The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22

dreds Continue to Leave-u. S. Office
 Reports People Panic Stricken bu
 Says Physical Conditions Are Norma
 People of st. Vincent Now Terro,
 Stricken.
 Pointe a Pitre, Island of Guadeloupe
 May 21-The streams of boiling muC
 and the fire from the last eruption O
 Mont Pelee destroyed all that remained
 of the northern part of the island, ac'
 cording to the refugees, and Martinique
 seems destined to complete destruction
 The steamer Horten has arrived here | with 200 refugees from Fort de France | Martinique, on board. It is reported here that the French steamer Salvador
 with a thousand people on board, whc
 are unable to remain at Fort de France
 is coming here. and that everybody who
 can do so is leaving that port
 1 Castries, Island of St. Lucia, E. w. l.. l May 21-The Norwegian steamer Hell
 ga, Captain Braastad, arrived here this
 morning from Fort de France Marti-
 nique She Is filled with refugees from | that port and reports that, owing to the
 continuous fall of heavy stones and other volcanic matter there. the inhab- | itants of Fort de France are fleeing the | town The Helga was discharging coal at Fort de France but was compelled 1 by the volcanic disturbance to abandon | this work.
 Washington, May H-Adjutant Gen eral Corbin tonight received the fol- lowing cablegram from Captain Galla- gher who went to Martinique on the Dixie:
 Fort de France, May 21. "Adjutant General, Washington: Effects of eruption confined to north erl portion. St. Pierre and neighboring villages totally destroyed. Thirty thou sand fair estimate of loss of life of zone of destruction. Physical conditions normal, but people panic stricken. This condition was increased by yesterdays eruption, which was quite severe, but did not materially add to desolation. Supplies of all kinds sufficient for eight weeks. What has been done was just what emergency demanded and nothing further can be suggested; government and people most grateful Dixie now dlscharging part of cargo; will proceed with what remains to St. Vincent.
 (Signed) Gallagher
 London, May 22.--A despatch to the Times from Fort de France, Martin ique. says that a jet of fire has de- stroyed the town of Le Carbet. on the west coast of Martinique, and that ap- prehension is felt for the safety of troops who were detached on spe- cial mission to this town.
 London, May 22-The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Kingstown, island of St. Vincent, describes, in dispatch, the conditions on that island He says that sixty per cent. of the persons in- jured cannot recover. The whole is land resembles Sahara and the graves of human bodies and the remains of animals are seen on every side. Owing to the difficulty of breathing the cor respondent could not get near La Sou friere. Everywhere on the island the rivers have been stopped by the dust or lava, and In one valley the dust lies sixty feet deep. Most of the deaths on pI. NluceHl were IduStu ny DldSL Ol heated sulphurous air The authori- ties have ascertained, continues the cor that the rumor that anoth- CT crater had been formed by the erup- tion of last Monday is untrue.
 The sun was obscured all day Mon day, and the temperature rose to 103 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. A heavy dust fell that day and terrified the crowds of islanders who were pray ing along the seashore. It seems, says the correspondent, that the dense air is probably caused by the volcanic dust from the eruption of Sunday being blown back on the island by the trade wind. This explanation has relieved the anxiety.
 Kingstown, St Vincent, Monday, May 19.-Anot her great eruption of the Soufriere volcano occurred last night. Sunday the adjoining dis tricts trembed, and some shocks were | felt here Smoke issued from the era ters and Assures of the mountain. and | the atmosphere throughout the island | was exceedingly hot While, in the | bright moonlight the worshippers were from church at S:30 D. m, an alarming. luminous cloud suddenly lscended thirty or forty miles high, in he north of the island. and drifted to the northeast. Incessant lightning fell on the mountain and one severe bolt seemed to strike about .hree miles from Kingst own. The hunderous rumblngs in the craters asted for two hours and then dimin- shed until they became more mur- The remainder of the night vas clear. Ashes fell from 10 until midnight. The inhabitants were fren- lied with fear at the time of the out ,reak, dreading repetition of the catastrophe which caused such terri ple loss of life on this island They an from the streets into the open ountry crying and praying for preser- ation from another terrible calamity. Jo one on the island of St. Vincent lept that night, which seemed to pass lowly, Reports received here from the dis { ricts in the vicinity of the volcano ay that the rumbling of the crater ,ere appalling and that streams of ava flowed down the mountainside. The villagers who had fled to Cha eau Belair and Georgetown for safety re now pouring into Kingstown, this eing the furthest town form the Sou l