The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-09-06
ANOTHER BLAST
FROM MT, PELEE
TWO THOUSAND PERSONS KILLED
BY THE LAST ERUPTION
THERE.
ARIINIQUE SURELY DOOMED
sople Are Now Fleeing From the
Island in Terror-Vessels Far
Out at Sea Covered BY


! Out at sea Covered BY
Dust.
ries Island of st. Lucia. Sep
per 4. 8 p. m.--The royal mail
per Yale arrived here this even
Nm the island Of Martinique
gs the report that violent
Mruptio2. occurred there last
but 1000 persons
Nfished. Large num-
leaving tae island
$hone service reports
#uption of the Soufr-
the island OF St Vim
sWs s2rved at midnight.
II was quite dark here at $3.50 this
nQrllng. At that hour the sun was
Ia, as it is during an eclipse.
. m.-The British steamer Sa-
1 van, Captain Hunter, arrived here to-
Ry from the island OF Trinidad She
covered with dust and reports
5sne ran into a dense cloud Of
while 20 miles south of st. Vim
Yconstant Explosions Heard.
lris, September 5.-The Paris edi
Of The New York Herald pub
dispatch from Point-a-Pitre,
rF
ges dated September 4, which says
( that constant detonations heard tnere
iat might indicate terrific volcanic
eruptiens on the island Of Martinique.
Thick black clouds were seen to the
southwark of Guadalupe and the heat
at Point-a-Pitre was intense. The
population was said to be greatly
alarmed and apprehensiye of a tidal
wave in the event of the collapse of
Martinique
Explosions Heard in Venezuela.
aris, September Sin dispatch
from Carupano. vanezuela. cores
pondent Of The Figaro says:
Violent dctonations were heard here
from 10 o'clock in the evening OF Sep
tember until 4 o'clock in the morn.
ing Of September A, the sounds coming
from the north and being identical
with those heard the night of August
80. during the volcanic eruption on
Martinique of that date.
Tidal Wave IS Feared.
Paris. September 4.-The minister
Of the colonies, NJ. Doumergue. to-
day placed 100000 at the disposi
ton of the governor of Martinique, NJ
lie Marie. to relieve the distress in
that island NJ. Doumergue urged the
governor not 10 eongregate refugees
at Fort de France, but to distribute
them in the south, wnere their neces-
stiles can be most easily supplied
Recognizing the danger of tidal
wave at Fort de France, the colonial
minister adopt all the measures nee
ossary to enable the inhabitants q
Immediately eyacuate the place in
case of necessity and seek refuge on
me heights above the town. where
lood depots, should be established
The minister has also recommended
the establishment of observatory
posts where the least fresh outbreak
Of Mont Pelee can be Immediately re
ported to the authorities.
Fearful Phenomena Seen.
London. September 4.-The cores,
pondent of The Daily Mail at Castries,
St Lucia, has cabled the following
account Of the phenomena Witnessed
at the time of the recent outbreak
Of Mont Pelee, Martinique:
Between s and o'clock in the
evening Of August 80, a spectacle, of
terrhlc grandeur was witnessed from
here. A pitch black cloud nung over
the island of Martinique, through
which shot at intervals pillars OF
flame high in the sky, which broke in
fantastic forms of colored fire and
scattered as showers Of fiery sparks.
About nigntfall clouds were darting
abcst ike millions of monster fire
!. ies, and above all those large aureo-
- Z appeared in the sky"
correspondent then proceeds to
~ the details of the eruption as
-, .kssknown, and says:
were tremendous eartn rum
explosions. The ground