The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-05-27
r. our DE FRANCE dsland OF Maj

tiniaue). May i6-Great flashes OF
. very bright light were emitted
from Mount Pelee between 10 and n
o'clock last night They were visible
from here. Thick, glowing red clouds,
intersporsed with flashes OF light. are
issuing from the volcano this morn
ing. Showers of cinders. lasting for
twenty minutes. accompanied the ac-
tivity. The people of the districts of
Lorraine, Marigol, sainte Marie and La
Trinite are panic-stricken.
PARIS, May i6--A private telegram
received here via La Guayra, Nenezue-
la. says Fort de France, Martinique, Is
seriously threatened by the volcanic
disturbance.
FORT DE FRANCE Usland OF Mar
tinique), May 1.-THE French cruiser
Suchet will sail from here tomorrow
with the principal local authorities.
who will be landed at st. Pierre and
proceed 10 the northern part of the
island, in the direction of Basse Point,
and thoroughly investigate the situa-
ton. 1t Is feared that pillage is ram
pant there. Fifty robbers arrested at
st. Pierre have been sentenced to five
years imprisonment. .
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 16.-Ad-
vices received here from Fort de
France say that footing and robbery
are on the increase at st. Pierre and
elsewhere, and that the authorities
cannot cope with the conditions. es-
pecially as local political quarrels at
st. Pierre are interfering with practi-
cal, harmonious action. There are 5000
refugees at Fort de France and rioting
is feared.
NEW YORK, May 16.-A cable to the
Sun from Guadalajara, Mexico, says:
Rumblings which come from Mount CO.
lima and great clouds of smoke which
are being constantly emitted from its
crater indicate that the. interior agi-
tation Ia gathering force and that act
i've eruption is likely to occur.
FORT DE FRANCE. May 1.-THE
British Royal Mail steamer Solent
brought news OF the eruption of the
Soufriere, on the British Island OF st.
Vincent. Mud, ashes and stone were
hurled into Kingston, the capital of the
island. Five hundred deaths are re-
ported, and the bodies lie unburied.
The central and southern parts Of St.
Pierre are still burning. Business Is
al a complete standstill. Vandals who
we're found looting the bodies of those
killed in the lava flow have been placed
under arrest and will be severely dealt
with.
FORT DE FRANCE. Martinique.
May 15.--It is reported that an English
officer found to have stolen sacred al
tar vessels from the ruins was placed
under arrest on board the United
States cruiser Cincinnati. Troops have
been placed about the ruins to prevent
further looting. Workmen are engaged
In clearing the ruins, but are in much
danger from crumbling walls The
vaults Of the Bank OF Martinique have
been opened and its valuables brought
to Fort de France.
Provisions are being hurried to the
survivors from every source and the
sufferers are being brought here on
every steamer. The convent. which
contained 200 girls and twenty-six nuns,
has entirely disappeared.
The upheaval has made many
changes in the vicinity OF st. Vincent.
The bed of the ocean has been lifted up
where a considerable portion of the is
land slid into the sea.
NEW YORK, May 16-The corre
spondent of the World cables from Fort
de France that the stoi les of suffering
from the volcano have been much eX-
aggerated outside Of Pierre. He says
the relief business is being much over.