Evening journal., 1902-05-26
FIRE BELCHING MONT PELEE
SEEN BY SEAIEN NOW HERE
Steamship WhitgiIt Loaded With Soda for DuPOnt'S
Passed Within Three Miles Of Martinique Captain
Saw Burned ROddam at 1t. Lucia

Evening journal and some Philadel-
phia and New York papers which had
received 2 tip a week ago. The New
York papers were greatly concerned
because the Whitgift carried valuable
PICTURES Of the scene after the erup-
tion taken by correspondents hurried
90 the spot as soon after the catastro-
pho as possible.
On Friday night the Whitgift was
reported at the Brealgwater and the
World sent stan man here to look
auer the pictures. The Herald was not
far behind and sent a special commits
sioner 10 watch for the pictures. These
two men went TO Delaware City on
Friday night with the Evening Jour
mai reporter. The Whitgift had not
reached Reedy island az that time. and
TIE representatives Of the New York
papers sat around and watched each
other.
Herald Was Agitated
lhe Herald commissioner was kept
busy reading such kilograms as these.
"Be sure and get the pictures. Spare
no expense"
Don't let World man steal our pic
lures.
"Do anything to get those pictures
Shortly after 5 o'clock they drove to
Port Penn and there hired a boatman
TO row them 20 Reedy Island. There
they expected 90 meet the boat early in
the morning and get the pictures as
soon as the quarantine officer was
/ through with his inspection. They
sat on the wharf at Reedy Island until
noon when tha much-looked-for boat
arrived. The World man and the Her
} aid commissioner saw the mate He
handed a bulky package containing
i lpictures to the Herald man. There
wero no pictures for the World. and
that paper was beaten. Claiming that
something was wrong, the World man,
/, wearing q long face. left the vessel.
The rue back to New York was dreafy
for him. The Herald's representative
= delivered his valuable package TO the
) correspondent Of paper in this city.
I Reporters Had Long Wait
: An saturday morning and part, OF
4 the afternoon staff men from the New
York and Philadelphia papers, a re-
+ porter for the Evening Journal Cap
tain Peter b. Ayars, of the local Gus.
4 tom house. and Philadelphia broken.
r waited at Pigeon Point and cruised N
4 and down the Delaware searching foi
i tho Whitgift. Several times a boat wal
/ sighted and the tug, with the anxious
+ writer's on board. steamed down thu
4 river to find that the Whitgift had mo-
4 reached Reedy Island.
4 men a report reached the walters
at Pigeon Point that the World MAJ
q had succeeded in getting aboard thu
I Whitgift and was coming up the rive
I. on IT, This agitated the custom hous
X officials. because it is against the lay
! for anyone to board an incoming YES
v sci ahead OF the quarantine or custom
n Aouse mon. Captain Ayars kept i
\ touch with the Custom House by tele
Il phone. and there would have bee
n trouble for the newspaper man am
u Captain Whymper had the report bee
n true. The correspondents at Pigeoi
Point were agitated as well.
The whitglft Boarded
Finally about o'clock the Laura I
u. steamed out to meet the Whitgif
M winch had been sighted. Captai
N Avars boarded her first and started
.oox for the newspaper man, whe
n Captain Whymper informed him tina
'v no strangers were aboard The news
paper men were the next over the raj
VI and were soon on the bridge talking
tho captain and his mate. Capital
" Whymper was an interesting talke
"a and soon told all he knew about I'll
n eruption. The mate turned over
"a Captain Ayars a package Of undeye
oped films from a correspondent IN :
Lucia. The latter mailed them to Ne
y rk.
AZ The Whitgift will remain in IL
ie delaware for about a week.