Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-17
LUCIA.
Since midnight Tuesday the subtle,


ranean detonations here have ceased
and the Soufriere on Wednesday re
lapsed apparently into perfect repose
no smoke rising from the crater ant
the assures emitting no vapor The
stunted vegetation that formerly adorn
ed the slopes of the mountain has dis
appeared, having given place to gray
colored lava, which greets the eve OF
every side. The atmosphere is dry
but somewhat agitated. Rain would
be welcome, as there is great deal of
dust in the air, which is very dsa gree.
able and irritating to throat and eyes
and is causing the merchants to put all
their dry goods under cover
Victims Suffering Tortures.
The arrival here of the first detach-
ment OF the ambulance corps, which
brought sufferers from GEORGETOWN.
caused quite Il sensation. This batch
consisted of hundred persons whose
charred bodies exhaled fetid odors and
whose loathsome faces made even the
hospital attendants shudder. All these
burned persons were suffering fearful
ly from thirst and uttering, when
strong enough to do so, agonizing cries
for water. 1t is doubtful whether one
OF the whole party will recover. The
death rate among the people in the
hospitals is still very high in spite of
the best medical efforts made in their
behalf.
All the neighboring British colonies
are evincing sth- with the sui.
ferers here, and subscription lists have
been started. and food and clothing are
being forwarded to st. Vincent from
all the British islands. While the en-
tire community is thankful for this
help and sympathy from British
sources, on all sides are heard grateful
appreciation of the prompt aid fur
nished by the United States in sending
the Potomac here with provisions and
other things for the destitute people of
st. Vincent.
The report that the volcanic lake
which occupied the top of the noun
tain had disappeared appears to be
confirmed. A sea Of lava, emitting sui
phurOus fumes, now apparently occu-
pies it's place, and several new craters
have been formed The last time the
volcano showed activity, Tuesday last,
the craters, old and new, and numer-
Gus assures in the mountain sides dis
charged hot vapor, deep subtsrranean
murm urings were heard, the ground
trembled at times, from the center of
the volcano huge volumes Of steam rose
like gigantic pine trees toward the sky,
and a dense. zimmerman smoke, min
Cling with the steam, issued from a
new and active crater, forming an i'm
mense pail over the northern hills, low
ering into the valleys and then raising
and spreading until 1t enveloped the
whole island in a peculiar gray mist.
Simultaneous action upon the part of
the volcanoes of Martinique and Do
minica and elsewhere seems to denote
a volcanic connection between these
islands and appears to verify the as
sumption of the volcanic origin of the
mountain chains running parallel with
the Soufriere in the Windward dis
tricts.
AS this dispatch il sent it is excess
lively hot here, and the northern hills
retain their foggy appearance.
situation at st. Pierre.
Advices received here from Fort de
France say that looting and robbery
are on the increase at st. Pierre and
elsewhere and that the authorities can
not cope with the conditions, especially
as local political quarrels at st. Pierre
are interfering with practical harmoni
GUS action. There are 5000 refugees al
Fort de France, and rioting is feared
there.
Gustave Lauder. a Swedish sailor
who belonged to the British ship Ro-
rama, lost during the disaster at st.
Pierre, is dead in the Military hospital
at Fort-de- France. Other sufferers
from the outbreak who are in the same
hospital may die, but most Of them are
apparently improving.
Business at Fort de France has been
The bank there will not re-
money is scarce.
The French cruiser Suchet will sail
from here with the principal local au-
thorities. who will be landed at st.
Pierre and proceed to the northern part
of the island in the direction of Basst
Pointe and thoroughly investigate the
1t is feared that pillage IL
there. Fifty robbers, arrested
at st. Pierre. have been sentenced 10
five years imprisonment.
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