The Canton times., 1902-05-23
esoondent's Visit to the VI
cinity Of the Volcano La
Soufriere.
uo1Hlxs BUT AN AsH-covERED AREA.
..,,ns Green to BE Seen In the En-
tire northern Part of the Island
relief Supplies Arriving at
Kingston-Thirteen hundred
Rodies Already buried.

Thursday dl dloSiiAoAl, v
Mass correspondent has just returned
Pf from visit on horseback to the
as.oe+ated district of this island,
.',.;ng which he travelled so miles and
anatrated to within five miles of the
ppo,friere crater. The ash-covered
area of St. Vincent exceeds that OF
Martinique, which the correspondent
~ also explored. The most conserv-
..;re estimate of the death rate here
,nIaces the number at 1,70O. About
400 bodies already have been in
tered
The entire northern part Of the is
,ond ;s covered with ashes to an av-
rage depth of Is inches, varying
trom a thin layer at Kingstown to
two feet or more at Georgetown. The
erops are ruined, nothing green can
he seen. the streets Of Georgetown
ore numbered with heaps Of ashes re-
sembling snow drifts, and ashes rest
40 heavily on the roofs that in several
cases they have caused them to fall
Il There soon will be 5000 destitute
nersons in need of assistance from
tbe government, which is already do
ing everything possible to relieve the
sufferers. There are a hundred in
iured people in the hospital at George
Town. gangs Of men are searching for
the dead or rapidly burying them in
treaches.
Relief Supplies Coming In.
The British cruiser Indefatigable
brought Is tons of supplies here and
returned to the island of Trinidad
for more. The governor of the Wind
ward islands, Sir Robert Llewellyn, is
here supervising the work OF the au-
thorities.
While the outbreak of the volcano
on the island Of Martinique killed
more people outright, more territory
has been ruined in st. Vincent, hence
there is greater destitution here.
The injured persons were horribly
burned by the hot grit which was
driven along with tremendous ye-
locity. Twenty-six persons who
sought refuge in a room 10 feet by
12 were all killed. One person was
Drained with huge stone nine miles
from the crater.
Hospitals FILLED with the Dying.
Rough coffins are being made to re-
ceive the remains of the victims.
( The hospital here is filed with dying
people. Fifty injured persons are "
ing on the floor of that building, as
there are no beds for their accom-
modation, though cots are being
rapidly constructed of boards. This
and similar work has been in prog
ress since Immediately after the dis
aster. Two days elapsed, however,
before there were any burials. as the
negroes refused to dig the necessary
trenches, though they were offered
three times the usual wages by the
local authorities. The nurses en-
ployed are incompetent, but they arc
willing to learn and are working
hard. The negroes are indifferent to
all that is transpiring and to what
has taken place. They expect to re-
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