Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-05-15
Large Area on East Coast iS Completely
Desolsted by the Eruption.
DETAILS OF CALAMITY DEFY DESCRIPTION
Governor Of Windward Island Reports that
Lava Still Flows.
NATIONS SENDING AID TO SUFFERERS
United states f. Joined by Foreign
Powers in fastening Relief TO
the Stricken Survivors
on the Island.

Wndward Islands, Sir Robert Llewellyn
telegraphs TO the colonial ONCE from the
island Of st. Vincent under date Of Tues
day, May 10, as follows
arrived here yesterday and found the
state OF affairs much worse than has been
stated. The administrators report shows
that the country on the east coast between
emily struck and devastated Stated" in va ma2Ser SppSe
similar TO that which destroyed st. Pierre,
and fear that practically ali living things
In that radius were killed. Probably 1,sJO
persons lost their lives The exact number
will never be known. Managers and own
eTs Of the estates. with their families. and
several OF the best class of people, have
been killed. A thousand bodies have been
persons are in the hospital at Georgetow3.
Probably only six of this number will re-
The details Of the disaster are too har-
rowing for description.
got, at 81. Lucia, coasting steamer,
coast with water and provisions. twenty
two hundred persons have received relief.
i have asked for medical officers from
ing British colonies are assisting gener-
ously. Every effort is being made to Crap
pie with the awful calamity.
All the best sugar estates in the Car
rioean country are devastated and the
The eruption continues. but is appar-
entity moderatinB.
Anxiety is stiff felt. All the officers and
residents are cooperating with me. The
women are making clothing.
Sir Frederick NJ. Hodgson, the governor
of Barbados, forwarded to the colonial
Office today the report OF the colonial sec
retary. who has just returned from a visit
to St. Pierre, Martinique.
IL confirms the worst accounts OF the dis
aster. The secretary compares the ignitsd
matter, which destroyed everything within
an area Of ten miles long by six wide. to
burning wax. He adds, significantly. that
the services Of doctors are not required. as
there are no wounded persons.
Governor Hodgson estimates that 2,ooo, 900
tons OF volcanic dust fell on the island OF
Barbados.
EARTHQUAKES Two Weeks Ago.
NEW YORK. May IL--ln dispatch from
Ats correspondent at st. Vincent, British
West Indies. the Herald says:
Admonitorv rumbllngs and earthquakes
Ia the vicinity OF Soufriere came two weeks
ago.
On Monday. May 8, the lake in the old
crater became greatly disturbed On Tues
day, at o'clock in the afternoon, the
mountain began a series Of volcanic efforts.
Severe earthquakes accompanied these ter
ribie noises and detonations succeeded
quickly. At Z o'clock In the evening an
immsnse column OF steam issued from the
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terrific explosion followed on Wednes-
day morning and at 7 o'clock there was an
other sudden escape of steam. This as
eended for three hours, when other material
was elected.
At noon three cTaters appeared TO open
} and began to vomit lava. Six streams at
once ran down the sides Of the mountains,
making an awful scene.
The mountain labored heavily for half
Z an hour after the appearance OF the lava.
? Fire flashed around the edges of the craters
and there were tremendous detonations, rap
idly merging into continuous roar.
This lasted through Wednesday night and
/ until Friday morning. The thunderings Of
the volcano were heard throughout the
Caribbean sea.
The eruption began Wednesday. A huge
cloud In a dark and dense column, charged
with volcanic matter, rose TO a height Of
eight miles from the mountain top. Dark
ness, like midnight. descended and the
suphurous air was laden with fine dust.
Rain of Rocks and Stones.
brief rain followed, rain of rocks and
stones.
There we're bright flashes. numerous and
marvelously rapid. These with the thun-
dsring. the mountain shocks. the earthquake
roar and the falling stones, created q scene
OF horror.
Large areas of cultivation have been
buried beneath the volcanic matter.
On the Windwsrd coast seven plantations
are totally destroyed. Nothing green is
visible. Sixteen hundred and twenty deaths
are already reported. There are is7 cases
in the hospital at Georgetown under treat
msnt
The daaths hava ha., ea,,..a .At.a- -
sufoeation by the sulphurous gases. light
ming and burning lava masses.
Few Of the cases in the hospital are
likely 20 recover. The crew OF II. NJ s.
Indefatigahle buried thirty peasants found
dead on the owia estate north Of Soufriere
new crater Is reported formed on the
Richmond estate near the seashore.
Uttered with Dead Bodies.
The country districts on the windward
coast are Uttered with dead bodies.
Kingstown. the capital. and the whole
population are safe.
There have been no accidents or deaths.
Clouds of dust are blowing over the city.
however.
The royal mail steamer Wear is trans
porting food aud water 70 the LeewArd
coasts, sailing vessels proceed 70 the Wind
ward coast on the same ocean. Doctors
and nurses have gone 70 the scene OF dis
tress.
The majority OF the coTpses being found
are covered Etth ashes aecomnoaed and
hardly approaehabie- The dead are being
buried In trenehes, thirty In each.
Much excitement was caused here. says a
81 Thomas %. w. - dispatch to the Her
aid. BY slight shock OF earthquake which
was felt about 4;S0 Tuesday afternoon The
public was generally excited and many per
sons rushed from their houses. but the
remors OF the earth stopped before any
actual damage was done.
Dixie Sails with Food.
with food saoush on board 70 fsed the
entire population Of hartlnique for : wesk
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