NGARUHOE IN ERUPTION.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17124, 27 October 1917, Page 5

NGARUHOE IN ERUPTION.

AN ALARMING OUTBURST

(Per Press Association.}

AUCKLAND, October S6. After many signs of activity, Ngaruahoe broke out into violent eruption, last week, culminating in an alarming outburst on Tuosday night, JdLuge black clouds of ash and steam and tongues of lurid flame were seen in the early part of the evening issuing from the crater, to the accompaniment ot deep rumbles of subterranean explosions. Earth tumors were frequently felt, causng a good deal of apprehension in the native settlement near-the base of the mountain. A large area at open country on the windward side, together with the snow fields of Tongariro, tag been covered with a deposit of light pumice ash. The night staff at the Waimarino Railway Station, and residents w;h.o witnessed these displays on Saturday and Tuesday niglit, state that Ngaruahoe has never before shown such unabated violence. Clouds have obscured the upper heights of the volcano for the last few days, and though an occasional rumble as heard it is impossible to say if the eruption continues on the same scale.