The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-31
Professor Hill Says Mont Pe|se
Will Continue TO Erupl
NO FURTHER DANGER To LIFE
He Thinks the Eruption Will Be Con-
fined to the Same Territory Now
Affected and May Last a
Year or More.

Fort de France, Island of Martinique,
May 9O.-CS p. m.)-Mont Pelee has been
very quiet today. The United States
cruiser Cincinnati has left here for Cast
ries. st. Lucia. George Kennan and his
party are doing good work at the north
end of the island, and are ali safe and
well. Prof. Angelo Heilprin, president of
the Philadelphia Geographical Society.
who is here under the auspices of the Ma
tional Geographical Society, is now prob
ably conducting his Investigations among
the northeast craters.
Last night Admiral Servan invited Prof.
Robert L. Hill, the United States gov
ernment geologist, on board the French
cruiser Tage, Admiral Servants flagship.
and had an interview with him upon his
recent expedition to Mont Pelee. United
States Consul Ayme acted as interpre-
ter at the interview, which lasted three
hours Admiral Servan was deeply in
terested in what Professor Hill has to
say as he has personal theories concern
ing the recent eruptons. The admiral
furnished Professor Hill with many OBJ
servations, made by the French naval
officers under him, and highly compli-
mented Professor Hill and the National
Geographical Society upon their expla-
nations
Saw lncandescent Matter.
The commander of the French cruiser,
DAssas. was presented to Admiral Ser
van in the course of the latters inter-
view with Professor Hill. The command
er of the D'Assas had just returned from
a tour of inspection and reported that at
10 o'clock last night he saw incandescent
matter slowly flowing over the rim of the
crater at the summit This report has
not yet been confirmed.
| Admiral Servan accepted Prof Hills
| present theoretic attitude on the subject
! of the eruption and praised his caution
| in not arriving at a hypothesis until he
had studied the data he has collected.
Professor Hill told the Admiral that his
study of data had been finished on the
! spot He said Mont Pelee might erupt
| for a year more, but tnat the area OF de-
vastation would remain unchanged. As
all the people had fed from the vicinity
of the volcano, no great loss of life would
occur. Professor Hill said Fort de
France was perfectly safe.
Submarine Gable Broken.
Admiral Servan reports that one OF the
submarine cables was broken May at
an unknown distance north of Martinique.
This break was followed by the first erup-
ton of ashes. The secand cable was
broken May at point ten miles west
of St. Pierre in $50 fathoms of water and
when 1t was dredged up 1t was found 10
be tangled and twisted. The night or
Nav there occurred the eruption of mud
which overwhelmed the Guerin factory
Admiral Servan considers that these facts
indicate the possibility of submarine rs
sures which admitted sea water to the
central incadescent mass. Professor
Hill admitted the possibility of this the
ory; but said the eruptions on the Brit
ish Island of st. Vincent still remained
a problem.
All the exploring parties now In the
field are expected to return to Fort de
France tomorrow
The arrival of two more French waships
is expected daily.
Cattle viii Not Craze.
London, May 31.-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Milan, Italy, re-
ports that the cattle have ceased to Craze
on the slopes of Mont Trabochette be-
tween Nice and Genoa. owing to the SUI
INJURIOUS exhalations from the mountain.
Continual slight tremors of the earth are
felt and these are supposed to be con-
nected with the recent volcanic eruptions
in the Antilles.