The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-06-20
VOLCANIC
EFFECTS
They Are Felt Over
Widespread
Areas.

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Uaturday. June THE damage from
III ne eruption ~ Mont Pelee which oc =
a arrcd Yesterday In less than was first
upposcd The plains OF Mornc Rouge
Ure covered with hot mud, however.
HIND several fishing boats, with their
urews. are reported TO have disappear
II WASHINGTON. June s.-Profes.or
H ebert r. HIN of the Geological Sur
ltsy who was one of the scientists on
Inc expedition of investigation sent
Hut by this government following the
kartnique disaster. arrived in this
li,y today from New York. Profess
Dor Hill said
III THE Dixie expedition was great
Yuccess. II was organized in less than
y our days with a complete equipment.
.xrhe endeavor which the United States
llnade to relieve the distress, and the
Harge representation of naval vessels
K,nd newspaper men has made q deep
Impression upon the people of the ISL
lands, to whom we were q constant
marvel and source of establishment.
krhe negroes OF Martinique were labor
ing under the misrepresentation that
tvamerican enterprise was going to re-
build St Pierre, and when told that it
WAS on French territory they could not
Understand why a little matter of In
N.ernationGi Implication should be per-
United to interfere In the work
TOO much cannot be said of the en-
terprise and labor Of United States
Consul Ayme, who rushed to the scene
D,f action from his station at Claude
toupe with hardly a change of clothing
hnd a few sh!llings in his pocket, and
hen intelligently did everything in his
,ower to assist the people of the island
and the American relief lparty 1t is
Feared that his health. which was AL
READY precariOus, is seriously shattered
by his labors.
THE only criticisms that could be
f1ade concerning the outcome of the
Expedition would be concerning the
nanner in which the relief was dis
ributed on the island. Notwithstand-
ing the reports to the contrary, there
was much distress on Martinique, and
bad our supplies been distributed with
he same generosity by the local officers
rs that with which they were given
Hnuch more good would have been done.
line Governor and many of the promi-
nent island officials having been killed
by the disaster, the slowness of the re-
ief was no doubt due to the disorgan-
zed condition of affairs.
The few patients In the local hos
oitals who should have been the chief
oeneficiaries of our charities. which
contained every possible article for the
Nelief OF the sick and clothing enough
O have clad the population of the
sland, did not receive a single article
which we carried. And the two sailors
rom the Roraima whom we brought
back with us came up on the Dixie al
most naked, and had to be supplied
with clothes from the sailors lucky
bag
The supplies brought by the Dixie
were simply stored in the warehouses
MANY people on the island are without
yshelter, while the tents we carried re-
main unpacked. And when we left but
little of the relief was reaching the in
erior of the country. where it was
most needed"
RAIN OF SULPHUR.
4 HALIFAX IN. So. June "a report
rom Cape Wolf. p. f. l., says sulphur
ell there last night to the depth of half
TN inch.
Y STEAM FROM RAINIER.
n TACOMA (wash), June 9.-Durlng
strong southwest wind which prevail
d yesterday what appeared to be COL
INNS OF steam were seen rising from
he craters of Mount Rainier. Several
persons noticed this phenopenon and
oppressed the belief that the mountain
was actually smoking. A similar phe-
aomenon was observed in November,
s94, and several times subsequently,
Men familiar with the mountain say
hat the supposed steam Is caused by
he rapid cooling, condensation and
conversion into minute crystals of ice
Or snowfiakes of the moisture which Is
xirawn by the wind up the mountain
Slope to the frigid summit, whence il
streams off in clouds and is dissipated
in the air when 1t gets beyond the in
Huence OF the cold mountain. The wind
and atmospheric conditions were per-
eect yesterday for a repetition of this
phenomenon.
CALIFORNIA QUAKE.
SAN DIEGO. June IA distinct
Earthquake shock was felt last night at
s:H O'clock. 1t was sufficiently strong
10 set chandeliers and pictures sway
Ing. Observer Carpenter OF the Wealth
t.r Office reports that the shock lasted
for about five seconds. and was pre-
toeded and accompanied by faint rum
blings
VOLCANIC CLOUD.
NEVADA CITY. June lo.-Residents
RI this city were greatly mystifed
Monday evening by the appearance of
long cylindrical cloud that was pass
ing over. The mass was about ten
miles long. and narrow. The balance
OF the sky was clear. with the excep-
lion OF the cloud mentioned. The coloC
Of the cloud was what mystified the
people most. nothing of the kind having
ever been seen In this vicinity by the
sldest residents. 1t bore q striking re-
emblance TO the description Of lava
lust sent out some time ago by sci
entists. A well-informed man here stat
ed that the cloud was nothing less
han dust from the crater Of Mont Pc
Zee. and that the cloud perhaps con-
tanned particles from the crater that
mad helped suffocate thousands Of help
less creatures at Martinique. II has
been reported that dust from the far
n crater was due to arrive on this
coast about this time. The cloud pass
ID due north.