The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-20
NO FURTHER ERUpTIORS on ST.
VINCENT
THE HORRIFYINC DETAILS
OF the Results of the NoIeaaf<
Eruption on this Island-Tno
Thousand People KiIIed-Radf~.
to Number OF lies Found and
nuried-Sixtesn square Miles OF
Territory lowered with Lava.
Chastity Scenes I'm the House.
Visited by search Parties-RcIiex-
ing the >nf~rers

ing the >nG-rers
kingstown. Island az S.. Vince. I.
May 17.-In the absence OF symptoms
Of further erustions or the volcanic =
Sofrietre, the inhabitants OF 81. Vincent
are gradually becoming settled.
Most horrify.ns details OF The cal.b
country. where thousands OF cattle ard
human corpsts lay in state OF de-
composition / = several daSS during
the agitation. ere revealed Although
the number OF deaths in the island.
due 10 the disaster. isestImated, iudg-
ing from the missing inhabitants. 4.
2,0oo up 10 the night OF May 18th only
l,26S bodies mad teen buried I'll. un-
discoered bodies are probably covered
with lava. In a small shop which wa.
opened three days after the eruption
eighty-seven iecayins corpses were
| discovered and not one Of them wa.
recognizable. i: the dwelling house Of
the manager OF one OF the estates
thirty coTpses were found in 4 similar
condition, and either sickenIng discoy
being rapidly cleared
A number o: patients have been
| brought 10 the city. OF these many ar.
| suffering from fractured skull caused
| by the stones thrown from the vol
| cano and a majority OF them were
burned by the lava thrown up with the
| vapor.
ToWards evening yesterday there was
slight CONFUSION. followed by
small discharge OF smoke. bur this
| caused no ALARM. The weather is dns
ana the excitement is abating. The
bed OF lava IN the windward distrie,
| is still hot
Athough attended with smaller .ess
VI hIe' the eruption OF La Soufriere
was not less violent than that of Mont
! Feiee' lntne island of Martinique. The
area covered by lava here cornn~,zex
slxten square miles. Th., fact The,
loss OF HE and damage to property In
| -. vincent were smaller than In n,,
unique Is due to the position of =
ana ihe smaller popuia tIo,,
- '"e disultt. the mountain over
hanging Sugar and Arrowroot esta,,.
ana couple CT thinly populated =,
iages The inhabitants veres,,,.-,
warming OF the approaching d,sas,e-
ana fed for their lives. All tb.. vu
layers who re1,.a fned vyaro lin,
Ihe officials of ST Vincent ar, b,,sx.
renewing the sufferers and housing tn,
sick and homeless
washington, May 1-.-Secretary Hav
mas receied a cablegram from Trpt,aa
states Consul Ayme az Fort de France
announcing that the relief supnIfas ro,.,
ahoat are quite sufficient for ,be 49,,
"'que sufferers and suggesting that
"hile St. Vincent MAJ be I'm need ,be
puohc subscriptions in the United States
7Houid cease at once. The President re-
queSeed the secretaries Of war ana n,
'iie navy to ask the officers OF their ra
specuve departments now on relief duty
"i 'ie west Indies to report Immediate
y their opinions as to the necess,,t..,
or the inhabitants OF the afstc,et
| islands.
secretary Moody today received the
Loiiowing cabIegram from Commando
. hCIfaR, OF n" Cfncinnafi.
st Lucia, May1-
excitement In Martinique IL caIm,ns,
D""h- There are refugees who re no,
ueS'i'ute or starving, but frightened bv
1ie appalling disaster AT ST pierr.
mere are grave but less serto,s dau
ages IN the more northern per,,on =,
the island The people are leaving ea-
'd'es ana setions which had not s,,,-
,eu' many cases o< piIiaging I'm these
aiStricts are reported. The yoyernme,,
Is taxing action to stop II. 7, .o,,.
""fInern dictricts many cattle NAV "A.
because Of volcanic dus. over ,.a.,o.,
'ioh. a Few good rains wourd c,,r.
"nuch OF this condition. Toda, visftea
aho explored ruins OF the United STATE.
ana British consuiates N ST. P,erre !
'ouiid some portions Of charred remains
OK bodies The Potomac has returned
rort de France. Reports Of the dis.
aster at St Vincent are very serious.
oehve volcanic conditions are worxe am
; IN some respects the conditions OF III.
hving are as bad or worse than Z,
Martinique.
Dangerous II NEGLECTED..