ERUPTION AT WAIMANGA.

Evening Star, Issue 15776, 13 April 1915, Page 6

ERUPTION AT WAIMANGA.

[Per United Press Association.] AITKLAXn. April 32. The Waitn.iii.ar- lieysor, which has he?n quirt' since ]£o4. is ac'ain in emotion. niufJ and .stones being thrown 10 a height of ■looft. Ibiide M'C'onnick report? that the geyser ! broke out. at 2 p.in.. and "ave a brilliant display, lasting over an hour, tin- highest shoot' hriirz about 400;t. A round-trip party had been examining the crater a few minute? previously, and wire ii'-t very far away when they were st-iriled by 'a, t-crrille roar. All the debris tall in the opposite direction to the partv. The eruptions blew a. hole 80yds Ion;;: .i.nd '/6 yds wide ir tlie flat known as Frying l'' ll '"' F'at- i" st ,lf ' ar lI,( ' '>!o'.\ hole. Tic new erater, whieh is about 20ft deep. contains 20 hucce mud boilers. th reeving dfilris to a. height of 50ft. and seven great steam holes, sendinrr forth' thief: volumes of steam. One. erupt i"is sent fori hj mud and sand over a. iti.il behind the inferno, proving that a. .shot must have u'ou" to a, height of at least I.COOft, and it is reported that, sand was sent as fat as i/ikKo ton Kill an a, four and a-hah" miles away. Mr 1!. X. Ingle, who has been connected with the thermal district, for 20 years, of wilieh eight were epent, at Wai manga a.s Government guide, is of opinion ! that, lite outburst is not :i mere spasm, and I ?.h it. a continuance of activity may lie • anticipated. The old crater, which oeeiiI pied an acre and a-quarter, broke out in 1900, and ceased erupting in 1004. Mmts lot I.oooft were frequent, and the. record was one- of 1.500 ft. AX APPALLIXG SPFXTACLK. jiuiora \ 'pi ' i Tt i]ipeiis thit t pnt\ o f tin m Hois I <1 th uniqut i\p lin< < < f »ii -tru ill out jurst \ Inh st; <hn., < n ih if ) ot a hill < w lirek 114 l"<- < M « ntn Ihj _u li a is i \ ji] mini, ft l i l i t m i s ah n t' tr w s i nmbl i * I lowed b\ Mi mi d 1 t nun 'ed \t t i I rjf*K it p i ntfl i w nls ] i i 1> 1 nlhi i tfinfi iqxn V writ!" n s v is hurl d ntn i nr l lis \u_i it in =< nu r isi i nut ii is fti t >ns 1 i . s-nt (Ott in I 4C"i 1 nr M « i 1 Ism jl hei\\ dill b n II is 1 ! I beijif < f TOOtt w h(bi|it(lnlM J \ i)ioi ahj a if e ii n i (i r t I [Srt'.crAL to the • .-crAn.'J j WKLI.LNOTOX, April 15 J Experts are, taking a. keen interest in | the news from j'otoru.i regarding Waiman- | gu's activity. They point, out thai Wai- I uiangii is regarded by those best no- | qnainted with Kotorna. as a safel v-v.:i]v.3 | which could not be closed indefinitely I without producing an outburst in some other part of the thermal district. After j Wairnangn became opiie.-e-ent in 1905 the Tourist Department secured a report from an engineer as to the po-dbihty of scoop- | ing mud from the. crater and so restoring activity. The proposal was regarded as too hazardous, but the engineer predicted then that, the forces which had found vent, in the great geyser would become manifest again. .Vie -aid the ri-inij of j Lake Pntoi ua would be a symptom of impending activity. The lake- has risen 63ft during the last few years. The tourist officers predict an important increase in l-lio tourist traffic if Waimangu becomes a regular performer again.