The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-17
FORTY THOUSAND
PEOPLE VICTIMS
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patch from POint-s-Pitre. Island OF SlA'
istoupe. from the Commander OF the
l French cruiser Suchct:
Il have obtained the following HiI''
nation 81 the events Of yesterday;
About : O'Clock the volcano threw up
. considerable mass OF smoke and earth
\ WhIriWiad % fire Immediately t.'1oN
al Instantly the Who'll" town OF -
Pierr- vas In flames. and the ships IN thr
harb1r were dissnastsd and burned H'
-h8~.r OF rocks lasted quarter OF an
hour I arrived az ST Pierre al : CLOCK
in IN. afternoon. saved lev persons
from the ships. I sz~ no living cTrltus -
tu - Pierre. 20 which 10 - ifnpossibie
o. penetrate. There were '-'
eSrfses near the quay"
FROM GUADALUPE.
| PARIS. Nay pa telegram from the
7 T,gy,-.rrgr OF the Island OF Gaudaloupc
contains the latest news % the Martin
iru- cataciysrn received az the Colonial
office.
FROM BARBADoES.
LONDON. May io.-The following ca
bl-rrau vas received this morning at
the Colonial Office from Governor Sir
Mitchell HOdgsOn. OF barbados:
The Soufriere volcano on ST. Vim
cent. y. W. l.. erupted violently yes
ferday. Loud reports. resembling ar
tiIiery fire. we're heard at Barbados at
3 O'Clock In the afternoon. At o'clock
there came darkness and thunder. ac-
companied by n strong downpour OF
dust. which continued until night. Bar
BADGES Is covered several inches deep
with dust this morning.
EAHTHQUARE CEASES.
PORT DE FRANCE. Martinique. May
70. fOsfs y. m--The earthquakes have
ceased. but the volcanic eruptions con-
tinue.
ERUPTION GROWS WORSE
LONDON. May io.-Private dispatches
received late this afternoon from the
West Indies say the eruption At Martin
iqus 10 decidedly worse.
The French Cable Company received
cAblegrams this morning announcing that
the eruption at Martinique continues and
that ships are afraid To 20 near the ISL
and.
number OF deaths will be about forty
thousand. several OF the smaller islands
near Martinique having also suffered BE-
tween IN the morning and In the even
ms OF Thursday. May 8. St Pierre was n
mass OF fire. and there was also n vol
canic eruption At ST. Vincent The Island
of 81. Thomas - sending help.
a ship which arrived Friday. May .
at the Island OF Dominica. British
West Indies. and which was lying OF
Sc. Pierre when the eruption COM
menccd. reports that the noise was ter
rifle n huge cloud OF fire appeared
over the town and nei9hborhood. giving
TIE Inhabitants TO chance To escape.
The work OF clearing away the debris
In the city CT ST. Pierre already has
and even now come SEM
blaace Of order Las been restored. The
smoking ruins have been partially
cleared away. II has been agreed by
the municipal and other authorities TO.
burn all corpses found I'm the streets.
The authorities of Fort de France are
sending all procurabie necessaries for
the sufferers with medical aid for the
Injured. the food supplies OF ST. Pierre
being all destroyed. The cruiser Suchet
a message from the Island OF ST.
Vincent says:
The Soufriere has been In n state OF
eruption for nine consecutive morn
,nEs. On Thursday morning the day
broke with heavy thunder and light
ming. which socn changed into n con-
tremendous roar. Vast col
umns OF smoke rose over the noun
tain. becoming denser and denser. and
the scoria-iike hall. changing later TO
fine dust. fell upon all the adjacent
estates. destroying q vast amount of
At Chateau Blair the ashes
were two feet deep IN the streets. In
Kingston they were fully an inch deep.
aud many large stones fell In the par
ish OF Georgetown The earth shook
and At o'clock In the after
n late hour. No damage IL reported.
st In and n great quantity OF vivid
dust fell and continued falling until
noon a midnight darkness spread over
tie country. Thirty people are known
To be killed and the damage To- prop
rfty In the windwGrd district was very
heavy. The storm roared about the
Soufriere oil night without cessation.
but on The following morning 10 became
and fainter"
\ report from barbados says that
Du the 7th the sky was heavily over
rast. the heat was excessive. and there
was n distant sound OF thunder. Later.
.ariy in the afternoon. dense darkness
AID OF THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON. May i0.-Thc Senate !
ias passed a bill introduced by Senator
Fairbanks appropriatine 10000 for the
purchase or supplies for the relief Of the /
uffercrs By the disaster In the Island .
4 Martinique.