Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
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with his mind made up to live there
until he has some of it's story. He pur-
poses to learn, If it may be learned,
whether the volcano is really subsd-
ing or has but temporarily ceased it's
activity. He hopes to find out wheth-
er ST. Pierre is a passably safe abiding
place-at least for adventurous spir-
its-or whether death is always
threatening.
His wife will be with him. His
studies will be hers. His perils will be
hers His honor, if he is successful in
reading the riddle of Pelee, will be
her honor as well.
Unless the mountain has an erup-
ton of great violence, scientists believe
that the danger to such an observer as
Prof. Hovey will be not great. The W
shaped cleft, from which came the
blast that destroyed st. Pierre, and
through which the red hot mud now
pours when the volcano boils over, as
it occasionally does, has so changed
that all the discharges, whether gases
or solids, are thrown to the north
west. Formerly they were thrown to
the southwest, in the direction of st.
Pierre.
Prof. Hovey and his wife will not be
alone in their watch. There are gov
ernment observatories at Assier, six
miles east of the crater, and at Morne
Fume, seven miles south, where the
volcano is watched and its activities
recorded. The purpose of these OBJ
servatories is not so much to gather
scientific data as to warn the people
of Martinique should the mountain
suddenly show signs of another erup-
ton of great violence.
On the hill directly back of the bur-
led city sugar cane is being raised. A
sugar mill has been built on the sea
less than a mile south Of st. Pierre.
The little village of Carbet, another
mile down the coast, which barely
escaped the fate Of st. Pierre, is grow
ing into q city and seems likely TO be-
come the metropolis of the north end
CT the island. And it is partly to as
sist in the protection of these thous-
ands Of people, partly to add to the
knowledge of the world and partly
because he is a true scientist and loves
his work, that Prof. Hovey is going to
Mont Pelee.
Prof. Hovey is continuing in way,
the work that was done on the islands
by Prof. Jaggar of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology.
Prof. Jaeger was one of small
party that made for the island at the
first news of the terrific eruptions
there. He tramped all over the place
and obtained much first-hand data.
On one or two occasions in his hunt
for new material he was on the brink
Of death, but he is today as keen a
pursuer of geological data as can be
found anywhere in the scientific world
One of the most thrilling stories in
the thrilling repertory Of the late Prof.
Shaler of Harvard was his tale OF
what he did on one occasion on Vesu-
vius. Hearing that the volcano had
become active again he dropped all
his other affairs and made for Italy.
Luck was with him, for there was
still much activity when he started to
climb the heights, and the crater was
pouring forth fire and smoke and Ia
va.
The mountain was shaking Violent
ly, and there was a splendid opportu-
nifty for the gathering Of details by any
body who cared to risk his life in the
interest of science. And Prof. Shaler
was famous all over the world as just
that sort of man.
While the convulsions of the noun
tain were coming at frequent intervals,
Prof. Shaler started his ascent He