Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-05-24
ST. VINCENT SETTLERS RETURN
Most Horrid Details Are Revealed
Thousands of Bodies Have Been
Buried-LaNa Covers balance OF
Bodies-LnVa Covers an Area 16
Miles square.

Kingston, ST. Vincent, May l9.--In the
/ absence OF symptoms OF further erupuons
of the volcano OF Soufrere, the Inhabitants
Of ST. Vincent arc gradually becoming set
tied.
Most horrifying details of the condition
of the Cdrib country, where thousands oi
cattle and human corpses lay in stat.
Of decomposition for several days dur
ing the agitation, are revealed. Although
the number of deaths in the island due
to the disaster is estimated, Judging from
the missing inhabitants, at 1000, up 20 the
night of May IL only l2lS bodies had been
buried
The undiscovered bodies are probably
covered with lava. In small shop
which was opened three days after the
eruption, 81 decaying corpses were dis
covered, and not one of them was rec
ognizable. In the dwelling house of the
manager of one of the estate 30 corpses
were found i'll similar condition, and
other sickening discoveries have been
made. The district is being rapidly
cleared.
A number of patients have been brought
to this city. Many are suffering from
fractured skulls, caused by stones thrown
from the volcano, and a majority of them
we're burned by the lava thrown up with
the vapor.
Toward evening yesterday there was a
slight convulsion, followed by a small
discharge of smoke, but this caused no
alarm. The weather is fine and the ex
element is abatng.
The bed of lava in the Windvard dis
trict is still hot The abyss, 1900 feet
deep and POO feet wide, which existed be
tween Langley Park and Rabacci. is
filed with lava, and the principal feature,
OF the mountain on either siue are appaI-
emily more beautiful than before the elup
ton.
a curious circumstance connected with
the eruption is that the earthouake,
%ere not general, Notwithstanding the
Smallness of the island While at Chat
eau Belair the commissions preceding the
eruptions of May were almost conrinu.
Gus every few hours. in Kingston and
Georgetown only 60 shocks were fell in
four hours
Although attended with smaller loss =.
lie the eruption of La Soufriere was
not less violent than that of Mont Pelee
IN the island of Martinique. The area
covered by lava comprises TO sonar,
miles. The fact that the loss of life and
damage to property in st. Vincent were
smaller than in Martinique is due to the
position of La Soufriere and the smaIle,
population of the district. the mountain
o'erhahglng sugar and arrow root =
'ates and a couple of thinly populated
villages, whose inhabitants were g;von
warning of the approaching disaster ard
lied 1or their lives All the VILLAGERS who
remained were killed.
The officials of st. Vincent arc b,,sv
relieving the suffering and housjno tbo
slck and homeless. The problem now
facing the government is how TO nro,,;do
permanently for the natives who lost
houses, lands and everything they nos.
seSSed' The peasant settlements NAV he
formed on the estates, the lands Of Wb;ol,
'ne government possesses the legal ma.
chlnery to appropriate. but money Is
needed to assist the settlers 70 build
houses thereon and to provide them with
sustenance during the cultivation of tbeir
lands