The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-26
PROFESSOR BULBS RESEARCHES
IN VOLCANIC TERRITORY
By F. Y C.

Prof Isaac Newton Bubb. that re-
nowned scientist of swazeyville, has
written volume on Mount PeIee and
its late doings. thus settling the vol
cano question forever. If there are any
further eruptions anywhere it viii not
be Prof Bulbs fault.
The learned. professor was made sDe- /
cial commissioner by the Society OF
Universal knowledge OF Swazeyville TO
investigate everything pertaining to the
INartinique disaster A vessel was fitted
out for the professors personal use
and photographer provided as part #
the necessary apparatus Some sailors
we're also included in the outfit, be- /
cause. as Prof Bulb, remarked, with |
that severe practical sagacity that has
always distinguished him. the main /
thing was to get there" being |
the scene Of the appalling catastrophe !
/ AS Prof. Bubb was embarking he no
1 ticed a peculiar swirling Of the waters,
/ OF which he at once made 4 note. and
which he later discovered was due to
( the after-efects Of the main catastro-
phe. Nothing Of special Importance
/ occurred On the voyage to Martinique,
/ save that the professor experienced
prolonged sensation Of personal uneasi-
ness. which. by q beautiful system OF
reasoning, he also connected with the
volcanic outbreak
/ On arriving before the destroyed city.
Prof Bulb instructed the photographer
! - n
himself CBubb) in the foreground. This
picture is really an excellent portrait
| OF the great scientist from the fact that
portions Of St. Pierre and Mount Pelee
/ (stiIi going it) are to be observed in the
background.
The subsequent adventures of the
Learned professor can best be given il
his own words as taken from his diary
/ II stepped from the gangpisuk,' notes
the scientist. "Cnto an esh-covered
/ GROUND. AS luck would have it. I was
( lust in time for a secondary eruption
II noted that this explosion was evil
IDENTIFY due TO the escape of gas or
vapor al a very high tension The air
was full Of large fragments Of rock, and
the atmosphere was laden with SUI
( locating odor. I reckoned the speed OF
ascent 81 the fragments that we're cast
upward as "a least 1900 feet a second.
The time that elapsed between the
bursting of the bubble and the crash CT
! the falling masses around me indicated
/ (as timed By my watch that they rose
to the height Of more than il. 900 feet
above the point Of discharge. My OBJ
I servations we're made somewhat under
difficulties. as I had constantly TO dodge
/ the falling masses. Ny valiant porter
who accompanied me along with the
photographer. remarked that this eau
ton was unnecessary, as the huge
chunks we're soft, and indeed enc Of
them of the size Of large trunk fell
upon his head and broke Into many
pieces without causing him any per
centible Inconvenience.
Il determined to take the bull by the
! horns. as the saying is. and pushed Oh
{ Immediately for the mountains, intend /
( ing to have a view Of the crater, if pos !
/ sible. during eruption; feat never ac- |
conBIished, believe, by anyone else. /
! As I advanced. followed by the porter
/ and photographer. the way became. in /
deed, exceedingly perilous. The streets /
/ of the wrecked city presented = CHASTITY /
! spectacle. Illuminated as they were by /
/ the ftfuI flashes Of FIRE that fell from
( out a superintendent canopy CT iuky AID
/ tawny- colored vapOr- II is unfortunate
+ that no pictorial record could be made
/ of this appalling scene.
/ The porter, who, being a native was
acquainted with the ground, pointed out
( to me the direction OF Mont Pelee, which
had shrouded itself in an invisible gar
nent Indeed. ! only knew that I had
| begun the ascent by the rise OF the land.
/ NV companions were somewhat startled
at one point by q peculiar rushing or
Kissing sound quite deafening, which
/ rose OF a sudden at our very feet. 4
/ assure had opened in the volcano di-
rectly in front OF Us aud indeed. had We
/ taken a step further We would have been
plunged into the burning abyss. How
! ever. I led the way around this iInpedi
ment. and pushed on for the crater At
/ length. gaining this objective point, ]
/ looked in, almost sunOcated by the gases
and with my clothes alight in several
Splaces. while I was told by ny com