Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-05-12
800 ON ST. VINCENT
Believed to Have Perished--Up
to Friday There Were Over
200 Deaths.
WHOLE FAMILIES AMONG DEAD.
corpses Were Lying unburied, but
Were to Be Inferred In Trenches.
Great Distress on the Island-Food
and Water Famine Threatened.

and Water Famine Threatened.
st. Thomas, d. w. l., May 12.-Ad
vices received here from the island
of Dominica yesterday said that boats
arriving there reported that many
persons were drowned while crossing
to Dominica from the island of Mar
Unique, where some Of the outpar
ishes have been inundated. The
eruption of Mont Pelee martinique
continues. The lava is progressing
northward. The whole northern re
gion is now a rocky waste, denuded
of vegetation.
Reports from the island OF st. Vim
cent said that up to the afternoon
of Friday last over 200 deaths had
occurred there, owing to the volcanic
outbreak in that island Definite
news, however, is lacking. Many es
tates were destroyed and steam and
ashes We're belched forth from in
the morning until $50 at night The
eruption was invisible yesterday al
Kingston. Huge dust clouds were
blown eastward. Great distress pre-
walls at st. Vincent, where there are
many injured persons.
Believed Dead Numbered 500.
1t is believed that 500 persons lost
their lives at St Vincent. The ma
jority of the corpses were still un.
buried.
The British royal mail steamer So
lent has gone from Barbados to Mar
Unique with supplies and doctors.
From the island of Trinidad the
British royal mail steamer Kennel
has gone to Fort De France.
The British second-class cruiser In
defatigable is on her way from Trini-
dad to st. Vincent with stores for the
relief of the sufferers there.
1t was reported here that Fort De
France (Martinique) is threatened.
Kingston, Island of ST. Vincent.
British West Indies, Saturday, May
io.-After numerous earthquakes dur
ing the preceding fortnight, accom-
panied by subterranean noises in the
direction of the Soufriere volcano. in
the northwestern part of the island,
loud explosion from the crater oc-
CURED Monday last and the water in
the crater lake assembled in a stu.
pendous cloud of steam and exploded
heavily. The noises grew louder con-
tinually until Wednesday morning.
when the old crater, three miles in
circumference, and the new crater
formed by the last eruption, belehed
smoke and stones, forcing the resi-
dents of Wallibou and Richmond val
ley. beneath the volcano, to fee to
Chateau Belair for refuge.
Noises Heard 200 Miles Away.
The thunderous noises, which were
continually increasing, were heard in
nelghboring islands 200 miles away.
AT midday the craters elected
enormous columns of steamy vapor.
rising majestically eight miles high
ana expanding into wonderful shapes
resembling enormous cauliflowers.
gigantic wheels and beautiful flower
forms, all streaked up and down and
erosswise with vivid flashes of light
nlng, awning the beholder and i'm
pressing the mind with fear. The
mountain labored to rid itself of a
mass OF molten lava, which later
moved over in six streams. down tbA
side of the volcano, and the greater
noises following united in one con,
tinuous roar all evening, through the
night to Thursday morning. accom-.
panied with black rain, falling dust
and favilla scorial, attended with mid.
night darkness all Wednesday. Great
ing feelings of fear and anxious sus.
pense.
On the morning of Friday there
was fresh eruption and elections
OF fiery matter, more dust covering
the island in some places two feet
deep.
The crater is still active as this
dispatch is sent, and great loss of
life is believed to have occurred.
The lava has destroyed several dis.
tricts with their live stock. Peonle
are fleeing to this town, streams are
dried up and in many places a food
and water famine is threatened. The
government is feeding numbers of
sufferers from the outbreak.
Great Physical Changes Caused.
Great physical changes have taken
place in the neighborhood of the
Soufriere.
Several districts have not yet been
heard from, and the scene of the
is unapproachable. Every
hour brings sadder news. The nurses
and doctors are overworked.
1t is impossible to give full details
at present.
AS result of the disaster on this
Island all business has been suspend !
ed for three days. The public mind |
IS still unsettled, fearing further dis I
aster.
Among the deaths are whole fam. |
lies whose corpses are, in several |