The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05
LA SOUFRIERE'S FURY
AN AWFUL SIGHT

RELIEF work on the windward side of
the mountain and its population has
been increased by not less than 9 .0O0
/ persons Immediately after the disas-
ter provisions, medical supplies. and
clothing were hurried to the Gown from
KiRgstown and on the evening your
correspondent arrived there hundreds
OF hungry refugees were standing in the
market place receiving tickets for pro
visions In this one town alone there
are 5000 refugees who viii sooa be en-
joying the charity of the American peo-
pie and subsistinS upon the bountfful
supply of provisions brought on the
Dixie It is learned today that the ter
ritoTial government is considering the
feasibility Of sending the entire pOpuIa-
/ ton OF Georgetown to another and safer
part OF the island or TO another island
Of the Antilles under the sovereignty Of
Great Britain.
The bodies OF the killed in St. Vincent
are being buried in trenches Two abreast
Just where they were found. GEORGETOWN
has been converted into . hospital and
/ three large tents have been erected for
the protection from the fierce rays of
the tropical sun, or the several hundreds
~ lined D~s- John Hutson and Calm
H Brown, OF Barbados, the latter a
/ cent graduate of the University of
/ Pennsylvania, volunteered % 20 to
( Georgetown. and together with Dr.
/ Thomas c. oxford are daily risking their
/ lives under the summit of La Soufrierc
/ in caring for the suffering natives.
Character of Burns.
The character of the burns received
by the natives is exceedingly severe.
/ Here one man has a leg and an arm so
badly burned that he may have to have
both amputated; there a woman has lost
an ear and another a foot; all are SUI
fering the agonies Of the damned. but yet
Draising God that they had their lives
spared to them In one corner of the
hospital tent is Thomas O'Hara. a ma
tive, who was once employed on large
| sugar plantation. His escape was
miracle. He says:
God sent a breeze from the sea and
saved my life
! O'Hara was working in the field with
several other natives when the burst Of
/ the volcano came He ran 70 nearby
barn and crawled under It. burying his
face in the soft mud caused by a recent
rain. The deadly cloud came and killed
his less fortunate companions, and
would have taken his life had the wind
not changed and blown the sufocating
fumes away. After thirty hours Of sui
! fering from his many severe burns he
was finally found by a rescuing party
and taken to Georgetown.
/ From Georgetown I went BY horse
/ back to Orange Hill estate, which is
/ right in the path OF tbs flow OF mud from
SOufTteTe- Here The conditions more
/ closely Tesembled those 81 St Pierre,
Martinique.
/ The volcano was still very active. and
{ constant explosions could be heard as
+ the steam burst through the mountain
side Mud and ashes were everywher,
and had buried everything.
I Orange Hill is the resting place Of I. 900
victims Of La SOufTiere's violence The
! bodies have all been buried by parties Of
men OF English birth from Kingstown
7 Il IS impossible to get any natives to
approach this near TO the volcano
Measures of Relief.
The colonial government Of St. Vim
cent IS considering a project fo= the re-
| lief of the destitute, which looks to the
allotment to the homeless Of government
lands on the leeward side Of the island
out Of reach Of Soufriere. and to supply
them with lumber to build homes. With
il q few weeks a large consignment of
lumber is expected 20 arrive from Eng
land.
Sir Robert Baxter Llewellyn, the gov
error Of ST Vincent, is doing all in his
power to provide for the suffering peo-
pie and has arranged with prominent
business men OF Kingstowu to assist
him in his work. Troubles, however.
have already arisen Only today. he in
forms me. a delegation Of merchants Of
Kingstown called On him and protested
against the acceptance Of any further
supplies from America. They argued, in
cogent manner. that further gifts
should be in money which should be
placed in the hands Of local merchants
10 purchase tof course from themselvesJ
supplies for TAG refugees
For this service they demanded com
mission Of. . per cent
OF course their offer was refused.
The chances are that there will be sew
eraI more eruptious OF SeufTieTe before
the volcano has expended its energy.
Every precaution. however has been
taken 20 prevent further loss Of life, and
unless something much beyond the ordi-
nary should occur, no more villages viii
be harmed WILLIAM MASON