Old Weather Forum

To Govt. R. C. Manning
Reported eruption probably off Pavlof see if people at Pavlof Bay and vicinity need assistance acknowledge.

To Capt. Reynolds, Unalaska.
Manning fifteen miles south of Sannak Island, your radiograms of the fifth, sixth and tenth just received ten thirty p.m. will investigate conditions at Pavlof Bay and vicinity at once, arrive there about two p.m. tomorrow.

12:30 Commanding officer landed at Belkofsky Village to investigate report that Pavlof Volcano had been in eruption; found that it had been active for about half a day on July 5; no damage was done at Belkofsky, and the people there had no knowledge of harm done elsewhere.
3:15 received the following radiogram from the U.S. Coast Survey vessel "Patterson", at Karpa Island; "About a ton of ashes fell on the ship and it was as dark as night. We did not investigate the damage on mainland."
6:30 off position indicated for Pavlof village water shoaling rapidly to 6 fathoms, backed out, turned and stood out of bay there being no evidence of any
volcanic disturbance and no signs of a village.

6:30 Noticed fresh volcanic ash on the east slope of Pavlof volcano but no ash on any of the surrounding country nor in the water.

10:40 No volcanic ash or other evidence of a recent volcanic disturbance was to be seen on the peninsula or any of the islands passed.

Examined the islands for traces of volcanic ash, but saw no traces.

5:10 Commanding Officer conferred with settlers and learned that a light fall of black volcanic ~~~~~ had taken place on the 5th instant for a period of one hour,
the fall occurring at Sand Point at 3:00 p.m. and at Simeonof Island at 7:00 p.m. The fall did no damage and all traces were nearly obliterated by rain fall.

4AM to 8AM
haze from wind borne volcanic dust latter part

Earthquake reported within radius of 100 miles at 06:30 AM. No disturbance noticed in position 58 20 N 149 40 W. HMS Durban felt disturbance badly in position 60 11 N 147 3 W.

Passed through water in which pieces of pumice stone, 6 to 8 inches in length, were floating. Air was filled with fine volcanic dust from recent eruption.

Thick smoke latter part [of watch], with fall of volcanic dust, air heavy with sulphur fumes, and rise of 5° in temperature in wake of Katmai volcano, which is evidently still in eruption.

14:30 smoke being too thick to see further than 4 ship lengths

Light fall of volcanic dust during day.