The crater is still active as this dispatch is sent and great loss of life is believed to have occurred. The lava has destroyed several districts, with their live stock. The government is feeding numbers of sufferers from the outbreak. Great physical changes have taken place in the neighborhood of the Soufriere. Several districts have not yet been heard from and the scene of the eruption is unapproachable.
Every hour brings sadder news.
The nurses and doctors are overworked. It is impossible to give full details at present. As a result of the disaster on this island all business has been suspended for three days. The public mind is still unsettled, fearing further disaster. Among the deaths are whole families, whose corpses are, in several places, still lying unburied.