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Show BT. LUCIA NOT DISTURBED. Remarkable Fact In Connection With Martinique Disaster. Perhaps tho most extraordinary phenomenon which presents ItBclf In connection with tho volcanic eruptions at Martinique and St. Vincent Is that St. Lucia, lying between tho two Islands, and only nbout forty miles distant from the scat of seismic disturbance dis-turbance on either side, has never experienced tho slightest tremor, nor havo any but the faintest Bounds been heard by a few persons; and only once, for a few hours, has tho fall of ashes caused darkness to the extent ex-tent of Inconvenience This ls all tho more remarkable in that from St. Kitt's, southward to Trinidad, havo distinct earth rumblings been experienced experi-enced and loud detonations heard. Yet the electrical phenomena, especially especi-ally when Mont Pclce has been active, can be distinctly seen from here. |