| Show SCOURGED WITH FIRE Marlimque a Ruined Island ns All Confidence Is Lost Fort de Franco Island of Martinique Mar-tinique Wednesday May 21I 1 p m Streams of frightened refugees have been pouring into Fort dc France from ail the surrounding country I These people are not destitute but they are terrllloil They want only one thing and that Is to i be taken away from this Island with which they say the gods are angry antI which they vlli destroy by fire before It sinks under the sea The Consult here and tho officers of the war vessels in the harbor tiro waylaid way-laid by persons craxed with fear and begging to be carried away OUTBURST AT ST PIERPU3 The United States steamer Potomac went to inspect Si Pierrj viti the commanders of the war vessels now isre With time greatest dlillcuUy the prrty nuccce tc in I irikn a t Inmlltg I jhe effects of the oulhiurt of yeller day was tremendous Tho hlije on = Mtc tovcrs of the cathedra1 were hurled lint to the earth Tho bombardment of volcanic stones Ii not suluulunt TO account for this and Hl evidence points to I tho pajngo of niurlous blast of blazing1 gas travMms nt mormons speed and with incalulablo for The deposit of boulders a hcs and 1 angular stones Is unurmouM Not a human being be-ing saw whar happened at St Pierre yesterday morning Fort de France is ovorhclmsd x VOLCANIC ACTIVITY CEASES This fccond eruption was many times more violent than that I which effaced ef-faced St Pierre and owept its people from the t earth Nor has all volcanic activity ceased Vast columns of smoke and gas still pour from the groat crater and new fissures have opened on the mountain rJtitK and are vomiting yellow whirlwinds which rush inllrml tent ly now from one point anti now from another Kolliiu mud also Is thrown out at times In l torrents that reach the t sea and pro duce small tidal waves AMPHITHEATER OF FIRE From a sombre si II lout Wty 1 of death and desolation St Pierre has become a hideous amphitheater of fiery roarIng roar-Ing destruction The people arc convinced con-vinced that God Is angry with the Isalnds and means to scourge It with fire and then rink it In the ocean Utter Ut-ter and unreasoning fear possesses all fouls Even Fort do Franco la believed be-lieved to be unsafe The presence or the relief nhipH however Is helpful to tim people who say The American flag makes safety RUINED ISLAND The scientists who have arrived will examine into the question of the danger dan-ger of the peaks of Carbot near Fort de France becoming active volcanoes I The outburst of ycstorday probably I means u ruined island as all confidence confi-dence ia lost We want not food but only to leave In the cry of rich and poor |
