Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-09-05
.LO6O KILLED BY PNLEE
Two More Towns Destroyed By
Martinique Volcano.
PEOPLE FLEEING FROM ISLAND

Horrible Decorations Were Heard, and
the Ground Rocked and ouaked.
Hot Water Poured Down On Lorraln
and Basse Pointe.
Castries. Island of st. Lucia, British
West Indies. Sept 2. - The British
steamer KOrOna arrived here Sunday
evening from Fort De France. Island
OF Martinique. She reports that a ter
rible eruption of Mont Pelee occurred
at o'clock Saturday night, and that
people who arrived at Fort De France
from the northern part of the island re-
ported that the village of Morne
Rouge, a summer resort near the dis
trict previously devastated, had been
entirely destroyed, and that LIE Car
bet village on the coast, which was
destroyed at the time of the great
eruption, had been swept by a tidal
wave
1t has been learned that 1,06O per-
sons were killed Ond 1 500 injured dur
ing the last eruptions of Mont Pelee
According to an official account, the
eruption Of August 80 was one of the
most severe that has been experienced.
Morne Rouge and a great part of
AjOupa Bouillon we're destroyed. The
zone between the River Capote and
the Valley of Champ Flore and Ponds
Marie Refine has poem devastated.
Mont Capote suffered severely, and the
hills around Basse Poiute were
burned.
The governor of the island is ar
ranging for the evacuation Of the
northern parishes ard the removal of
the wounded. The temperature at Mar
Unique is reported to be almost IN
bearable
Mont Pelee has been in constant
eruption since August Is. The night
of the Both there were three separate
eruDtions. 1t is impossible to approach
the ruined town of st. Pierre from the
sea. The people of the village of LIE
Carbet on the coast, are terror-strick-
en- and flying to the interior. Hot wa
ter is pouring down on Lorrain and
Basse Pointe. villages to the northeast
of the crater Horrible detonations
were heard, the ground rocked and
quaked and articles on tables were
thrown to the floor
The governor of Martinique has or
dered every available boat to remove
people from the coast villages to Fort
De France.
At o'clock on the evening of Sat
urday, the Goth, the sky was cloudless.
Suddenly and without warming, one
/ half of the horizon was obscured by a
pitch black cloud of dust This cloud
was the centre of most magnificent
electric effects. the flashes of light sur
passing the most elaborate fireworks.
Flames and flashes continued to burst
from the cloud until nearly midnight.
Columns of flame shot out of the crater
of Mont Pelee to explode about the
cloud in showers of balls Of golden
fire. which fell through the darkness
in myriads of sparks. Three large
aureoles were seen in the sky over the
opening of the crater.
A tidal wave rushed upon Fort De
France, and the terrified inhabitants
fed in large numbers to the interior.
The wave was not severe and did but
slight damage.
At midnight of the Both Mont Pelee
was quiet; shortly after this hour
there came another shower of ashes,
accompanied by vivid sheet light
ming.
Volcanic Phenomenon at Kinestown.
Kingstown, st. Vincent, B. w. l..
Sept. "A remarkable volcanic phe-
nOmenOn occurred here between 9 and
10 o'clock Saturday night There was
a startling series of detOnatiOns from
La SOufriere, louder than any since
the terrible eruption of May II. Each
Explosion shook the buildings Of this
town. During the period of intense
anxiety which attended the detona-
tions two luminous circles, like rain
bows appeared in the cIoudless
sky to the northwest They were pre-
sumably the reflection Of the flames In
the crater of La SOufriere. Subse
quently a dense cloud of steam arose
from the crater, but this soon dis
persed.