RUAPEHU EN ERUPTION.
On the 14th instant Mount Ruapehu was visited by s party including Messrs McLean (woolsorter at Mr Studholme's station at Karioi), D. Sutherland (head shepherd), Chase (contractor for carting the wool), a lad named Craig, and others. Young Craig went up the mountain as near the top as he could get. At that time it was belching forth gigantic rocks in the direction of Tokaanu. Steam was coming from the crater, which at the mouth is estimated to be 10 chains long by five wide, and the mud was noticed to be very thick and gradually approaching to the lip of the crater. The sulphur streams running through the mud give the latter a most peculiar appearance, tingeing it with rainbow colours. The supposition is that the steam will gradually burst up the mud, and fears are therefore entertained that before very long there will' be a big upheaval. Mr McLean states that a perfect panic has set in amongst the settlers in the vicinity, nearly everyone having left for what is considered a place of safety; as a matter of fact only five shepherds remain to look after Mr Studholme's very large flock of sheep. The Wangaehu River is thick with debri3 from the streams running into it.—Wanganui Herald.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1204, 29 March 1895, Page 34
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