The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-12
of Great Alarm.

Kingston Island of St. Vincent, Brit ish West Indies, Saturday, March 10, via Castries, Island of St. Lucia, Brit ish West Indies, May 11.-After numer- ous earthquakes during the preceding fortnight, accompanied by subterranean noises in the direction of the Soufriere volcano, in the northwestern part of the island a loud explosion occurred Mon day last from the crater and the water in the crater lake ascended in stu pendous cloud of steam and exploded heavily. The noises grew louder con- tinually till Wednesday morning, when the old crater three miles in circum- ference, and the new crater, formed by the last eruption, belched smoke and stones, forcing the residents of Walli- bou and Richmond valley, beneath the volcano to flee to Chateau Belair for refuge.
 The thunderous noises which were continually increasing, were heard in neighboring islands two hundred miles away
 At midday the craters ejected enor- nous columns of steamy vapor, rising najestically eight miles high and ex- banding into wonderful shapes, resem- bling enormous caulifowers. gigantic wheels and beautiful flower formations, all streaked up and down and crosswise with vivid flashes of lightning, awing the beholder and impressing the mind with fear The mountain Iabored to rid itself of a mass of molten lava, which later flowed over, in six streams, down the side of the volcano, and the greater noises following united in one great cont inuous roar all evening, through the night to Thursday morning, accompa nied with black rain falling dust and favillous scoria, attended with midnight darkness all Wednesday, ating feel ings of fear and anxious suspense
 On the morning of Friday there was fresh eruption and there were ejec- tions of fiery matter, more dust cover ing the island, in some places two feet deep.
 The crater is still active as this dis patch is sent and great loss of life is believed to have occurred The lava has destroyed several districts, with their live stock. People are fleeing to this town, streams are dried up, and in many places a food and water famire Is threatened. The government Is feed ing numbers of sufferers from the out break.
 Great physical changes have taken place in the neghborhood of the Sou friere.
 Several districts have not yet been heard from and the scene of the erup- tion Is unapproachable. Every hour brings sadder news The nurses and I ra ru aryxyr,, 1rnI fe1, ,,x,p a~; ble to give full details at the present time.
 As result of the disaster on this is- land all business has been suspended for three days. The public mind is still unsettled fearing further disaster
 Among the death are whole families whose corpses are ii1 several places still lying unburied The dead will be in tered in trenches.
 London, May 11.-Sir Robert Llewelyn, the governor of the Windward islands, has cabled from St. Lucia as follows:
 "In continuation of my last telegram my intention was to go to St Vincent in a small coasting steamer, but I was strongly advised not to attempt the trip as the steamer narrowly escaped being wrecked yesterday and as the steamer narrowly escaped being wreck ed yesterday and as the weather was looking very bad in that direction The island is invisible owing to a dense 1 black fog, cinders and sand am very anxiously awaiting the arrival of a | warship"
 The colonial office announced to-day | that in addition to the British cruiser | Indefatigable, ordered to St Vincent l from Trinidad the British third-cass | cruiser Pallas had been ordered to St, | for the sufferers on the former island | St. Thomas, D. W. l., May 11.--Re- ports from the island of St. Vincent say that up to the afternoon of Friday last over 200 deaths had occurred there ow- ing to the volcanic outbreak in that isl- and. Definite news. however, is lack ing Many estates were destroyed and steam and ashes were belched forth from o'clock in the morning until 9:30 at night. The eruption is now invisi- ble at Kingston. Huge dust clouds were blown eastward. Great distress pre- vails at St. Vincent, where there are many injured peopley. It is believed lives at St. Vincent. The majority of the corDses are still unburied.
 The British Royal Mail steamer So- lent has gone from Barbados to Marti- nique with supplies and doctors. From fhe island of Trinidad the British Royal