The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16
ST. VINCENT STILL IN PERIL
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| cottages, hdS been completely burned
 and out of the estate there now arises
 a large ridge of ground. It is believed that the Rabacci crater, in the wind
 ward district of the island, has also
 erupted.
 From a distance La Soufriere, al
 though less violent, still wears cap of
 dark clouds which Is lumined every now
 and then by flashes of red light.
 Volcanic dust fell here again last 1 evening but for Tuesday there have
 also been heavy rain showers which 1 has washed the dust away from the
 grass and destroyed the verdure of the fields. The condition of the atmosphere
 is also apparently improved.
 Owing to the destruction of several estates, the sugar and arrow root in 1 dustries of St. Vincent are seriously damaged. Destitution reigns among | the laboring classes, who are without 1 homes, without cloth and hungry. | Nearly two thousand deaths on this island have been reported Bodies have 1 been discovered in houses in lifeltke att titudes, presenting a gruesome specta- ] cles. There are decomposed bodies in many houses and In order to guard against disease, 1t will probably be Hec- essary for the authorities to burn these | dwellings down. Owing to the many difficulties in the way of those who have the matter in hand hundreds of bodies have not yet been inferred. As wide areas of ground which for merly produced foodstuffs have been devastated there is to-day an abnormal demand For breadstuffs and conse- quent scarcity of food supplies. The prices of food are advancing. The de- struction of the live stock of the island has also caused a rise in the price of meat.
 A British warship has arrived here from Trinidad. She brings provisions for the relief of the sufferers.
 New York, May 15.-The Associated Press has received the following re- sponse from Sir Robert Baxter Llewel- lyn, governor og the Windward Islands, at St Lucia, in reply to dispatch sent Monday, May il, asking the governor of the islands what were the present needs of the sufferers on St. Thomas:
 St. Lucia, May 15.-Melvile E. Stone,
 
 There have been 14,500 deaths on St. Vincent; 30,O0O people are in receipt of relief. The distress must last for some months. Crackers, salt, fish, flour, corn meal and foodstuffs generally are want ed at St. Vincent.
 "Llewellyn."
 Paris, May 15.-The Courier du Soir. a newspaper which is generally well in- formed, says the government intends, when parliament meets in June, to ask a credit for the amount necessary to relieve the Martinique sufferers and to epnsion the children of the former gov- ernor, M l.. Mouttet, of Martinique, who lost his life at St. Pierre
 The bank of France has subscribed 25, 900 francs (s5,00O) to the Martinique relief fund.
 The municipality is placing contribu- ton boxes in the city offices to facili- tate the collection of small donations to the relief fund, and at the request of the Boer representative here the re- ceipts from the Boer benefit meeting to be held in Paris tomorrow night will be devoted to aiding the Martinique vic tims.
 A committee at Havre is purchasing provisions for the relief of the sufferers which will be shipped on the French | line steamer Labrador, leaving Havre May 22. This committee is also asking for donations for the sufferers and the | Western railroad has agreed to convey these donations free of charge.
 Other French seaports are adopting | plans similar to those put in practice by | the committee a. Havre.
 St. Thomas, D. w. l.. May 15--4 p. m. For some days past the atmosphere at | St. Thomas has been very heavy and misty. To-day these conditions were greatly increased, and the hills of the sland had a whitish appearance It is that volcanic dust is falling lpon them. Some apprehension has ,een felt here since a slight earthquake vas experienced Tuesday, May 13.
 It is supposed that the fires which were recently seen in the direction of Fort de France resulted from the burn ng of bodies on Martinique.
 St. Thomas, D. W. l., May 15.-The Danish cruiser Valkyrlen has returned eTG lIUll tlIliqdS. lS SpllSSpoid- mt of the Associated Press has had an interview with one of the Valkyrien's fficers, who said:
 we left St. Thomas on the afternoon f May g. The next day when seventy niles from Martinique the falling vol { anic ashes became troublesome. We { pproached the island and discovered ] t. Pierre to be burning. We made sig als to the shore, but no replies were ( eceived. We then laid off for the night nd wi (essed a remarka ble spectacle ' f fire and lightning. Ashes fell and l etonations were heard. ( "In the morning we saw the French { ruiser Suchet and went near the shore. ( he ashes became dense as we ap- ' reached, and many dead bodies were E oating on the sea. They were burnt l nd swollen and floating in groups, in ] ,me cases of ten each. The dead hands C ere knitted and the limbs were cramp- l. Nearly all the bodies were those of t hite persons. As we approached St. t ierre we saw that the town was cov- t ed with ashes We then joined the c ,uiser Suchet and the cable repair lip Pouyer- Quertier, and together we b ent toward Le Precheur. The rain of g shes was heavy and shrouded the h uchet Soon the atmosphere cleared f Q and we ran close to Le Precheur and 2