Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-05
STORY OF DISASTER
Latest Reports of Volcano Erup-
tion in Martinique.
Mont PeIee Is still on tho Rampage
and Causing DestructiOn-New
FIssures Have Opened on
the Side of the
Mountain. IA

Washington, May 27.-The navy de-
partment has added one more and
perhaps the last to the good offices
which it has been called upon to per-
form in behalf of the West Indian
volcanic sufferers, by undertaking to
transport to the homeless people of
ST. Vincent a large quantity of build
ing lumber which the Canadian gov
ernment has donated.
Fort de France, Martinique, May
2S.-Mont Pelee is again in eruption.
Huge. inky-black clouds are rolling
over Fort de France in great masses,
in which there are peculiar lightning
flashes.
Castries, ST. Lucia, b. w. J., May
| 2s.-Flames were seen on the island
of Martinique at frequent intervals
Monday night.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 28.-The
planters here are warmly supporting
the proposal to bring hundreds of the
sufferers from the volcano outbreak
on the island of St. Vincent to work
on estates here and also to settle
them on the crown lands. The gov
ernment of Jamaica is being asked
to transport people from st. Vincent
to Jamaica.
Fort de France, Martinique, May
ga tremendous explosion of very
black smoke from Mont Pelee at a
quarter before 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning accentuated the fear enter
tanned for the safety of George Ken
ha At,,nriran author xvhn wi IN
land party has been examining the
northern part of the island.
About II o'clock Fernand Cleo, a
wealthy landed proprietor of Martin
ique, arrived here and announced
that Mr.. Kennan and his party were
safe on plantation at the north end
of the island.
Prof. Robert 7. Hill, United States
government geologist, and his party,
who left Fort, de France Monday on
horseback, for the volcano, returned
here yesterday.
Prof. Hill recites an interesting
story of his examination of the dis
trict through which he passed. He
left Fort de France on Monday. He
was accompanied by Mr.. Cavanaugh,
an army officer from the British ISL
and of Trinidad, and a boy named
Joe, who was to act as interpreter.
The party set out on horseback and
took the north road for Morne
Rouge. Between the hamlets Of
Deux Choux and Fonds ST. Denis the
party entered upon the outer edge Of
the zone of ashes. Except for occa-
sional patches all the country to this
point was green.
Upon reaching the Raibaud planta-
ton, one mile southwest of st.
Pierre, the explorers met the clear
line of demarcation of the zone of
flame and destruction. although not
Of annihilatiOn. Monday night was
spent in a deserted house at Fonds
st. Denis, from which Prof. Hill wit
messed the volcanic eruption of that
night.
Early the next morning Prof. Hill
pushed on to Mont Parnasse, where
several people were killed in the erup-
tion of May 5. He encountered no
human beings, but he did meet num-
Der of abandoned cattle, which tried
to follow him.
speaking OF ms eNpeultlOn TO Mont
Pelee, Prof. Hill said
My attempt to examine the era
ter of Mont Pelee has been futile. 1
succeeded, however, in getting very
close to Morne Rouge. Monday night
| witnessed, from a point near the
ruins of st. Pierre, frightful explo-
sion from Mont Pelee and noted the
| accompanying phenomena. While
these eruptions continue no sane
man should attempt to ascend to the
crater of the volcano. Following the
salyos of detOnations from the noun
tain, gigantic mushroom-shape
columns of smoke and cinders ascend
ed into the clear, starlit sky, and
then spread, in a vast black sheet, to
the south directly over my head.
Through this sheet, which extend
ed "a distance Of ten miles from the
crater. vivid and awful lightning-lilie
bolts flashed with alarming frequen-
cy. They followed distinct paths of
ignition, but were different from
lightning in that the bolts were hor-
zontal and not perpendicular. This
is indisputable evidence of the ex-
plosive oxidation of the gases after
they left the crater"