Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-11-29
La SOUFRIERE AGAIN
VOMITS DESTRUCTION
People Of st. Vincent Fleeing
For Their Lives.
VOLCANOES FIFTH ERUPTION
Volcano Of Santa Maria In Guatemala
Is Also In Eruption and Spreading
Death and Ruin-Refugees Seeking
Safety at Seaside.

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Safety at Seaside.
Kingston, St. Vincent, Nov PA
violent eruption Of La Soufnere. the
fifth big outburst since the catasuo
phe Of May Z, took place yesterday.
Georgetown, and the village of Cha,
teau Belair, situated on the west coast
Of st. Vincent, were again evacuated
by their inhabitants.
Telephone communication in those
districts is interrupted owing to fierce
lightning. Subterranean rumblings
can be heard, and volcanic clouds are
seen from the city. The crater has
been smoking constantly since the
terrible eruption Of Oct. IS.
San Francisco, Nov. 27.-The vol.
cano Santa Maria was in violent erup.
ton when the Pacific mail steamer
City Of Panama, which arrived here
yesterday, left there nine days ago.
While the steamer lay at Champerico
the mountain far away was spouting
ashes, smoke and pumice stone the
fakes falling in showers all over the
country
The city of Quezaltenango is 10
Gated at the base of Santa Maria on
the eastern slope and no fears have
heretofore been entertained for the
towns safety. All the damage re-.
ported has been on the western side
reaching from the mountain to the
seashore, 30 miles away That the
damage has extended across the
mountain is evidence of the terrific
activity Of the volcano
Refugees are making their way to
the seaside, travelling to Ocas or
Champerico and from the ports pro.
ceeding south by steamer From the
officers of the City of Panama, it was
learned that some Of the planters are
of the opinion that the ashes may be
beneficial to the soil and that the
damage to the ranches may be only
temporary.
Absolute ruin stares many ranch.
ers in the face and the livelihood IF
thousands of natives for many months
to come has been shut off by the de-
stTuctive work of the volcano and
work of rehabilitating the farms will
probably be that of other hands than
the present owners, for so great has
been the damage that the majority of
planters may never recover from their
losses.
NJ. E. Otis, of New York, a passen-
ger on the City Of Panama, describes
the appearance Of the land and sea in
the neighborhood of the spouting
mountain.
"As far as the eye could reach from
Champerico," he said, there is moth
ing to be seen but ashes and pumice
stone. We sailed for miles through a
sea of ashes. From the sea to Santa
Maria the country looked like a boil
ing caldron. At times the discharge
would be carried up a short distance
into the air, and then it would spread
out like an umbrella and fall to the
earth, covering trees, bushes and
hills with a white shroud.
AT other times the discharge would
seem to leap high in the air as if
propelled by a shock that could Je
felt all the way to Champerico Earth
quakes were frequent and the people
felt that the country rested on a very
uncertain foundation.
The people in Champerico seem I'M
able to form any estimate of the
number of lives lost, but all agree
that the work of devastation as far rs
the coffee plantations are concerned,
is complete"