The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-02
MONT PELEE
STILL ACTIVE
LAVA AND MUD NEARLY COVER
ENTIRE ISLAND AND
FISSURES OPEN.
PEOPLE OF ST. VINCENT PANIC
STRICKEN.
Lava Streams Down to the Sea From
st. souffriere-Food of the Peasantry
Is Ruined.

FORT DE FRANCE (Martinique),
Saturday May 24.-LMont Pelee was
comparatively quiet yesterday (Fri-
day), Today the volcano belched forth
torrent of lava and mud, which rush
ed down the northern slope of the
mountain and swept away what was
left of the town Of Basse Pointe. New
hssures have opened in the side of the
mountain.
LONDON, May 26.-The Morning
Post this morning publishes a dispatch
from the island of st. Lucia, dated
May Gath, which says that st. Pierre is
now completely covered with lava, and
that 1t will be dangerous to approach
the place until the covering hardens.
Ash showers and detonations continue,
says the dispatch.
Fort de France, according to the
Posts correspondent, is safe but the
people are apprehensive lest the light
ming flashes shall fire the hundreds of
tons of explosives stored in the forts.
The Inhabitants are fleeing. Two hun
dred of them arrived here yesterday
and 1900 are on the island of Guada-
Ioupe. Most of them are destitute.
PORT OF SPAIN Qsland of Trini-
dad, B. w. -, May 25.-Four hundred
more refugees from the Island of Mar
Unique have arrived here on board the
French steamer Versailles, and they
are all in urgent need of relief. These
refugees report that the majority of
Martinique property owners are either
dead or have left the island. Robberies
there continue, and, owing to the ex-
cessive relief distributed, the laborers
of Fort de France are refusing to work.
KfNGSTOWN( ( Island of st. Vincent,
3. w. L), Saturday, May 24.-The Que
bee line steamship Madiana arrived
here today. Passengers by the YES
sci report that the Government of the
British island of Trinidad is prepared
to settle refugees from Martinique on
crown lands on moderate terms
REFUGEES REACH FRANCE.
81, NAZAIRE (FranCe), May '25.-
The French line steamer France ar
rived here today. She is the first
steamer to reach France from Martin
ique since the catastrophe. The France
was boarded here by many reatives
and friends of the survivors who were
on board, and there were many touch
ing scenes. The narratives of the sur
vIvors, however, added nothing to what
is already known.
THIRTY THOUSAND DEAD.
PARIS, May % In his official report
10 the French Government on the en-
IHuerre of Martinique estimates the
dead there at 10000.
PANIC ON ST. VINCENT.
JAMESTOWN Qsland of st. Vincent,
i w. -, Saturday May 24.-Another
eruption the night of Sunday, May
18th, cause a greater fall of ashes and
stones and more CONSERVATION at
Chateau Belair, Island of st. Vincent,
than resulted from the eruption of May
Ith. Shoruy after the appearance of a
cloud May 18th, which was belchCd
from the mountain, Egyptian darkness
CnVeloped the village of Chateau Be-
lair. The inhabitants rent the air with
shrieks, and groped against the banks
or the road leading to Cumberland in
their efforts to flee from the threatened
danger, but the exodus from Chateau
Belair continued all night
DetOnations and smoke and lava from
the volcano continued the next day,
May 18th, and the people still tried to
leave Chateau Belair for Kings town
and other towns. A heavy rainfall Oc-
Cured at Chateau Belair the 10Th,
the first in the district for two
months, and the streets, huts and
shops were flooded. AS the volcanic
eruptions diminished after the 18th,
some thirty of the inhabitants returned
TO Chateau Belair, but they are still
apprehensiVe.
Kingstown is longing for rain. The
heat and dryness here are unprece-
dented. There is no hope for the resus-
citation of the Carib country for years
to come. The canal that supplied wa
ter to that country for domestic or
manufacturing purposes has dried up
and the district is desolated. The Gov
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