| Show I r SOUFRIERE BREAKS OUT r I r Volcano Belches Up its Deadly f Dead-ly Contents r UPHEAVAL A TERRIFIC ONE Outbreak Was Accompanied by an Incessant and Confused Cannonading f Cannonad-ing Tbero Were Incandescent Clouds and Sparkling Matter Was f Ejected Eruption Continued From 10 Oclock at Night Until 4 Oclock I in 1IorningSnnd Fell Heavily for an Hour S I Kingstown Oct 16A terrific eruption erup-tion of the Soufrlerc volcano commenced com-menced last night During the preceding preced-ing day Tuesday earth tremors apparently ap-parently too slight to be considered Important Im-portant were experienced in the central i cen-tral and northern parts or the Island I At S oclock last night there were Indications I In-dications of an eruotlon Humbling noises were heard which Increased I i when the roarlnir volcano belched 011 tIts I t-Its deadly contents This eruption was followed by a brief lull LASTED SIX HOURS a Then from 10 oclock p in until 4 oclock this morning the upheaval continued con-tinued The outbreak was accompanied L1 accom-panied by an Incessant and confused cannonading There were Incandescent c clouds and siKirkllnpr matter was ejected eject-ed After l oclock the disturbance gradually decreased but the noise of the boiling cauldron is still audible In tho distance I BOTH CRATERS ACTIVE Both craters of the Soufrlerc were 5parently active They have been I steaming all day long Sand fell heavily heav-ily everywhere from halfpast 1 until halfpast 2 this morning AL southern south-ern points the Band Is half an Inch S deep tho depth gradually Increasing toward the volcanic cone where there L were showers of large stones pebbles and cinders DARKNESS AT BRIDGETOWN Kingstown and other southern points of the Island have not been damaged Reports from the Windward district arc awaited This eruption caused darkness at Bridgetown Island of Barbados Bar-bados at 10 oclock this morning There Tvas a fall of volcanic dust I The sand ejected during this eruption has a stronger sulphuric odor than any previously thrown out and one superficial I super-ficial square foot of It weighed exact I ly one pound |
