NGAURUHOE.
/ A arAGNIFICENT OUTBURST. . (bi rEi.EGUArn. 7 -sfi:oiAr; RoKttesroHDKNT.i ■'■'•'■':. '' '- ; -■/"" ■:■■'■. . - Auckland, May 18. - ' ,- A Rotorua message states that'a party" that ascended.' Mount Tarawer'a on Monday got' a splendid.' view' of Ngauruhoe,, Ruapehu.-and Tongnriro. ;, The first-named ' was. riot very active /in- the 'morning, - '< although :it was smoking heavily, while abig jet of steam was rising:;from a/ point 'near. the base. -Togariro was also discharging a.cloud'of smoke or steam. .Shortly after- 2 p/mi, when tho party bad reached the highest - point of Tarawora/.they witnessed-'a magnificent outburst nganro was also discharging a cloud of.smoko shot up' hundreds ■of feot into the air, and word; not ..•.beaten down. by the strong wind thus showing that thpy must have been ejected' with : great .force.- Steam also roso from ■' the lower part of, the range rising straight up' for apparently over' 100Q feet. The eruption; continued - in full blast until Ngauruhoe'. was lost to sight by the' party during their , descent. Tho spectacle,'; even 'at a distance of fifty;.milcs,' was a grand one;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 9
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166NGAURUHOE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 9
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