The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-05-24
AFTER RECENT ERUPTIONS
ST. VINCENT SETTLERS RETURN
Most Horrid Details Are Revealed
Thousands Of Bodies Have Been
BaFied-Laya Covers Balance OF
Hodies-Lava Covers an Area 10
Miles square.

Kingston, S. Vincent, May l9.--In the
ai,senoe OF symptoms Of further eruption
Of the volcano OF Souiriere, the inAAbilAnts
Of 81 Ninoent are gradually beeorning sci
tied.
Most horriiying details Of the condition
Of the CArib country, where thousands o
cattle ana human corpses lay in stat
Of decomposition for several days dur
ing the agitation, are revealed Althougl
the number Of deaths IN the island due
TO The disaster IL estimated, judging from
the missing inhabitants, al 200. up to Tia
nigh, Of May Is only 1915 bodies mad been
buried.
The undiscovered bodies are probably
covered with lava. In = small shop
which wac opened three days after the
eruption, - decaying eorps,s were dis
covered. and not one Of them was rec
oguiEabie In the dwelling house OF the
manager Of one Of the estate ~ corpse
acre found in a similar condition. and
other siekening discoveries have bee;
made The district IS being rapidly
cleared. :
4 number OF patients have been brought
10 this city. Many aIe suffering from
fractured skulls. caused by stones thrown
from the volcano, and a majority Of then
Weie burned BY the lava thrown up Nit.
the VsgOr
Toward evening YESTERDAY there was
slight convulsion. followed by snial
discharge Of smoke. bat this caused n,
alarm. The weather is fine and the ex
ciiemen, Is aba;ing.
The bed Of lava in the WindWard dis
tric, IL sdll bot. The abyss, 1900 Zee
deep and 300 fee, wide, which existed b.
tween Langley Park and Rabacci.
filled with lava. and the principal feature
II the mountain ON either side are appai
emily more beautiful than before the eilI
ton.
4 curious circumstance connected wit
the eruption Is that the earthquake
were not general. notwithstanding III
smallness 81 the island While at Chat
eau Be]air the commissions preceding n
enipiions Of May were almost con,inr
Gus every few hours in Kingston an
Georgetown only 90 shocks were felt !
four hours
Although attended with smaller loss ,
life. the eruption of La Soufriere w
not less violen; than that Of Mont Pele
in the island o. Martinique The arC
covered by lava comprises 10 squal
miles. The fact that the loss Of life al
damage TO property in St. Vincent wei
smaller than in Martinique is due 70 Il
position Of La Soufriere and the small
! population Of the district, the mountat
ovcrhanging sugar and arrow root :
! ,aios and couple Of thinly populat,
, villages, whose inhabitants werc Civ,
, warning Of the approaching disaster Al
5 ied for their lives All the villagers vi
b remained were killed.
{ The officials Of st. Vincent are bl
relieving the suffering and housing 4
: sick and homeless The problem NO
n facing the government is how TO Prov
q permanently for the natives who Il
i houses, lands and everything they p
g sessod. The peasant settlements may
g formed on the estates, the lands Of viii
u the government possesses the legal N
II chinery 10 appropriate, but money
needed TO assist the settlers to bu
! houses thereon, and to provide them vi
sustcnancc during the cultivation Of tn
4 lands.