Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-02
Over 200 More Victims
of Mont PeIee's Lat
est Outbreak.
TERROR STILL RULES
Awful Spectacle of the
Eruption--Death List
Scattered.

Castries. st. Lucia. W. l., Sept. q
The British steamer Korona has ar
rived here from Fort-de- France, Mar
Unique. She reports that Il terrible
eruption of Mont Pelee occurred at
o'clock Saturday night. and that people
who arrived at Fort-deFrance from
the northern part of the island report
ed that the village of Morne Rouge,
near the district previously devastated,
had been entirely destroyed, and that
LeCarbet, village on the coast which
was destroyed at the time of the great
eruption, had been swept by a tidal
wave. About 200 persons lost their
lives. \ slope from the Island of st.
Vincent which has reached here re-
ports that Mont Pelee's crater is now
quiet.
People Are TerrOr-Stricken.
Mont Pelee has been in constant
eruption since Aug. II. There was an
enormous fall of ashes from the vol
canO the night of the 25th. There was
severe eruption the night of the 2Sth,
when the volcanic rumblings were
heard at u great distance. The noun
tain burned tiercely that night, and out
at sea passing vessels were covered
with ashes. The night of the Both
there We're three separate eruptions. 1t
is impossible TO approach the ruined
town of st. Pierre from the sea. The
peOpe of the village of LaCarbet. 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.
Magnificent but Awful Spectacle.
At o'clock in the evening of the
Both the sky was cloudleSS. Sudden
ly One-half of the horizon was OBJ
scured by pitch black cloud of dust.
This cloud was the center of most mag
niticent electric effects, the flashes of
light surprising the most elaborate
fireworks. Flames and flashes contin-
ued to burst from the cloud until near
ly midnight. Columns of flame shot
out of the crater of Mont Pelee to eX-
plode about the cloud in showers of
balls of golden fire which fell through
the darkness in myriadS of sparks.
Three large aureoles We're seen in the
sky over the opening of the crater.
More Than goo Have Been Killed.
y 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
goth Mont Pelee was quiet; shortly aft
er this hour there came another show
er of ashes, accompanied by vivid
sheet lightning. In addition to the
200 persons reported TO have lost their
lives at LeCarbet and Morne Rouge
many other persons are said to have
been killed all over the northern dis
tricts of the island. The governor of
Martinique is believed to have started
for the scene of destruction.
Thousand Persons Killed.
Paris, Sept. 2.-Havres agency re-
ceived an undated dispatch from
Fort De France, Island of Martinique,
that about Il thousand
persons were killed and several hun.
dred injured as result of violent
eruption of Mont Pelee Saturday,
which destroyed Morne Rouge and
Aioupa Bouillon, two villages near
Mont Pelee. The dispatch confirms
the report that the village of Lecar-
bet was damaged by a tidal wave
which was also felt at Fort De
France. where the people were panic
stricken.
Paris, Sept. minister of Marine
Pelletan in view of further eruptions
of Mont Pelee, Island of Martinique,
has ordered war ships sent immedi-
ately to the island of Guadiloupe