NGAURUHOE IN ERUPTION
THE VOLCANO QUJKTKNING. JOURNALISTS ON TIIE SCENE. IPkr Uxitkd Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Jlarch 14. Messrs E. and O. Borne, two Auckland pressmen, reached the summit of XlNUirtlhoe'rarly yesterday meniing. The latter part of the ascent was made in fo;.-. The crater wets obscured by steam fas;. but occasionally a momentary'glimpse Was obtained of the centre of activity. There was a continual roar fiont the slea'm vents on the lioor of the crater, and every now and then there were showers of .'■tones and sand and portions of the wall of the crater seemed to he mi-sini,', but ■whether they had actually been blown out or whether tlicy were still there and were concealed by billows of (-team, it was ini-l'lfi-'iliP to say. No lava streams were s-'ftu (111 coiiipari-'jn i;f Llie activity noled duriiij: the past four days it is evidentthat the volcano is (ptieie'niii^.
fi' ROM Oup. O\YX COKP.ESMXDEXT.) OHAKUXK, March 13. i Ihe top of the mountain is obscured. I till l volcano is quiet at present there arc still signs „f activity. At, 7 a.m. the occupants of Johnson's survey cam;) observed a large puii' oi' dark vapour or smoke rising above the chauls.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14472, 15 March 1909, Page 5
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