NGARUHOE VERY ACTIVE.
A FINE SPECTACLE. . BEATS aTROMBOLI. NO DANGERANTICIPATED. Reports from the big area surrounding the Ngnruhoo crater show that the cruption is tho finest seen in New Zealand for years. The Auckland 'Star's' Taupo correspondent wires: The eruption of Ngaruhoe orator was witnessed at a distance of five miles by the overland coach passengers with great interest and not a little fear. About 11 a.m. a huge black column, mixed with steam and ashes, shot skyward*, rolling over and over until it reached a height of about B,oooft above the crater. Soon the J already smoky sky was blackened with the falling ash. Now and again another I huge outburst took place with audible I roar, .scattering tho hovering clouds into the most fantastic shapes and drifting to the south-east, leaving a black train of ashes falling like rain trom the high eleva- | tion of the volcanic cloud, which over inJ creased till it obscured the whole southern } sky like ono black pall. | koine tourists who had seen Stromboli and Vesuvius in action said that the Ngaruhoe eruption was superior in effect. They were greatly pleased by the majestic and sublime grandeur. On Tuesday morning the occupants of the halfway house were awakened by heavy Tumblings and ; explosions, and at eleven, when the up- : heaval, occurred, the western side of the crater ceemed to be blown clean awav. Old residents say that the outburst is the j finest seen for years, including the out- ! break of 1869, when lava streams poured down the western side.
'lhe. effects of the eruption are- being felt in Wanganui, sixty miles distant frorii the mountain. A thick haze is hanging over the town, the air is distinctly charged with sulphur, while the country to the north is completely hidden from'sight. The 'Wanganui "Herald's ' correspondent at Rangataua, on the Main Trunk, between Ohakune and Karioi, wires:—The falling volcanic dust still continues, and has become heavier. Ngamhoe is smoking furiously. Waimarino residents had an exciting time on Monday night, the Tumbling being very pronounced. There are no earth tremors, and apparently no ne«d for alarm, as Ngaruhoe is evidently acting as a. safety valve. The country id enveloped in smoke.
The Wellington General Post Office at 11.00 this morning received the following message from Waiouru :—Ngaruhoe is still in eruption. No ashes are falling here. The coach got through from Tekaanu yesterday. PALMERSTON N., March 10. The effects of the volcanic disturbance were felt in the Pohangina district yesterday, where a thick cloud of pumice dust descended, and converted the country into a grey sheet. Dust is lyins; on the verandahs a quarter of an inch thick. Thero was a strong sulphurous smell in the air, making it difficult to breathe. The atmo'sphero is clearer to-day.
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Evening Star, Issue 14004, 10 March 1909, Page 5
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462NGARUHOE VERY ACTIVE. Evening Star, Issue 14004, 10 March 1909, Page 5
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