Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-01
MOUNT TPELEE
ISV|OLENT
Death and Destruction
to Island of Mar
Unique.
TOWNS WIPED OUT
Tidal Wave Adds to the
Horror--More Heavy
DetonationS.
TOWNS WIPED OUT

Castries, Island of st. Lucia, Brit
ish West Indies, Sept. The British
steamer Korona arrived here yester-
day evening from Fort De France,
Island of Martinique. She reports a
terrible eruption of Mount Pelee oc
Cured since 0 Saturday night, and
people who arrived at Fort De France
from the northern part of the island
reported the village of .Morne Rouge
near the district previously devastat-
ed was entirely destroyed. LeCarba,
a village on the coast which was de-
stroyed at the time of the great eruP-
tiOn, was swept by tidal wave.
About 200 persons lost their lives.
\ sloop from the Island of st. Vim
cent, which reached here this morn
ing, reports that Mount PeIee's era
ter is now quiet, but the detonations
during Saturday night were the loud
est heard up to that time, and the in
habitants are terribly alarmed.
Roseau, Dominica, B. w. l., Aug.30.
"A thick mist has enveloped ROseau
and its neighbOrhOod and dust is fall
ing.
ST John. Antigua. L. W. l., Sept. 1.
Many very loud detOnations were
heard here from o'clock Saturday
night to midnight.
Basse Terre. st. Kits. b. w. l., Sept
IA series of loud reports was heard
here Saturday night from until 8
O'clock.
Point-a-Pitrie, Island of Guadeloupe
Sept. This entire port has been COW
cred with cloud of fine dust since )
a. N. on Sunday and the pOpula-
lace is panic-stricken. Fine ashes are
falling continually. Semi-darkness is
over the sea, and the ships in the
harbOr seem to be enveloped in a cloud
of smoke.
Advfces from Basse Terre 0sland of
Guadeloupe) assert that since day
break Sunday the entire island has
been covered with a cloud of dust COM
ing from the southeast. the direction
of the island of Martinique. The popu-
lation of Basse Terre is greatly
alarmed.
Dust Still Falling at ROseau.
Roseau, Dominica, Il. w. l., Sept. 1.
The thick mist which enyeIoped
Roseau Sunday was taken as it ap-
preached for a rainstOrm. The dust is
still falling, although lightly, but DUR
ing the might of Aug. 30 the quanti-
ty of the dust which fell here will
be greater than upon any previous oc-
casion since the first eruption of Mont
Pelee At nightfall of the Aug. 80 a
dark, cone-shaped cloud, emitting cleo
trlc flashes rose in the south but it
was gradually obscured by the mist
caused by the falling ashes. RumbIing
noises and few detOnations were
heard during the night of Aug. 80. The
people here are quiet. No news has
yet reached here from Martinique.
Severe Eruption Reported.
a severe eruption of Mont Pelee,
Martinique. was reported 10 have oc-
CURED at noon Aug 21 This report
was brOughNto Castries, Island of st.
Lucia, by officers of the French steam
ship DahOme. This eruption was fol-
lowed by total darkness five miles
away from the volcano. A dispatch
received from st. Thomas. D. w. l.,
Aug. %, said that between 10 O'Clock
in the morning and i'm the afternoon
of Aug. % clouds of dust were seen
in the direction of Mont Pelee from
the Island of Dominica. -onations
were heard and there were ut show
erS of volcanic dust on the island.
The following message was received
from Dominica Tuesday, Aug. %:
''Since 2 p. m. [Tuesday] prolonged
rumbling noises in quick succession
have been heard from the southwark
There is every indication that Mont
Pelee is in violent eruption A dis
patch from Paris, dated Aug. %, said
the latest dispatches received at the
ministry of the colonies from Fort de
France. Martinique, We're dated Mon
day. Aug. %. They made no mention
of the reported eruptions of Mont Pc
lee. The Paris dispatch said also that
the cables TO Martinique. both north
and south, continued to be interrupted.
Efforts made to communicate by ca
bic direct with the island of Martini
que have proved unsuccessful. Tele-
graphic communication with that ISL
and from New York is still inter-
rupted.
Prison Call Awaits Cali