FURTHER PARTICULARS, FRESH ERUPTIONS AND EARTH. QUAKES. DISQUIETING OCCURENCES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2176, 19 June 1886, Page 2

FURTHER PARTICULARS, FRESH ERUPTIONS AND EARTH. QUAKES. DISQUIETING OCCURENCES.

[BY TELEOIUPH— OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 RoTORnA, Friday. The White Terrace has been blown out, and instead there ia a huge perpendicular cliff, at least l.") 0 feet high. About the site of the Pink Terrace is a very large fumarole, from which vast columns of steam issue. These positions are merely approximate. The immense deposit of ashes has completely changed the aspect of the lake. The vast chasm inside Tarawera i* steaming. Tarawera and Rotomahana are firing up again. This morning a huge column of steam, intermingled with smoke, was rising over the hills. Last night, about 9 o'clock, a ball of fire about the size of a largo lamp globe, of a fiery red colour, was seen above Taratrera It fell straight down and half an-hour afterwards a "sharp shock of earthquake waR felt at Rotorua. Evidence of increased activity corresponding with the greater volume of steam was heard this morning. Mr Johnston, the Government agent, has distributed a number of blankets to the natives gathered in the village. He handed them over toTeKepa.saying that they were an instalment of the Governrelief to the Maoris who had lost everything at Wairoa. There are upwards of 400 natives gathered in the village at Ohinemutu. and the big meeting-house presents an animated scene, Maoris of all aces and hnth sexes packing it to its utmost capacity. Borne natives who were not sufferers by the recent calamity have come up from the Coast to condole and consume the food collected for the benefit of the un* fortunate tribe. Like an Irish wake, the great tangi is ending in a great gorge. Auckland, Friday. The Southern Cross, on her voyage to Auckland, encountered' the effects of the Tarawera eruption. When the vessel was off the East Cape, on the morning of the 10th, she experienced a downpour of sand, which continued until noon. News has been received that the natives at. Owakakorato [tic), alarmed at the increased activity of the hot springs there, and heariug of the fate of the Tarawera natives, are clearing out of the district with their belongings.