The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-08-02
WEST INDIES VOLCANOES.
Results of the Examinations by DR..
7. A. Jaggar, of Harvsrd, Of
pelee and Soufriere.
An EXTRAORDINARY SIMILARITY EXISTS.
The rrodaet. Of 10th Volcanoes
Are the ssmei noth chRraeterissa
b. the Absence OF Lava and Beta
pld Thelr work Of De-trncttsn
Ia the same Way.

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Fort DE France. Island of Martin
ique. Monday. July 7.-Dr. T. a. Jag
gar Of Harvard university. repre-.
scnflng the United States geological
survey ia the West Indies. arrived
for the second time al Fort De
France on june - aud has since va
tied Mont pelee twice. lie has also
made excursions 10 the southern
end Of Martinique, aud 10 the warm
springs of the interior Of the island.
Dr. Jaggar came directly from st.
Vincent.
IN Extraordinary similarity.
As reault of recent examinations
Of the crater of Mont Pelee and eN-
ploraiiona of the track of the de-
vastating blast which destroyed 81
Pierre. it appears that there Ia 81.
traordinary similarity between the
eruptions of the Soufriere volcano
Of st. Vincent and Mont pelee. The
products arc the same, both ara
characterized by the absence Of lava
aud the work of destruction. both 10
inanimate objects and 60 mankind,
WAS accomplished in much the aama
way. The destructive effects Of the
eruption in ST. Vincent covered
much more extensive area. but the
loss of human life was much less.
Active Eroptions subaiding.
There hns been no active eruption
of Mont Pelee of importance sines
June o. A great cone Of boulders
and volcanic bombs, hcnped within
the naaure from which the explosion
came, has grown In size since the
middle Of May. when DR.. Jaggnr first
saw It. occasioually there arr sud
/ den slides of debriH down this cpns
into the deep gorge of the Rivers
Blanche. These slides produce grrat
columns of brown dust, which reaeul-
hlcs smoke. that rise IN billows from
the mountain flank and give the inn
preaalon of an eruption when viewed
from the sea At night these aiding
of redhot rocks make glowing
streak in the mountains slope. This
accounts for the many reports by
passing vessels of eruptions, hot lava
and dust falls. The phenomenon Is
merely superficial one.
Merely SUPERFICIAL spoots.
At st. Vincent, the many mud
sponts, steam jets and local crnters
thnt have been reported are all SIT
perncial. caused by rhinwater drain
ing into the beds Of hot, dry gravel
The two volcanoes of St Vincent
and Martinique were In eruption ia
sympathy in May. Both have gradu-
ally become less active since. and IL
is probable that they will continue
10 diminish In activity, TO jndgs
from the present signs.
French Scientists Concur.
On this opinion the French scien-
tinc commission. headed by Prof
Laeroix, Of Paris, coneurs. DR.. jag
gar is strongly opposed, however. 10
any rehabilitation of the devastated
slopes of the volcanoes, until the re-
Fpeeiiye governments Of the islands
are willing 10 establish permanent
experiment stations To protect and
/ warn the inhabitants. In addition 10
his work on the islands of 81. Vim
cent and Martinique. DIR. Jaggar has
spent some time in Barbados collect.
ing information and specimens rela
tive 10 the spread Of the dust fal
which appears 20 have been much
greater from the Soufriere than from
Mont Pelee.