THREE STREAMS OF LAVA
Eruption oh Island of Hawaii NUMBER OF VILLAGES THREATENED (N.Z.P.A. —Oopy right). (Rec. 11.10.) HONOLULU, Jan. 7. Giant streams of lava are spurting to-day from Mauna Loa, the 13,000-foot volcano. Three streams are coming from a crack three miles long in the cone of the vol- - cano, and another is pouring from L the opposite side. The streams are from 12 to 15 miles long and two miles wide. The main streams are flowing toward the west coast at the rate of eight miles an hour. One stream is flowing toward the town of Hilo, 3S miles away, but the town is in little danger at present. A number of villages along the west coast are threap ened by a stream which is within 10 miles of the sea, and the coastal highway is likely to be blocked soon. Mauna Loa is in the middle of the Island of Hawaii. Its last eruption was in 1942 when the army had to send bombers to drop explosives to divert the flow of lava from the city of Hilo.
A volcanologist, said that the eruption did not present a danger because it was still in the summit of the crater.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 75, 8 January 1949, Page 6
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