Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-27
lament GeOIogist Makes a
w. thorough Investigation
WITHIN THECRATER'S AREA
u.,, MARKED izoue'-Foc"' OF
Th" ,.,,,ou Was the New crater
on Road to Volcano

40 France, Monday May "
W Robert 4. HILL United states
n . noDt' geologIst and head of the
' sa sent by the national geo
G'a a,, soclety. has just come in from
flpp, '~ and prolonged investigation OF
'''''"s ,onIc activity in Martinique,
DC VIM nm chartered a steamer ana
Nv. .rs examined the coast as iar
e,,' 90 port de Macouba az the , eA-
rGh 90 and Of the Island making lre-
uelIe landings. After landing AZ q,
QuelL 10 na dVe miles north OF 81
Ptcneuhto walked through an area Oh
Pierre nlconism. to the latter place
sciEe y a minute examination OF the
' en- ,',s phenomena disclosed ,,,, mon
'% pro1 I'm is the first ana ohly ,I,,,s
fly sos sci foot in the area OF eraters'
yn0 ns' and fumaroles and, because
tSule'h lgh posltion as a scientist ms
q NJ n'e Is valuable. In addition TO
ls s'm If investigation the profes-
hs nscned IN his steamer many poor
~ 80 e Precheur who had ven
g,v iS boek after deserving their homes
,sS found themselves IN aWlul u"hse'
III Ne reports as follows; to.
mn zone OF the catastrophe In Mar
.,.Ioms forms a elongated oval, con-
ullquo an land about eight square
.AllD"s 81 destruction. This oval Is part
nue. " the sea. The land part Is
Sonnded by lines running from lie Pre-
oSSnr 10 the peak Of Mont Pelee' thence
, .",ring around to Carbet. There were
". NV W" veil marked zones; First, cen
u'v, onIhllatlon In which all life, veg
s.se and animal, was utterly de-
49,. ...1ysd, the greater northern part or
Z, pierre was In this zone; second, a
~ ~ ~ smuggling, bllsterlns flame,
ybcb also was fatal 10 all life, killing
m men and animals, burning the
Mos on the trees and shrubs third,
M large outer. n0n-destructlye zone OF
,,tss wherein some vegetation was In
s,od The focus Of humiliation was
x. now crater. midway between the
ga and the peak Of Mont Pelee. where
nav exists new area OF active vulcan
lem Win hundreds OF fumarloes or
miniature volcanoes The new crater
|, noy vomiting black hot mud, which
/, falling into the sea. Both craters,
mo old and new, are active. Mush-
nom shaped steam explosions con-
SANITY ascend from the Old crater,
while heavy ash-aden clouds float
horizontally from the new crater. The
od elects steam, smoke mud, pumice
and lapili, but no molten lava.
THE salient topography Of the re-
zion is unaltered The destruction Of
81 Pierre was due to the new crater.
The exposion had great superficial
force. acting in radal directions, as is
evidenced by the dismountng and car
rylng for yards the guns In the bat
tery on the hin south OF 81, Pierre and
the colonial statue Of the virgin In
the same locality and also by the con-
dtIon OF the ruined houses In st.
4 Pierre.
According TO the testimony Of some
& persons, there was an accompanying
"A fame Others think the incandescent
cInier and the force OF their election
81 were sufficient to cause the destruction.
n This must be investigated ! am now
"A following the nature Of this hill"
II This Is the first positive scientific
statement based on observation. Prot.
a Mi has now started on horseback for
he volcano He will study the whole