The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-13
HORRORS Of
ST, PIERRE
Correspondents Enter
tho Streets of the
stricken City.

NEW YORK MAY u a correspond
ent writinr tfDm Port Ic France under
date of Say le SAYS.
"Pelec Vas very quiet today An
hour lat"vn blew vapor and dust With
all the ftiy ~ p,nt-up force uf ua-
ture. Under tn clouds of vapor cote
respondents and photographers. with
their guides. penetrated the city The
heat WAS terrific. a ships thermHme-
ter veeisierinr l02 degrees Fahrenheit
IA was In the Street Mont paruals.
thg second from the marine thorough
fare facing the sea, that We came upon
the street railway ~ -. Pierre. The
tracks We're there. the remnants 81 a
GEAR. all the wooden work burned away.
NThree bodies were under ID. our guide
said one Of the bodies was that Of
Petite MiCnon," the collector OF fares
on the street railway.
"A most awful freak of the wrath Of
Pelee was encountered 10 the side
street twenty rods from the theater.
II one OF the few level spaces TO be
seen In the city OF ruins was the fun
outline 81 the body Of a man. The
body was not In view, but traced ac-
curately on the surface Of the dust was
perfect figure silhouetted deep brown
against It's pearl covering"
THE CRATER VISITED.
FORT DE FRANCE. May sl.-The
National Geographical Society has
scored a great triumph. Professor An
gelo Heilprin assembled 10 the top OF
the crater OF Mont Pelee this morning.
in company with two guides and Mr..
Leadbetter. While on the summit sew
.eral violent explosions occurred, but
Notwithstanding the thousand dangers
surrounding them, Professor Heilprin
spent "A long time taking careful OBJ
servations. Looking down the crater
ne found a huge cinder cone. The era
ter opening is a vast crevasse 500 feet
long and $50 feet wide. While engaged
in this task the lives of members of
the expedition We're continually in dan
ger, and one particularly violent eXplO-
sion covered Heilprin from head TO foot
with viscld matter. He persisted, how
ever, and found as had been expected.
that there We're three separate vents
for the volcanic matter Meanwhile
Mont Pelee, seeming to resent the in
trusion OF man into her awful terri
tory, beiched out huge volumes Of
steam, ashes and boiling hot mud.
Professor Heilprin made the import
ant discovery that the crater OF Fall
aise was in eruption at the same time
as the summit crater, and elects pre-
cisely the same matter. Both craters
showed a new phenomenon during He'll
prin's visit. when mud was thrown up
in high columns while heretofore the
mud has dubbed or boiled out and
flowed downward. There is reason TO
believe that great damage may result
from the outbursts OF this mud to the
rich plantations still uninjured. The
ascent was made on mules to an alti-
tude Of 700 meters, the line OF ancient
vegetation. Leaving the mule that had
carried him, the professor proceeded on
foot to the site OF Lake Palmiste. He
found the lake completely dried up and
crossed the bed, passing UP a slope To
the crater's edge. This, which had
formerly been a high blu1, Professor
Heilprin found, had fallen into the era
ter. This Is the FIRST important VERT
NED topographic alteration noted. Pro-
fessor Heilprin remained at the sum
init Of the crater over two hours.
The United States ship Dixie arrived
here from st. Vincent last night and
left early this morning for New York
Government geologist, IL among the
passengers on the Dixie. George Gen
nan and his party are still UP the
country. At half past o'clock yester-
day afternoon the submarine cable
broke again and at 2 o'clock Mont Pc |
lee was In violent eruption. Reports
received here say the north craters are |
pouring great torrents OF mud in the
direction OF Vive. Yesterday afternoon
there was an enormous eruption Of
steam and ashes. This morning a cor |
respondent OF New York newspaper
went to st. Pierre with the Govern
ment party engaged in burning the
bodies OF the victims of the first erup- |
ition, but the party was forced TO leave,
the volcano throwing volumes OF black |
smoke and loud detonations being |
heard.