Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24
ss Unanimously Declare the
v,Ie,oo to be an Explosive one'
,,U PERIOD OF REST NOW ON
cater Forming at Ajoupa Bon'
uon, which Lies on s'ao o.
tain opposite s. Pierre

4 Fort dc fIuhNNi a.. t.,,
-" ,oor,mous opinion Of the scien-
" bot this is an explosive volcano
,sol lava or moya rock material
,., been emitted, only mud, steam
ra.es and fragments Of the old crater ,sa
~ The scientists compare the
w. ..,o,r's out throw to the steam oil a
,'"a, IN which the pressure rises 10
49, ,urstlng point, and they think II
'D s.,,OIo that a more violent outbreak
III occur They remark that the ex-
',o.,ons have occurred at progressively
RI Intervals and that they also
lonb Men progressively more violent
law nave been three light erupuons
Of ashes noe an overfow of
va which caused the destruction OF
nuu r.lre euerin, on May there
lne ne ontburst which destroyed 81
p'sr,e and on May 20 or after an IN
ia,yol az 70 days the last tremendous
cnibufsts occurred
V',' NEW perlod Of rest Is now on ana
~, ~ ~ ~ two things may happen. the
'~sssnre may be confined Tor sun
iDnSsr period, and then explode win
. s,gi Greater violence, spreading de-
.trpetion over a vast area, or lne
maintain may remain on the quiesceh'
for another half century.
NEW CRATER FORMING
ror, 40 France, May 2S, 3 p. NIT
!, yeoorted ON seemingly reliable au-
Sotiiv that a new crater Is forming
4 y, Aionna Boulllon, which lies on the
4 Tde Of the mountain opposite to 81,
. pIerre with It's northern face toward
\ AN Atlantic. A huge assure is said TO
{. nave opened there, which is vomiting
n sosee and volcanic matter similar to
81 Eose thrown out from the crater at
a Ne summit. The volcano IL now throw
81 ,ng IN large quantities OF ashes. These
S' ppon boats which were coming to
d Fort de France this morning. ana pre-
Il vented them from approaching the
ssore nearer than 10 miles, Even at
n Ms distance the decks were rapidly
n ,oyerfd with ashes. The indications
" sspm 10 point to another volcanic out
4 burst
DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE
Hamburg. May PA special dispatch
IA the Hamburg Boersenhalle from
n Guatemala says that the town of
q oua2altenango has been wholly de-
stroyed by an earthquake which lasted
three. quarters Of a minute Business
a is entirely suspended In Guatemala and
4 o great part Of the coffee crop there
& has been destroyed.
( THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST.
Washington, May 2S.--The earth
quake reported In the Hamburg dis
patch as resulting in the destruction Of
n The city Of Quezaltenango, Guatemala,
IA vas Identified here as that which real
y occurred on the 18th Of April and
Z. which has been described TO some eX-
M tent IN the American newspapers. In
"a formation received here at the Guate-
III nalan legation shows that the city was
Il wholly destroyed and that San Mar
II COS and several other towns were par
a italy destroyed The Guatemalan au-
Il 'horlles decided 20 reconstruct the city
q Of Quezalenango on a permanent basis
On the old site, Reports regarding the
n destruction Of life are incomplete. but
they Indicate that at least several
Fl thousand persons were killed, and that
n NE property loss Appropriated $4,000
n w In the April earthquake.
soUFRIERE STILL VERY ACTIVE.
n London, May A.--rhe Kingstown, ST.
II vincent, correspondent Of the Daily
Il Mall cabling under date Of May %,
"a says:
IA soutrlere is still very active.
lava IS streaming into the sea, while
elQuds OF sulphurous smoke, extending
lOI miles, obscure the land and COM
Il PEELED US to steam seward at full
tpeed. We rescued l2O Carlbs from
Vura q miles from here. We saw
smother crater between La soufriere
una chateau Belair, emitting stones
snl smaller vents elsewhere.
Inc food Of the peasantry is ruined,
,ha everywhere the island is blighted
iof truit and vegetables. Cattle are
lelhg shipped to other Islands for pas
Mlage The laborers In the sugar dis
ul.N nave killed their horses for food,
.na are now dying from diseases of the
"''Suues caused by the lava dust"