Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-15
ST. VINCENT SUFFERS
Northern End of Island Shares
 St. Pierre's Fate
SOUFRIERE SPREADING DESTRUCTION
A State of Suspense and Terror Pre- vaiIs In Parts Remote From the voIcano-Starvation and Suf-
 fering Follow Disaster.

foicano-Starvation and Su4-
 fering Follow Disaster.
 CASTRIES, Island of St. Lucia, May 15.-The fate of Martinique has befall- en the northern end of the island of St. Vincent.
 It is all af1ame. La Soufriere is still in eruption and is belching forth miles of smoke and fire. It is impossible to get within miles of the volcano, and there is no hope that any of the inhab- itants of that section are alive.
 Kingstown, with its coco inhabit- ants, is still safe, but there is rain of ashes falling, and the air is full of sul- phurous fumes. The people are panic stricken.
 Refugees from all parts of the island are crowding into the capital and clam bring for means of escape. They have heard of the wiping out of St. Pierre, and they are in constant fear that final outburst of the grim monster mountain will oyerwhelm them.
 A tremendous cannonading is going on all the time. The noise of the erup- tions of La Soufriere is so great that it is difficult at times to hear anything at all in Kingstown. Far out at sea the explosions of the mountain warn mer chant ships away from the island
 Those who approach close enough see with each outburst of sound a tremen- dous upheaval of subterranean terrors. Great balls of fire are shot miles into the air with each explosion. In the darkness of night caused by the dense cloud of smoke and ashes the spectacle is magnificent, but fearful. It is like giant Roman candle shooting continu- ously.
 Between the firing of the fire balls there come flashes of winding flames which run down the side of the noun tain and sweep out landward and sea- ward. These flames are caused by the belched out gases, which are ignited and burn as they sweep onward. In the intervals of darkness vivid cleo trical outbursts zigzag over the yolca- nos top and sides, adding to the dan- gers and the terrors.
 Kingstown sees and hears all this and hourly grows more desperate. To add to the horrors of the situation the sorrowing, frightened people who know not what has become of their friends and relatives in the northern part of the island and who are constantly ex- pecting to be themselves buried or burned to death are now in danger of starvation. The food supply is limited, and it is reported that unless urgent steps are taken to succor the inhab- itants of Kingstown horrible misery will be entailed.
 The British steamer Savas, Captain Hunter, has arrived here and reports Mont Pelee to be still in eruption. The trend of the flow from the volcano is to the north.
 The search parties which are remov- ing the dead from St. Pierre have dis covered safes and molten precious metal in stores and dwellings of the town.
 In all St. Pierre only a single human being escaped the work of Mont Pelee. The enc is negro murderer who was locked in a cell so far underground that the gases as we'll as the flames failed to reach him. There he remained for four days before his cries were heard.
 When the cell door was opened, he dashed away toward the distant woods. He is believed to have been crazed by the awful experience through which he passed.
 Armed soldiers are now watching the workers to prevent the robbing of the dead bodies or the ruins. Vandals con tinue to profit, but orders that have been given to shoot down any person who is seen robbing a body will proba- ply put stop to the crime.
 Some of the walls of the houses that still stand crumble and fall at touch. Some idea of the terrible heat that poured down from Mont Pelee may be had when it is known that the iron rollers of the Prinelle sugar mills were melted as though they had been passed 1hro11Oh a frIrnaca