SECOND EDITION.
The Humoured Outbreak at Tonyariro. ♦ * |By Tkujobaph.] [united pitkbs association. j Auckland, This Day. A special from Taupo, received at 4 o'clock yesterday, xtatun that loud oxplosions have been heard in tho direction of Tongariro, followed by a muffled rumbling noise. The wator.i of Lake Taupo were greatly agitated, and roae conmdorably, rushing np the eacheß in tremendous Rurf, and ponring through the outlet at the head of the Waikato Kiver in a deafening roar. Tontjariro was hidden by clouds yedtenl-iy, but showed m'gris of unusual activity, emitting large and intermittent volume* of fcteain. Kurakatiti and Ng.iwliao on the Hhoro adjacent ore taiuHiialiy active. Thoro are (frcatcr volumes of Btpam or» tho ahoroi of Taupo Lake- now than lcnown at any timo preceding tho eruption. Tongariro i« roaring angrily, ami at ] i:itervalri loud thundering reports liko eon•ionading Irightened the shepherds at tho foot of tho mountain, who waited terror- j stricken for daylight, and escaped to Tolcina. j
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Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 15 June 1886, Page 3
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160SECOND EDITION. Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 15 June 1886, Page 3
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