The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-20
OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN MART
NIQUE LAST THURSDAY.
DESTRUCTION NOT YET OVER
of Another Eruption
from Mont felee-Pcople Prevented
from Leaving st. Pierre Before the
Disaster by a Gordon of Troops.
Horrible Conditions i'm the Town.
Some Peculiar Freak of the Vol
canic Forc-s-Conditions ON St.
Vincent Worse than ut First Sup-
posed.

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day. May 13--The Soufriere olcan or
the island of ST. Vincent is still in de-
structive eruption. a terrific
ade ear be heard 100 miles away. The
reports are followed by columns OF
smoke. rising miles in the air. Immense
balls of colored fire also are issuing
from the crater. Lightning Is playing
fercely in the upper sky and the whole
northern part OF the island Is one mass
Of travelling flame. It is impossible 10
reach the burning district by land o.
sea and there are no means Of esti-
mating the destruction wrought TO life
or property.
Kingston, the capital OF St Vincent,
is still safe, though owe OF ashes
and pebbles are continually falling on
the town. The volcano itself is invisi-
BILE.
FREAKS of the Destroying Agency.
The correspondent OF the Associated
Press here has visited St Pierre, Mar
Unique, by the relieving steamer Ken
meth. The destruction there is appall-
ing. The streets are two feet deep in
ashes and ctnders, which cover thou
sands of dead bodies. scorched black
and shiny as If they had been plunged
into boiling pitch. Many of the dead
were never touched by the volcanic fire.
and some of the houses and wood work
destroyed show no signs Of burning.
At Moudlage, in the southwestern
portion of st. Vincent, the town hall
is still standing as high as the first
story, while at the fort. in the north
western part of St. Pierre. the most
massive stone work is calcined. The
church tower. built by the Jesuits two
centuries G of cyclopean mason work,
is now like a huge heap Of old metal.
Soldiers are guarding property from
prowling ghouls, who are robbing the
dead. They meet with sever punish
ment when caught.
The stencil throughout st. Pierre is
terribly offensive. The streets are still
obstructed by huge piles of debris and
dead bodies. The work OF clearing the
tho~roughfares will necessitate the m
ployment Of large numbers Of men for
many months.
Moudlage Rouge, near st. Pierre. is
preserved and Base Pointe and Ma
couba are yet unhurt, but the Greater
is still active n smoke and ashes are
blowing steadily northward.
The surviving inhabitants are trying
to cross from st. Pierre to the Island c
DomiRica in boats. Many droTring
x5onsNftly 6rriS l. Forte Dc France
from alfthe neigEooring Stands.
London May IA The governor of the
Windward Island, Sir Robert L'ellwyn,
telegraphS to the colonial office from
the island of st. Vincent under date of
Tuesday, May 18th as follows
81 arrived here yesterday and found
the state of Affairs much worsH than
had been stated. The administrators
reports show that the country on the
east coast. between Robin Rock n
Georgetown, was apparently struck
and devastated in a Similar to-
that which destroyed st. Pierre and I
fear that practically all living thing
in that radius were killed. Possibly
1000 persons lost their lives. tn ; exact
umb will never be known. Man
ayers and owners of the estates with
their families 4 several of the better
class of people have been killed. Il
thousand bodies have been found and
buried. One hundred and sixty persons
are in the hospital at Georgetown.
Probably only six of this number will
recover. The details of the disaster
are too terrible for description.
II got at st. Lucia a coasting steam
er, which is running up and from the
Leeward coast, with water and provis-
ions. Twenty-Five hundred persons
have received relief. / have asked for
medical officers from Trinidad and
Grenada. All the neighboring British
colonies are assisting generously.
Every effort is being made to grapple
with the awful calamity.
"All the best sugar estates in the
Carib country are devastated and the
cattle are dead
The eruption continues. but Is APP
parently modcIating. Anxiety is still
felt. All the officers and residents are
cooperating with me. The ladies are
making clothing
Only Two Survivors of st. Iierrc.
London, May 14.-The correspondent
of The Daily Mail at Barbados. B. w.
l., who visited st. Pierre oil board the
Royal Mail steamer Solent, has learned
from a DR.. ATtier. who miraculously
escaped the disaster, that when the
governor OF Martinique NJ. L.. MONA
and the insular officials~had II
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