THE RUAPEHU VOLCANO.
(Pkb United Pubss Association.) WIsLttKGTON, March 11. A telegram received from Taupo to-day by Mr Gray (Secretaty of the Post and Telfgrapl department) states i—"The clouds have no» cleared from Ruapehti and the emission o' s'.eim is as active us it was ypslerdiy, but no smoke ftt present, i'iie efuptiou is on the eastern corner of t*)e inointain, wh"ra the col: lake was sited, und st'ssm is falling ov-* lUngipu pkioß in dausa masses. , The sight i> grand, arid, fcom appf-arantes, likely to last some tiiiie. The intermittent geyfer, 'Thi Crow's Nesi,' nituato a mile from here, if unusually active ; ivloo t'uo other hot spring* in this Jocai'ty. No eirthqtukeSjWf re felt nor an> warning giveii of this eruption, although it blew utniqually hard, oh piiaday morning. Some iieople here Svith glasses taut nigV thought they saw flames issuing amidst th> steam And smoke, bun being a bright moonlight night it was impossible to say for certain. The event has caused great excitement amongst tLe Native popiilation ( who taar that some terribU calamity is about to overtake them. Luokilj the mountain is almost free from 6npw ; otherwise the Wangaehu river woa'.d be flooded.'1'"
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10305, 12 March 1895, Page 2
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