Morris tribune., 1902-07-12

drag the body by long rope to the
trench, into which it was bundled and
rapidly covered over. Fortunately the
loose nature of the dust made the dig
ging of the trenches easy work.
, In the Schoolroom close to the Water
loo works twenty-five bodies had been
found, and they had been buried in a
separate trench close by. Death was
everywhere-death in it's worst form.
From under the shop at Rabaka two
cOrpses were dragged while we were
passing by. AS we went along mounds
were pointed out to us which contained
, ten, twenty, thirty, fifty or more bodies
bundled pe!lmeIl into trenches and
hastily covered over. In one shop forty
persons had taken refuge ard had all
persisted.
If the scene of desOIation and death
outside of Georgetown was appalling,
that of anguish and suffering in the /
hospitals was heartrending. Lying on;
| the ground close together was q mass
Of suffering human beings writing and
moaning. Now and again wall would
be heard Of so God. help u.s. 80 Lord,
deliver us.'' Then would arise in agon- !
iZing tones the narrowing chant 20
God, help us"' 80 Lord, deliver usr'
Many Of these poor wretches, mad
with pain, would try to rise on their
mutilated hands and feet, and as they
tumbled about they fell over others,
who shrieked with agony when their
| burned limbs were touched.
| Onn moor woman to,,Tih1v Io11rr7o6
had a child two years old in her ban
daged arms. Regardless Of her suffer
| ings, she swayed to and fro over her
gasping infant, the picture of anguish
and despair. Most of these poor
| wretches were burned to the muscles,
some to the very bones. Faces, hands
and feet had suffered most, the flesh
hanging in shreds from the tendons
The condition of affairs in George
town during the outbreak of the Sou
flfcre was wildly described by the
wife of the Rev. A. II. Leslie, a Wes-
Ieyan minister, who was in the place at
the time.
"i'rom Sunday night, May f." said
Mrs. Leslie, the heat had been op-
pressive Never had experienced such
heat before. 1t was with the utmost
difficulty that one could breathe, and to
sleep was impossible. We had no
mems Of testing the temperature, but
am satisfied that q thermometer would
have shown record of great inten-
sjty.
ION Tuesday l learned from Mrs.
Darrell that the Chateau Belair side
Of the mountain was exhibiting signs
Of activity. On "Wednesday morning
between . and 10 o'clock the lightning
and Thunder began. Such lightning and
such thunder! Oh. it is terrible to re.
member, ard thrice terrible was it to
bch0iu--DIiEding flashes that zigzagged
with kissing fury and a Iurid light
Ominous Of destruction!
"Mr. Leslie said he had never before
heard thunder in May and declared the
occurrence was most unusual. He left
the house with the object Of making
some observations, and on his return
he said that the SOufriere was active.
In the meantime some fisher girls, who
came down over the mountain, said
they had observed the water in the
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