Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
LOGO KILLED BY PELEE
Two Moro Towns Destroyed By
Martinique Volcano.
PEOPLE FLEEING FROM ISLAND
horrible DetonatIons Were Heard, and
the Ground Rocked and ouaked.
Hot Water Poured Down On Lorratn


Hot Water Poured Down On Lorrafn
and 6asse PoInts.
Castries. Island OF St Lucia, British
West indies, Sept 2 - The British
steamer Korona arrived here Sunday
evening from Fort De France, Island
OF Martinique. She reports that a ter
rihle eruption OF Mont Pelee occurred
at O'Clock Saturday night and that
people who arrived at Fort De France
from the northern part of the island re-
ported that the village OF Morne
Rouge, a summer resort near the dis
trict previously devastated, had been
entirely destroyed, and that LIE Car
bet village ON the coast, which was
destroyed at the time OF the great
eruption, had been swept by q tidal
wave.
1t has been learned that 1,060 per
e sons were killed ond 1900 injured dur
ing the last eruptions OF Mont Pelee.
According TO an Official account, the
eruption Of August 80 was one OF the
most severe that has been experienced.
Morne Rouge and great part of
Ajoupa Bouillon were destroyed. The
zone between the River Capote and
the Valley of Champ FIore and Fonds
Marie Refine has pcen devastated
Mont Capote suffered severely. and the
hills around Basse Poiuts were
burned.
The governor OF the island. is ar
ranging for the evacuation OF the
northern parishes and the removal of
the wounded. The temperature at Mar
Unique Is reported 10 be almost un-
bsarable.
Mont Peiee has been in constant
eruption since August Is. The night
= OF the S0th there were three separate
eruptious. II is impossible TO approach
the ruined town OF st Pierre from the
sea- The people OF the village OF lie
'Carbet, on the coast. are terror-strack.
en- and flying to the interior. Hot wa
ter is pouring down on Lorrain and
Basse Pointe. villages to,the northeast
OF the crater. Horrible detonations
were heard, the ground rocked and
quakeh and articles on tables were
thrown to the floor.
The governor eof Martinique has or.
,eered every available boat to remove
people from the, coast villages to Bort
De France.
AT o'clock on the evening of Sat
'urday. the S0th, the sky was cloudless.
Suddenly and without warning. one
half OF the horizon was obscureS by a
pitch black cloud OF dust This cloud
was the centre OF most magnificent
electric effects, the flashes OF light sur
passing the most elaborate fireworks.
Flames and flashes continued 10 burst
from the cieEd until nearly midnight.
Columns of fame shot out OF the crater
OF Mont Pelee to explode about the
cloud in showers OF balls OF golden
fire. which fell through the darkness
IN Enyriads OF sparks. Three large
aureoles we're seen In the sky over Ihe
opening OF the crater.
A tidal wave rushed upon Fort De
France, and the terrified inhabitants
fed in large numbers to the interior.
The wave was not severe and did but
slight damage,
AT midnight of the S0th Mont Pelee
was quiet; shortly after this hour
there came another shower of ashes,
accompanied by vivid sheet light
ming.
Volcanic Phenomenon at kInsstown.
Kingstown, St Vincent, b. w. l.,
Sept. IA remarkable volcanic phe-
nomenon occurred here between 8 and
10 o'clock Saturday night There was
a startling series OF detonations from
La Soufriere, louder than any since
the terrible eruption of May IL. Each
explosion shook me buildings of this
town. During the period of intense
anxiety which attended the detona-
tions two luminous circles, like rain
bows appeared in the cIoudless
sky to the northwest They were pre-
sumably the reflection Of the flames in
the crater OF La Soufriere. Subse-
quently q dense cloud Of steam arose
from the crater. but this soon dis
persed.