Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-29
CRATER SPITS
LIVID FIRE
AGAIN
MEN OF SCIENCE AND REPORT
Frs HAVE MARROW ESCAPE
FROM FRIGHTFUL DEATH AT
MONT PELEE.


NEW YORK. May 2S.-Mont Pelee. from
which there was another violent eruption
on Monday. was quiet again Tuesday
night. according 20 The Herald dispatch
from Fort de France. But. the dispatch
adds. the Inhabitants OF the island are IN
q terrified state.
The volcano Is puzzling all the SCENT
lists. some OF whom say the mountain has
thus Tar made only a beginning
Morne Rouge was saved from destruc-
ton last night only By a miracle. says a
priest who was there.
Two correspondents believing the vol
cano had. for time at least subsidized.
planned an expedition 20 the mountain for
the purpose OF securing phOtOgra phs Sew
erai NATIVES were employed as guides.
After q wearying march which took
most Of Monday.- Morne Rouge was reach
ed about 7.S8 O'Clock in the even
ing. The correspondents were welcomed
BY kindly disposed priest. who gave such
information as was in his possession. He
insisted upon a pause being made for re-
freshments and In his humble home food
vas prepared. IL was this generous cour-
fesy or the priest that saved the expedi-
ton from destruction. The original plan
was that the visit should be made 70 the
crater as soon as possible and quick
return be made to Fort de France TO
avoid al danger.
pared. the priest pointed ont the work of
ruin that had been accomplished. He said
: he had refused 10 leave his post, though
{ he was not at all certain Morne Rouge
would not be swept from existence as was
the Pierre. Il was while he was talking
that the explosion came.
From their homes the inhabitants OF the
village nan IN panic. Some did not wait
20 see what was happening. but hurried
over the mountains In the direction of
Fort de France. Scores went into the
church and fell upon their knees. but by
far the greater number ran without dar-
ing 20 look behind.
The display Of lightning was terrific and
awe-lnspiring.
when the start was made on the return
frfp to Fort de France the guides and
servants were gone. The correspondents
had TO md their way across the hill as
best they could Behind. Mont Pelee con-
ffnned 20 belch IRE. ashes. smoke and
mud. The DESIGNATIONS were OF Sufficient
strength 70 make the ground tremble. II
seemed 70 the weary travellers as II the
mountain tops swayed above their heads.
To add 70 the horror OF the situation
They encountered every now and then a
-fer-de-lance. deadliest OF all snaaes- Scat
tered specimens Of these serpents. OF
which thousands have been killed by the
eruptfons. were seen amid the glare from
the volcano and the flashes OF lightning.
gliding over the rocks and hurrying away
Is II they. too. had learned that their
mountain home was no longer a safe
place.
on al sides were natives praying and
4 cursirg n turn Many exhausted. fell by
the way and were unable 70 continue.
From Morne Rouge 70 Fort de France
BY the devious path that was travelled
n almost forty miles. That distance was
covered before dawn Tuesday morning.
Later arrivals reported that Morne
Rouge had not been destroyed. as the
force or the explosion was exerted in the
direction OF the sea.
Robert T. HIn. OF the United States
geological survey. who left here for Mont
.Pelee Monday afternoon. has not yet re-
turned nor has he been heard from. He
planned 10 try the crater from Morne
Rouge.
George KEENAN,. the noted explorer. has
been absent In the north Eve days and has
not been heard from.