The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 3

A Tuesday, Nov. 17, HONOLULU AIITRTISHP. A3 Five Nearly Trapped Gas Danger Diminishes VOLCANO, Hawaii Dan- enveloped an unwaryxonlonk- Continued from Fage 1 smoke rise from their bases. securely to one end. The tube is thrust directly into the hot lava fsf sin nnmmino flnvu Tho BUT Till: WORST was yet to come.

A new lava flow had cut off the path we had used in coming down. Also, the wind had shifted, and globs of glowing lava from the volcano were showering in our direc ger of asphyxiation by poison- er in a cloud of sulphur dio-ous fumes from Kilauea Iki xide or other lethal gases. diminished sharply fori These gases, he pointed persons approaching the out, are Mill being emitted, fountain, geo-themist Dr. i but are not so heavily con-Wayne Ault, said last night, jcenl rated as they were ini- You can smell the sulphur. of this is t0 collect Cinders from the volcano a sampIe of fresh) uncontami.

rain down like hail. It was natcd lava which clings to the here I began to get scared. cnd of tne tubej as wdl as And it is here the work be-'lh(, Pasps 1llflt Pntrr Hip tiihP 4 A tially. S'ns. A ii It rantnrps thpsp oasps tion, une oi mem nt in a iivil.

Ul 1111.111 lit x---- r- "The real danger in this regard existed mainly during the first 24 hours of the eruption," he said. uuwn uiu cinutr uu Dy plugging up the other end, clump of trees nearby. They jagged lava rock still 0f lrte tube with a rubber stop- i burst into flames, warm to the touch you Dcr i I hi? sminnS Simil US It Inn unnlhor tO the crater floor where' 7 7.1V. I ZL" 7 "Tf Fclcs Birthday HOUSTON, Tex (LTD Old rebel Walter G. Williams celebrated his 117th birthday a day late Sunday by eating spareribs and cake while a band plaved "Dixie" and "Old fingers of lava have THE RISK, he said, was strongest when the cra- AUIl mUSl WOIK Unacr Uie I'uiiiiij; uie uix, iuK'HK mi tip- shoulder of a thundering vol-j sacks, r.very now and then I ter was more densely filled jcano so close that the heat looked back to see another; with fumes by the first bursts caded down the sides of the volcano and are worming their way across the flat.

Once I looked down be- is like standing near the door batch of trees explode into 0f activity when a sudden I flame. of a blast furnace. change of wind might have Soldiers Never Die." sirip mv font intn a round Within 'thm hole It'glowed with a heat i' must get within about 15 10 minutes 1 was learned later is 900 degrees' of a live lava flow. The ready to drop We rested and neat rauiaies is ciose 10 muuuuui ui koici num i 1.000 degrees centigrade, the canteen. Then we climb-IWhen Ault came back from led some more, pulling our-(taking his first sample his selves up by the tree ferns i clothing was sw eated throuch 1 and ohia branches.

Then we centigrade. The volcano was very close. Reginald Okamu-ra threw me a damp rag to protect my face from the heat. to the waist. rested again.

But not for long. THE SCIENTISTS put their knapsacks and a large box filled with instruments behind a ridge of lava which rvrnlnntn1 lie ffrv 4 Yi Vi "i IT WAS A good 20 minutes before he was strong enough to take another sample. Meanwhile, George Kojima took tnuicccu u3 iiuiu luv samnles Then Wayne Ault climbed 8 T.usi He did this with an instru Wa) ne Ault A Truly Versatile Jacket! Drizzler, a water repellent action cut style jacket tailored by McGregor from Eastman's newest fabric of Kodel and Topel for casual wear, golf and for protection when you need it. Completely washable antelope and char-grey. 13.95 DouhIou Shoppert Find Belter Selection, ment shaped like a glass beaker.

The neck of this beaker was about three feet long. The air had been sucked out of this beaker creating a vacuum inside. Kojima would stick the neck of the beaker into one of the holes in the two-day old lava flow. By breaking off the tip of the neck against the blow into his sample collecting suit. It's an aluminum-colored asbestos coverall with a helmet and heavy gloves.

The suit costs about $200 and is also used by fire fighters. The weapon Ault uses to joust with the volcano is a ceramic tube, the size of a fluorescent tube, tied to the end of a bamboo pole 15 feet long. The bamboo pole is SUDDENLY, 25 feet away, a fire crackled. We looked and the tongues rose greedily where a glob of hot lava had set the brush afire. This time I climbed with energy I didn't know I had.

The fire crackled closer. Then we were on the trail where we didn't have to crawl. We could run! We stopped and looked back. The fire was subsiding. So we sat down to catch our breath.

A moment later another fire crackled into life, much too close for comfort. We moved on up the trail. I finally reached the hotel, still shaken by the experience. As Ault s'aid, "You acquire a new respect for a volcano when you do this sort of Rushing from depths of earth, lava spews furiously from. Kilauea Iki vent.

Volcano Still Going Strong Continued from Page 1 eruption was closed to the a depth of 15 feet on the crater I public because of the tw in floor, she is slowing down, he said dangers 0f poisonous fumes I The volume of rubber neck-delightedly. ancj possible road collapse, jing dropped off during the MEANWHILE AS if on or- Weather at the scene was day yesterday as Big Islanders ders from the Hawaii Visitors dear and c00'- But smoke went back- to their jobs but Bureau Kilauea Iki rumbled from tne vent swirled through bejan to pick1 up again after ing lava beneath the surface, ncainjr cut, uaasc nuimt ne permitted tne vacuum in burn if it were dry. the beaker to suck volcanic gases into the beaker. Then THE CERAMICtube is tied I 7fl- piu. he resealed the beaker by fusing Jhe tip against the hot lava.

It was about noon when the the deep crater, spoiling the nightfall fumed and spewed molten i a i 1 1. i a mnt tn iha nt citrhtcDorc i iu i or many ufiuiui a pnei s. i most oi inem seemea to Helicopter Forced Down in the air and on the ground. Molten showers like better at night, any-, flaming particles were shoot- way, said acting Hawaii Na-Observcrs felt the volcano! 4 the tional Park sample collecting started, was about 2 p.m. when It thing." it Even so, today he's going superintendent On Iig Island I FREE PARKING ONE HOUR AT MARK! CENTER OR AlAKEA PARKINS LOT YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED ended.

I had cinders down back for more samples. But my neck. My lungs were full I'm not. I've been as close to was noisier yesterday thanj a as nj ht fell before-her rumblings like ai A thin cloud foi.malion hov. John A.

Aubuchon. "That's when the color contrasts are I hell as I ever want to get. nolulu helicopter crew, sulphur fumes uiaidiu dumeiy udnafec. ering abQve tne eruption area most -spectacular." lost -spectacular." AUBUCHON S.m his force iter cascading river oi lava drew a sweeping orange re-continued to spread wider and flprtinn frnm Ihp fiprv higher on the old crater floor. Inace below iof 28 Park rangers, sunple- mented by 78 servicemen un- THE ILLUSION from afar der command of Marine Lieu- to capitalize on the tourist business, escaped mishap Sunday night although forced down on a country road by fog.

WHIRLY-BIRD owner Robert Austin succeeded in taking off from the narrow forced The meandering fingers snatched down fresh clumps of ohia trees and incinerated them 600 feet below the very feet of onlookers on Byron Ledge. A SECTION of the rim road Immediately south of the was that the fireworks were more intensive than those of the night before. Temperature of lava as it emerged from the vent, said scientists, was 1,110 degrees centigrade. It has piled up to landing spot. He made his! way to Hilo Airport but had! to ieave pilot Richard Bryden behind in the rain in order to PORTABLE APPLIANCES tenant Colonel Robert T.

Dunn at Kilauea Military Camp, "now have the situation pretty well in hand." "Of course, we might have to get a little more help at night," he said. Asked his estimate of post-eruption park visitors, Aubuchon said his only clue was the fact that cars nightly overflowed lots holding 400 autos. Attendants estimated each car averaged five to six passengers and that there were several turnovers each night. The Volcano House on the Kilauea Rim is "booked solid" for the next week, reservations clerks said. take off.

Austin sent a taxi back for Bryden and they reached the Hukilau Hotel safely but two hours delayed. THEY WERE back in business yesterday, winging photographers and sightseers low over Kilauea Iki. Dillingham to Testify In Transport Hearings Ben Dillingham, vice presi-j Loo called for tighter Fed-dent and general manager control of freight rates. Oahu Railway Land He sajd Wi rf should will be the leadoff witness to- day at the transportation hear- mandatory before shipping CESICNO FOR TCSAn KF0RMAI UVIKS These beautiful yet practical wort aeri do much to make cooking, mixing, and ironing easier provide mom time together for (he family. And in keeping ith todaya informal hving, entire mealt can be prrparcd in the Sving room, (fining room, play room or on the terrace.

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Bartlett of Alaska. BARTLETT IS presiding at MEANWHILE, TWO onlookers vowed that they saw the fieiy face of Madame Pele outlined in the lava cascade Sunday night. Mrs. William S. Ellis and Mrs.

Thomas Whitcraft, both DILLINGHAM WILL testify the hearings as chairman of a at 10 a.m. in the House of subcommittee of the Senate Representatives chamber at' Interstate and Foreign Com- mors circulated around the rim of Kilauea Iki yesterday afternoon that a second eruptionprobably in the Makao-puhi crater was imminent. But nothing developed and scientists would not confirm the possibility. Iolani Palace. jmerce Committee.

Several! of Haleakula, Maui, said Pele Witnesses at the opening bills affecting Hawaii and; was there complete to long session yesterday included Alaska transportation are flaming hair and a distorted State Rep. Frank W. C. Loo. pending before Congress.

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