Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-29
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
8bed by Master of Vessel
ornIthe West Indies.
Draft IS AT THIS PORT
BHip Whitgrift Arrives
From Barbados.


,SmP ON 3 rom Barbados.
~ gatS n M -
( a ANWN4 n1per Tells an Interesting Story
~ 8M olcanic Disturbances-fiis Ship
I or xt Il Int Pelee and SOufriere at the
lew
ion, British steamship Whitgrift,
5dedby Capt, Charles Whymper,
h9re ON Saturday afternoon
ter. rom the zone of the volcanic
nan HIns Iii the West Indian Islands.
n & h 6argo of nitrate of soda for
Rpnt Powder Co. On May 10th
an A97zohed0t st. Lucia, 40 miles from
of IIes I'D ptain says that when he left
nam Ii{kSih the people there were in a
nds III Ianic, and many of the women
Q3i]Srsn were being removed to
+ elpf supposed safety. Business
c,oI 66hsidarably interfered with, as
Mi p4 wore in dread of volcanic
,is pfi6h On that island. The Whit
,ad I hull ii Scared and rusty
an M Maftinique itself only got a
view,n said Capt. Whymper.
. r VI &nve the island wide berth,
H]8 passed within three miles,
,o,s enough to see that the work of
y 7 n ;piiction was complete. We had
: ~ ds8ailing over smooth seas until we
~ : n3ached Within 40 miles of st.
j, tfe. Then the sea was lashed into
% Il and ouf heavily laden ship was
~ ~ M about as cork. Martinique lay
y - tfa tile northeast. A dense mass
: :; ;,naoke hid The island. Mount Pelee
= sentiihgnp dense volumes of smoke,
= FIRE Ind stones. When the wind
- ~ the smoke away we could see no
of tabitation. Everything had
III Destroyed. For nearly 100 miles
p.a0 raa fell thickly 1t took us day to
r,a @ fhroughl it. | passed under the
ma 'Sf the Koddam. 1t was the most
M wreck ever saw afioat. Her
~. funnels and upper works We're
Sins ,s,its, What little woodwork remained
~ ,,iio =, HAIRED and blackened. Eighteen
t;aa ;ai. ef men were lying dead on the
. BIT Whymper says he saw Capt.
- . ~ ias HreAfnan of the boat lying in
mn nins MSpital, and he fears that he will
loui'' W he able to be about again.
snS he Harbadoes the captain met
'i,ie ii SamuBl A. Macallister of this
ils y the United States Consul, who is
Iue hg 10 Nyelieye the surviving in
lenis 's.l =. nts ofsthe stricken island.
~ kinguf Martinique Capt. Whym-
ost tt % d cannot see how the island
MLin N;Lia Acoverits equilibrium for months
sioie nd. Ihere was no suffering from
iiait food, but the people seemed
" u toShelp themselves. Nearly
ou. @ne hAd lost friends or relatives
VI ~ X the sguption.
!. ssou isea 9sidea, the leople,of st. Lucia are
,a e'ne sta tepf terror on account of their
.httlev volcano, which is bubbling
v iS sputt ttering and letting out great
10 ou titiessof vile gases. A few are in
. ato believe that the little crater
s. rs IL vent for the fires. beneath, and
OF there will be no great explosion
owingas chat of Mount Pelee, but. the
majority of people, knowing that
'ken alpcia Is in direct line be-
r bult Mount Pelee and La Soufriere,
ny OF apiesstricken.
whichess eatastropnes will stagnate
mln1ess among the neighboring
Q BosAs. Their people are trembling
heat ean fire and water. They do not
le toy atawIlst moment terrible seismic
Wes rbanee or an almost equally
Ieriveuctiye tidal wave will overwhelm
, and They understand that they are
is a zone of general catastrophe. II
one wanted to buy real estate
: i would advise him to look fol
e. the ANTILLES. The people have
idea bout all they can stand /"
II. Whymple stated that he had
up? ,dSt Lucia on Friday, May 10th,
81 morning and left in the evening.
gettlid sailed within three miles oi
nique before he was aware of the
elf oution of affairs. Had he lxnowr
uch seIhe ernptions were taking place
uld have gone greater distance
OH don as be feared the upheavals whict
Q thlngderStands has made many shoals
e wakeipeaking of the inhabitants of the
owledga Of st. Lucia he said: "Tht
up osare In a great state Of mind anc
Y timesArful lest they have an outbreal
from the encrusted volcanic
= ids. Business is almost at /
'rS Hqstill and men are sending thei
uer tt and children away to supposed
laces. They will remain to care
= II q properties as long us possible
Vi place is but As miles from tn,
-, ,of The recent disaster, ant
III be Iings are heard continuously ant
ishes of fire are visible.
" anasaw the steamship Roddam, or a
the hulk of that vessel 1t present.
label iIst pitiable sight with all he
work gone and she shapeles
IS in rei6f iron. She is tied to the qua,
FeI,e or hawser. How she eve
retrea3 hx6ngh it is "a great mystery.
vislfen the hospital and there say
,o-;ns chance Freeman, master of tn
'eeA"" He is hero of heroes. How b
on that rail and afterward tool
lties "jsseI to st. Lucia is somethinl
aufnnn mind cannot conceive. III
70 hidonost without semblance of humaI
His face does not look as if
man vi ever assume shape and his LEI
ias all flesh and muscle burnet
g To Vi the bone. How he survives i
. nown, yet he may live.
oiount Pelee was seen in the dis
'o'o and was yet showing mountain
ght and clouds of smoke whicl
otteh occasionally be seen as the win
d oYer the island.
t is to from the accounts of people q
slandof st. Lucia it is impossibl
,ish tirpnanmind to conceive what th
ion can be like, 1t can never b
will ibed. in speaking of Capt. Free
,s would say he has proved himsel
- If serve nll that could be given him
" Is do, not count. He should b
pvtun ~ .oned and properly cared for shoul
belieiS rvive.
n. people of the several islands ar
, in obea lest some of the islands shoul
le in. Jill away. They have been ad
bison VII 9|Rk it cannot possibly happen o
iety, as deep valleys intervene
! 4 hindfT Heople feel that this is n
i elIttsehnd are very restless. T"
the saioor&S Officer Peter b. Ayars o
for the Nay nsade an inspection of th
y. Mind Ana hills Of ladinn ~ 4 81