The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-07
r oRT DE FRANCE. Martinique.


III May Flor more than fifteen
hours Mont Pelee has been in 9
state OF violent eruption. The panic OF
last week has been revived. More
lives have been sacrificed. Fort de
France - being showered with ashes
and mud. Outside the sea - In a ter
ribie fury and the fear Of a tidal wave
is In the minds OF all. The exodus
from the island continues.
This time Pelee gave no warning o.
the devastation that IL was preparing
tO work The volcano was all but
somnolent yesterday. and the internal
rumbiIngs were infrequent. This state
continued until half past $ o'clock last
night when AN explosion OF terrible
force occurred Immediately hot mud
began pouring into the sea from every
side Of the mountain. Flames shot
skywaFd and ashes n0ated out in great
clouds. The outbreak was accompanied
by an electrical display that was TIE
worst seen here since the trouble BE-
gan.
FORT DE FRANCE. Martinique.
May y. ; p. ma tremendous expio-
sion took place In Mont Pcice at o
o'clock this morning. sutenset;- black
smoke was shot high into the air ana
vas accompanied by stones and shes
which fell upon the ruins Of the burned
city Of -. Pierre and its suburbs and
even ON Fort ia France. The eruption
has thrown the people 81 Fort de-
France into another panic. They arr
In the greatest fear 81 what may yet
happen. As explosion after explosion
occurs. they become more terrified. not
knowing but what the next viii b. sFs
last for them. The column OF sInok..
today shot up fully three miles into tn.
air and the eruption was accompanied
by lightning.
KINGSTON. Jamaica. May zS-Cabic
advicss from KinGstoWn. -. Vincent.
today state that the island. which FOR
past years has been sinking under the
weight % its troubles. has reached the
height ~ tts misery. La S0ulr!ere.
" hich after having devastated the
" hole northern portion Of the island /
1uictrd down somewhat. Is again belch-
ms forth Immense clouds 81 smoke and /
blasts Of superheated steam and is
threatening further eruption. The nol...
from the volcano IL terrific. Clouds OF
sat-pr and smoke arr charged with
electricity. which mauifests itself In
alarming electrical storms. The rain
'alt IL excessive. Rivers ar. POURING I,
Town Hoods 90 liquid mud. and such /
places - have hitherto escaped de-
'tructiou deait By the volcano are DO
us swept away BY the inundation.
Already the idea % abandoning the
sand has been mo1ted by sydney oil
.cr. Colonial Secretary Of jamaica
FORT pE FRANCE. Martinique. !,
lay ->-Dcvcl1pments In the condi-
ions 90 Mont Pciee indicate e.rriptfsns
% come greater and more. destructive. 4
han any that have yet occurred. The Z
oicHno was again active today. nm =
Npiosion which took place today driv- Q
q even the American scientists on
@aTd the cruiser Cincinnati
LONDON. May 29.-Joseph Chamber l
iin. the Colonial Secretary. has re-
wed the following cabiegram frs.uI
" robert Baxter iIew-iiyn. Governor
indies:
Ihcre has been no serious volcanl,. ,
ltbreak on the Island 81 -. Vinc.r; !,
nc NAY j.. ! nope the worst L. over. =
80 IN" people - the island are sfrff
~ F"uN- All arrangements Tor III. /"
'ntprt % the Injured. the relief 81 a
lr aeRiitut" and the resettIlng OF tn. p
."p.c 81 St Vincent are proeresslns. a.
itisfactoriiy."
NEW YORK. May 90 Jou-,,, r
'ccial from ST Lucia SAYS. Tn. ste a
- 81 the Catholic order De Ia D..liv- %
HHc". iwenty-three 81 whom mr.. =.
n"ns IN" survivors % the eruption OF
ont F~lee. arrived here today from OF
'rue Rouge. with a ,vondsrful story p.
the preservation OF the Nearest com -
'unity To the crater and the only on.
I'LL tns' zone % disaster To- esrap.. a.
uetion They attribute the escan.. -,
i"Ige Rouge to divine futarvan,{e,, -
~ .. 81 miracle In the church he -
- NE eyes % the CONGREGATION as =.
ublsd Tor refuge from the deatb- -
inns volcano. While ceiebrafina, -
rs th"re suddenly appeared beforc '''
2 altar a vision Of the savior. Show
the sacred heart. The vision -
! faced and wan y" 80
.o4tE De FRANCE. Nav a0-p-,r
'eFt ttiu of the National GeorrTnf,i- 20
society has assured the ueopic - -
city that there is no present d,r- Lac
r ahd this has somewhat re4gsrtr..g col
M re says the city ~ perfectly ma
~. and the threatened panic has rn
'n stopped. The commander OF tire col