The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-09-03
MOUNT PELEE AGAIN
SPGUTs DESTRUCTION, ADDING
TWO HUNDRED MORE DEATHS
TO THE LIST.


TWO HUNDRED MORE DEATHS
TO THE LIST.
Terrible Eruption Destroyed the
Village of Morne Rogue and
, Caused Tidal Wave to
Sweep Over LeCarbet
A Big Strike in
Florence Italy.
Castries, Island of st. Lucia. B.
w. l., Sept. 1.-The British steam
er Korona arrived here yesterday
evening from Fort de France, Isl.
and of Martinique. She reports
that a terrible eruption of Mount
Pelee occurred at 9 O'Clock Satur-
day, and people who arrived at
Fort de France from the northern
part of the island reported that the
village of Morne Rogue, near the
district previously devastated, had
been entirely destroyed, and that
LeCar bet, a village On the coast
which was destroyed at the time
of the great eruption, had been
swept by tidal wave, and about
200 persons lost their lives.
A sloop from the island of St.
Vincent, which reached here this
morning, reports that Mount Pc
lees crater is now quiet, but the
detonatious Saturday night were
she Ioudest heard up to that time,
and the inha abitants are terribly a
harmed.
Basse Terre, St. Kits, B. w. l.,
Aug. 31.-A series of loud reports
were heard last night from until
9 O'Clock.
Point A Pietre, Island of Guade-
1oupe, Aug. 3I,-This entire port
has been covered with a cloud of
fine dust since five o'clock this
morning and the populace is panic
stricken: Fine ashes are falling
continuously in slight drizzle.
Semi darkness is over the sea and
the ships in the harbor seem to be
enveloped in a cloud of smoke.
Adyices from Basse Terre (Ia1-
and of Guadeloupe) assert that
since daybreak today the entire
island has been covered with a
cloud of dust coming from the
southeast, the direction of the ISL
and of Martinique. The popula-
tion Of Basse Terre is greatly a
harmed.
Roseau, Dominica, Aug. 3o.-A
thick mist has enveloped Roseat
and its neighborhood and dust is
falling today.
The thick mist which elveloped
Roseau yesterday was taken as it
approached for a rainstorm. The
dust is still falling, although light
ly, but during the night of the goth
the quantity of dust which fell |
here was greater than on any pre-
vious occasion.
It is impossible to approach the
ruined town of st. Pierre from the
sea. The people of the village Of |
LeCarbet, on the coast, are terror
stricken and fleeing to the interior.
Hot water is pouring down On Lor-
raine and Basse Pointe, villages to
the Northeast of the crater. Hor-
rible detenations were heard, the
ground rocked and quaked and ar.
ticles on tables were thrown to the
floor.
The governor of Martinique has
ordered every available boat to re-
movet the people from the coast viii |
lagos to Fort de France.
At s o'clock in the evening of
Saturday, the goth, the sky was
eloud1ess. Suddenly and without
warning, one-half of the horizon
was obscured by a pitch black
cloud of dust. This cloud was a
magnificent electrical effect, the
flashes of light surprising the most
elaborate fireworks. Flames and /
flashes continued to burst from the
cloud until nearly midnight. Col
umns of flames shot out of the
crater of Mount Pelee to explode
about the cloud in showers of balls
of golden fire which fell through
the darkness in myriads of sparks.
A tidal wave rushed upon Fort de
France and the terrified inhabitants
fled in large numbers to the interior.
The wave was not severe and did /
but slight damage. At midnight
of the goth inst. Mount Pelee was
quiet. Shortly after this hour there
came another shower of ashes, ac-
companied by vivid sheet lightning.
In addition to the 200 persons