monday evening, when the volcanic outburst was its height, flames shot into the air from the crater, ana one or two fireballs or masses of semi molten rocks were hurled skyward several hundred feet.

Mr. S. Crowther, who is thoroughly acquainted with the district and also with the vagaries of Ngauruhoe, and is connected with the coaching business between Waiporu and Tokaonu, stated in a telegraphic message that the mountain on Monday night was emitting smoke and steam to a height of over 1500 feet, while flames were shooting up to a height of' about 50 feet. He stated, moreover, that he saw two balls explode about 500 feet above the crater. The stationmaster at Waimarino also saw what he stated to be flashes of light on Monday evening from the volcano,;. «while from the accompanying rumblings and disturbances, he was inclined to the opinion that a part of the crater had fallen in. One or two others Corroborate the account of a fiery exhibition, but others, on the other hand, state that the activity was confined to the shooting skyward of dense masses of smoke and volcanic dust, which drifted slowly away before an easterly wind.