NGARUAHOE ACTIVE.
UNABATED VIOLENCE.
By Telegraph.—i Press Association. Auckland, Oct. 20. After many signs of activity, Ngarnahoe broke out into violent eruption last week, culminating in an alarming outburst on Tuesday night. Huge black clouds of ash; steam and tongues of lurid flame were seen in the early part of the evening issuing from a qrater, to the accompaniment of deep rumbles of subterranean explosions. Earth tremors were frequently felt, causing a good deal of apprehension in native settlements near the base of the mountain. A large area of open country on the windward side, together with the snow fields of Tongariro, lias been covered with a deposit of light pumice ash.
The night staff at Waimarino railway station and residents who vitnessed these displays on Saturday and Tuesday night state that Ngaruahoe has never before shown such unabated violence. Clouds have obscured the upper heights of the volcano for the last few days, and, though occasional rumbles are heard, it is impossible to say if the eruption continuei on the same scale.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1917, Page 8
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173NGARUAHOE ACTIVE. Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1917, Page 8
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