The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-02
PELEE DEALS DEATH
GRIM DESTROYER AGAIN BECOMES
ACTIVE AND TERRIBLE.
CLAIMED 200 MORE VICTIMS.
ERUPTION Is FOLLOWED RY A
TIDALsWAVE.

Morne Rouge, Near st. Pierre, Swept
by the Flow From the Volcano.
Lee Carbet, a NeighbOring village.
Overrun by Tidal Wave-Pelee
Has Been I'm Almost Constant
EruptiOn-Grand Scenes Presented
Above the Blazing Crater.
Castries, Island of st. Lucia, B. w.
l., Sept. 1.-The British steamer Ko-
roma arrived here yesterday evening
from Fort de France, Island of Mar
Unique. She reports that a terrible
eruption of Mont Pelee occurred at
o'clock Saturday night, and that peo-
pie who arrived at Fort de France from
the northern part of the island report
ed that the village of Morne Rouge,
near the district previously devastat-
ed, had been entirely destroyed and
that LIE Carbet, a village on the coast,
which was destroyed at the time of
the great eruption. had been swept by
tidal wave.
About 200 persons lost their lives.
A sloop from the Island of St Vim
cent, which reached here this morn
ing. reports that Mont Pelee's crater
is now quiet, but that the detonations
during Saturday night We're the loud
est heard up to that time. and that
the Inhabitants were terribly alarmed.
EruptiOns Nearly Constant.
Mont Pelee has been in constant
eruption since Aug. Is. There was an
enormous fall of ashes from the vol
cano the night of the 25th. There was
a very severe eruption the night of
the 2Sth. when the volcanic rumbllngs
were heard at a great distance. The
mountain burned fiercely that night
and out at sea passing vessels were
covered with ashes. The night of the
S0th there were three separate erup-
| tons.
ruined town of st. Pierre from the
| sea. The people of the viii
lage of LeCarbet, on the coast.
| are terror-stricken and flying
to the interior Hot water
| is pouring down on Lorrain and Basse
Pointe, villages to the northeast of the
crater. Horrible detonations are heard.
The. ground rocked and quaked and
articles on tables were thrown to the
floor.
The Governor of Martinique has or
| dered every available boat to remove
people from the coast villages to For,
de France.
Scenes of Awful Grandeur.
At o'clock in the evening of Sat-
urday, the Both, the sky was cloudless.
Suddenly and without warning one
half of the horizon was obscured by a
! pitch black cloud of dust This cloud
was the center of most magnificent
electric effects, the flashes of light
SURPRISING the most elaborate fire.
works
Flames and flashes continued to burst
| from the cloud until nearly midnight
| Columns of flame shot out of the cra-
| ter of Mont Pelee to explode about the
cloud in showers of balls of golden fire
| which fell through the darkness in
myriads Of sparks. Three large aure-
oles were seen in the sky over the
/ opening of the crater.
Fled From Tidal Wave.
A tidal wave rushed upon Fort de
France and the terrified inhabitants
fled in large numbers to the interior
The wave was not severe and did but
slight damage.
At midnight of the both, Mont Pelee
was quiet. Shortly after this hour there
came another shower of ashes. accom-
by vivid sheet lightning.
In addition to the 200 persons report
ed to have lost their lives at LeCarbet
and Morne Rouge, many other persons
are said to have been killed throughout
the northern districts of the island.
The Governor of Martinique is believed
to have started for the scene of de-
struction.
When the steamer Korona arrived
here yesterday she was covered with
ashes and scoria.