The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
THE WORSE FEARED.
The Whole Island of Martinique In
Panic Condition.
MOUNT PELEE AT IT AGAIN.
Lieut. Nc Carmick's Gallantry. United
States and Wo-ships Render
Fine Service in Rescu-
ing the Inhabitants.

A dispatch from Fort de France
says Thursdays eruption from. Mount
Pelee was violent in the extreme.
Colossal Columns of volcanic matter
was elected from the volcano, which
rained huge, readhot boulders, many
feet in diameter on the ruins of St.
Pierre and the country near it from
an enormous elevation and with fear
ful velocity. The volcanic clouds ad-
vanced until they reached Fort de
France.
The spectacle was appalling and su-
blime and beyond description. The
whole population of Fort de France
was thrown into frenzy Of panic,
during which soldiers, police, men and
women, all terrified, frantic, weeping
and praying, rushed through the
streets, while overhead the glowing,
fiery clouds rolled relentlessly and
rained down stones, still hot, amid the
swirling ashes.
REsCUING THE PEOPLE:
The steam launch Of the United
States cruiser Cincinnati took some
refugees to the French cruiser Suchet
and nearly 100 persons sought refuge
on the Cincinnati and on the United
States special steamer Potomac. AT
l o'clock the Potomac went to inveSti-
gate matters, and reports agree that
Lieut., Benz. 3. Mccormick, the COM
mander of the steamer, did great
work. He went in close to St. Pierre
and found that city had been bonn
barded with. enormous stones from
the volcano and that the ruins left
standing after the first great disaster
had been nearly razed. Millions Of
tons Of ashes then covered the ruined
city.
Further south smaller stones had
destroyed the houses Of the brave vii
layers who had stuck to their homes.
Lieut.. Mccormick took on board the
Potomac 1S0 refugees, the oldest Of
whom was Y years and the youngest
three days old. The lieutenant fed
them and brought the party to Fort
de France. This work of rescue was
difficult and dangerous. It is report
ed that the whole population of the
island is fleeing towards Fort de
France. The CONSERVATION prevail
ing is indescribable. Mont Pelee is
still very threatening.
ST. VINCENT ALARMED.
A dispatch from Kingston, Island
Of Kington, says another great erup-
tion of the Soufriere occurred Thurs
day night. While the worshippers
were returning from church at $3.50 p.
NJ, an alarming, luminous cloud sud-
denly ascended many miles high, in
the north Of the island and drifted
sluggishly to the northeast. InceSSant
lightning fell on the mountain and
one severe fash seemed to strike about
three miles from Kingstown. Thunder
Gus rumblings in the craterS lasted
for two hours and then diminished IN
til they became mere murmnrings.
The remainder Of the night was clear.
Ashes fell from 10 o'clock until mid
night. Inhabitants were frenzled
with fear at the time of the outbreak,
dreading repetition Of the catastro-
phe which caused such terrible loss
of life on this island. They ran from
the streets into the open country, cry
ing and praying for preservation from
another calamity. No one on the is
land of St. Vincent slept that night.
STREAMS OF LAVA.
Reports received here from the dis
tricts in the vicinity of the volcano
saying that the rumblings Of the era
ters were appalling and that streams
of lava flowed down the mountain side.
The continuous agitation Of the vol
cano and the absence of rain has
caused the'vicinity Of the afflicted vii
lagos to look like portions Of the deS-
ert Of Sahara. A thick smoky cloud
overspreads the island, all business is
suspended here, the streets are empty
and every one is terror-stricken. The
feeling Of suspense is painful. People
pass their time gazing at the northern
sky. where the thunder clouds gather
and the mournful roaring CT the vol
cano is heard. Ashes and pumpice
are falling showly in the out-diStricts.
Thursday there was an alarming re-
port from creditable source that En-
ham mountain, near the Maria Quia
valley, an old and apparently extinct
Greater. is showing signs of activity.
This volcano is only six miles from
kingstown.
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