The sun., 1902-11-09
RUIN CAUSED BY VOLCANO.
MISS NEWSAM DESCRIBES ERUP-
TION or SOI, I,FRIERE.
Heavy Fall OF Sand That Killed vcEcta-
tion- Great Apprehension Stiii Felt
Wonderful Volcanic Lightning
Flashes What WIN He the End

On account of the latest eruption Of La
Soufriere. ST. Vincent. on Oct. II, more
disastrous in its effect on the gctation
of the island then any since May : and en-
failing greater money losses. has been
received bv "A woman in this city from Miss
Ncws1m, daughter of eS-Colonial Surgeon
NewSam Of Kingston. She says:
Again | am writing To tell you of an
awful eruption of La Soufriere which took
place on oct Is Happily there has Leen
no loss of life, hut the damage 10 property
Is far greater than in any eruption since
May :, owing 20 tn, immense fall Of sand
and stones In Kingston We saw nothing
Of the eruption until about s =. NJ. when
(aS on Nav lal We noticed "a puf Of white
steam little to the left uf Mount St
Andrew : with the lightning running up it.
II was bright moonlight night and the
effect of this silvcry white cloud was lovely.
This lasted for about an hour. accompanied
by Intermittent roars like thunder.
BY Il. VI. all was quiet and the cloud
which had increased IN III" and grown a
duh gray, gradually dispersed. Every one
hoped tie danger was over at any rate for
that night. but 10y midnight We we're again
made aware by the sudden bright flashes
and distant roaring that the terrible forces
Of nature were AT their deaG " work
BY A. VI. the sky was an appalling sight
from -. Andrews right over TO Cane Gar
den. One thick mass of black and gray
cloud, with that terrible lightning which
we have so learned 10 dread all through it
No one could ever describe that lightning
nor could one imagine 1t. How can one
describe II when one secs fifty different
kinds Of flashes In one second Ribbons of
red and yellow flame with balls of fire
strung through them, things that looked
ike long skeleton fingers darling at YOU.
branches Of trees, long snakes Of living
fire, and, quite apart from the flashes,
four purple and crimson fumes glowing
al the same tlme IN different parts Of the
cloud.
roar from the crater was perfectly deafan-
ing il bc,.g about = rec tlmcS a. loud n
on the 81 # september This was sup
posed 70 he entirely the new crater. and -
was far more east than tho previous
one; t.e wiudvard side # the island
getting a double s. are Of hot sand and
stones, and leeward getting comparatively
little.
In kingstown the sand commencod fall
ing about ? O'Clock II is quite e. iff rent
20 the dust" which fell on Nav : lping
p
the same "a the stuT which fcll AT Toward
ou sept 3. Il sounded ike n very heavy
sh, w"r Of rain and v" were relieved that
no stones came. but rat her feared for the
roofs oi tho small houses H. this sand l.
So heavy. j. l. less Unpleasant than the
former dust a. it falls "A the plants, Gc
from its own weight. hut il j. lust every
where and terrible was Tho sweeping of
roof and clearing out of cutters the next
dav
IL seems To have particular fancy for
Reiung INTO ones hair, which H., | think,
most unpleasant of all. In town il il half
an men deep and weight one pound TO the
square foot. In Georgetown il j. nine
inches deep and at Grand Sable all estate
belonging 10 the E---'s, ii is seven inche,
deep, and the estate buildings are all riddled
into stones and not a blade of grass lef'
FOR the stock to eat. Ar Mesopotamia IL
l. supp osed TO be twelve inches deep. At
Mount Nliair, estate everything j. in a tor
rlD'e way, fer even the Young CCcoa-uOds
We're knocked OF the trees
Iher" i hardly soul left in George
town All the people who owned shop-
and stores thor" are bringing their goods
into Kings WI. Afoge' her the out look
for - Niu0'nf i 'erriho This erlD' ior.
lasted all night, and all next dav you could
see the columns oi smoke curling m into
the ky. since her Cic l5'h both cratcr,s
remain active, and though not visible
from kings'pwn are sending up hiCk black
smoke and fame Several shocks Of earth
quake were fol' in the places nearer mo
; utuer", but in town orlv some slight
earth irc'uDrS were not lCcaLle
1t l. an anxious tln1", and apart from
the depression everywhere. one wonders
how it viii end"