Submariae Volcano.

Samoanische Zeitung, Volume 23, Issue 30, 27 July 1923, Page 8

Submariae Volcano.

h,SIGHfS6 BY "TOFUA." pfeji Times.") At 10 o'clock oh Sunday & morning, f. July; 1, Captain Pavey,of the Tofua, sighted a dense volume of steam rising r-ftiem the oceati, to a height of 90?eetbrl00 feetj about 19 . miles Uprth«weat-wardol the of Tphgai •knowft that'there was an active submarine volcano there , jt having-been charted in 1911; - '? A%# £ lbe 9$ titU * Ttit- : - ;evett' 'se*V : ,

'■ it;m though : he ou this route Jor over five years. The passengers Tofua were intensely interested, as well as the captain, consequently he took the Vessel to within easy distance. Cantain pavey said: that, wheueyer before;he,toassed the spot, ail that was t6 ne seen was a -pale of water, abont half amile in extent. This:.fimei however, a vast clpnd'Of steam was seen, that would be visible;twenty miles awayV while the water was bubbling up about two feet above its'normal--height. He . estimated the area.of the surfrofm- which the ' steam was; tssnihg' to be half a and he noticed that ;the water did not on tnis occasion present such a pale green appearance. On the previous day (Satur day) a sharp earthquake was experienced i.at V Nukualofa, arid it was thought that tinactivity oit'he submarine y< icano must have been the cause of it. v ,