Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-05-22
Owing to the great heat it IS still

OWING to the great heat 1t Is still
| impossible to approach the Soufri' e
volcano from the leeward side. Sew
! eral assures have been obse' ted on
| La Soufriere. 1t is believed that the
Rabacci crater, in the Windward dis
| trict of the island, has also erupted.
From distance La Soufriere, al
| though less violent, still wears n
cap of dark clouds, which is illumined
every now and then by flashes of red
right.
Volcanic dust fell here again Satur-
day, but fortunately there have been
also several rain showers which have
washed away the dust from the grass
and restoring verdure of the fields.
| The condition of the atmosphere IS
also apparently improving.
The local government is feeding
and shcltering about 5000 refugees.
Washington, May 16.-It is state
at the war department that the sup
plies and stores shipped to Martin
ique and st. Vincent on the cruiser
Dixie from New York and on the
collier Sterling from San Juan un-
dOubtedly will be sufficient to meet
| the urgent needs of the suffering
people for fully month to come.
st. Thomas, d. w. l., May 16.-For
some days past the atmosphere of st.
Thomas has been heavy and misty.
To-day these conditions were greatly
increased. and the hills of the island
had a whitish appearance. 1t is sup
posed that volcanic dust is falling up
on them. Some apprehension has
been felt here since a slight earth
| quake was experienced Tuesday, May
13.
Fort de France, Martinique, May
| 16.-(Nia Paris.)-,St Pierre is infest-
| ed with pillagers. who are forcing
safes. The authorities are taking Sc
we're measures. Fifty of the ghoulS
! have already been arrested and i'm
prisoned in Fort de France.
Fort de France, May 17.-Great
| flashes of very white light were emit
ted from Mont Pelee between 10 and
II o'clock Thursday night They
were visible from here. Thick, glow
ing red clouds, interspread with
| flashes of light, were issuing from
| the volcano yesterday morning.
Showers of cinders, lasting for 20
minutes, accompanied the activity.
! The people in the districts of Lor-
raine, Marigot, Sainte Marie and La
| Trinite are panic-stricken.
Kingston, st. Vincent, May IL
| 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 We're horribly
| burned by the hot grit which was
| driven along with tremendous veloci-
! ty.
Since midnight, Tuesday, the sub
terranean detonations here have
ceased and the Soufriere. Wednesday,
relapsed, apparently, into perfect re-
! pose, no smoke rising from the era
ter and the assures emitting no va
! por.
! The stencil in the afflicted districts
| is terrible beyond description. Near
| ly all the huts left standing are filled
! with dead bodies. In some cases dis
| infectants and the usual means of
! disposing of the dead are useless. and
| cremation has been resorted to.
! When it is possible, the bodies are
! dragged to the trenches, and are
! there hastily covered up, quicltlime
| being used when available.
| Washington, May 17.-I.ate ycster-
day afternoon the navy department
received an unsigned cablegram, dat
ed at st. Lucia, and apparently from
Lieut.. Mccormick, of the Potomac.
| 1t read as follows: "Island St. Vim
] g -
! town east, Chaleau Belair west. Suf-
ferers country people. Dead LOO;
| destitute, 5000. Immediate relief sup
! piled by local government. Dcstitu-
ton will continue several months.
London, May IA dispatch from
the governor of the Widward islands.
Sir Robert Llewellyn, dated from st.
| Vincent, received at the colonial of
flee Friday says: THE total number
of bodies buried to date is 1900: in
hospital 1870. All immediate wants
now supplied. Generous aid received
! from neighboring colonies. All vege-
| tatiOn is destroyed. Three thousand
! persons on the relief district. The
relief must continue for some time.
The eruption seems to be decreasing.
but lava is flowing. All danger is not
yet over"
St. Thomas, d. w L., May ia
dispatch was received here from the
island of St. Lucia yesterday saying
that the United States government
tug Potomac had returned there from
the island of St. Vincent, bringing a
report that La Soufriere was quiet.
The dust fall on st. Vincent is at
| present very slight, but terrible anNi.
ETY. prevails, and it is feared that the
present lull in the eruptions is only
| temporary. The Potomac reports
also that 1000 persons have perished
on st. Vincent up to the present time
and that 5000 of the islands inhabit-
ants are destitute.
The entire Carib country is covered
with volcanic earth, and only the tree
] tops there are visible
Operator Went Crazy.
Brazil, Ind, May 17.-Frank OrreH,
/ operator at the Nan1aIia Jnno+ "a