| Show IAN ELECTRIC CLOUD Appalling Phenomenon Witnessed Wit-nessed at Kingston PEOPLE TERRORSTRICKEN Balls of Fire Ascended From tho Crater of time Soufricrc Volcano and Burst Into MeteorLike Showers Cimmerian Darkness was Constantly Constant-ly Illumined by Forked Lightning Fears of 1 Tidal Wave Increased Agitation of Inhabitants Scent a Most Terrible One Kingston St Vincent Sept GAn appalling phenomenon waa witnessed last night It Lusted from 9 h p I in till 5 oclock this morning A dreadful eruption erup-tion of the SOil rlcre volcano enveloped the whole Island In an electric cloud and smoke At 11 oclock this morn 1ig thu atmosphere la I still unsettled but the eruption Jo apparently subpld mig The nun IK obscured and oppressive oppres-sive hunt prevails The Jell is I slightly agitated No sand has fallen here The northern north-ern centers arc deserted Only a small quantity of wand and stone fell at Chateau Belalr An adjacent estate FKrlnighra suffered greatly all cultivation cul-tivation being destroyed The parish Is being evacuated There was no IQPS l of life Georgetown Is also safe Ko one ventured within the lire zone the Soufricrc being still In eruption DESTRUCTION IS COMPLETE The destructIon of time Carib country I s prcsuninbly complete The eruption I yesterday wag longer In duration and more vfoteni than even the first dire outburst of May 7th With a taunting recollection of the fate of St Pierre Martinique and the late disaster l here the people conversed on Kingston and ran to and fro seeking the safest shelters shel-ters from the electric cloud spreading over the hills toward the town while shocks of earthquake hough not severe se-vere Increased the panic AX AWFUL SCENE At 2 oclock In the morning loud rapid explosions wen mingled with a Continuous terrible roar Cimmerian darkness < changed Into a constantly glimmering II 1 Imminent Illumined by forked lightning balls of fire ascending from the crater and bursting 1 into me teorlike Hhowcrs Such an aweIn spiring scene the lIdos flights of fancy fan-cy could not have Ihiaglned This la led l-ed until 3 clock In the morning FEARED A TIDAL WAVE The rumor that a tidal wave was expected ex-pected caused Increased agitation and hundreds of people nod to the hills Superheated clouds rose to an Immense height and rain clouds below sent down showers At C a m silver clouds were Issuing from the crater and throughout the day they moved slowly northward The heat was abnormal and there were re hewed Indications of a further out break of the volcano Last night there were unmistakable signs of Mont Pelee being in eruption simultaneously with the Soufriurc |
