RIVER OF LAVA

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 97, 29 August 1923, Page 8

RIVER OF LAVA

HAWAIIAN EARTHQUAKE.

VOLCANO KILAUEA ACTIVE.

Press Association—Copyright. A«o traliau aa/j N.Z. Cable Associate'■'«..

Honolulu, August 27

A crack ten ieet wide opened in the side of the volcano Kilauea, causing a. riven of lava to pour clown tno mountain side, while tho surrounding area, wa s shaken by an earthquake. Molten rock is pouring into the fissure, the roar of which is audible at a distance of a mile.

Mr. Thomas Bales, supreintendent of the Kilauea National Park, visited the scene, but he was unable to make a detailed survey of the outburst baraute dense smoke envelops the locality.