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Show IN AN ELECTRIC CLOUD f I Ill Appalling Phenomenon Wit- Wt'lH nesscd at Kingston. k ! r M PEOPLE TERROR-STRICKEN '' H Balls of 1 Ire Ascended I'rom tho ;$ ' ' Llflj Crater of the Soufriere Volcano and j jilB Burst Into Metcor-Idko Showers . M W Cimmerian Darkness wns Constant- 'J rffjB ly Illumined by Torked Lightning 'iwfttiiiil ream of n Tidal Wnvo Increased 1 TwH Agitation of Inhabitants Scent a 'IffH Most Terrible One. .kHl J It Klngsitin. St lnrent. topi An '. tfjl npinlllng phinnmcnon wna witnessed j jfrJH last nlghi it lastetl from 9pm till B 1 ' liflD 0 clock this morning A dreadful erup- ' H Hon of the Soufriere volcano enveloped i. m the whole Island III nn ilecttlo cloud uM and smoke At II orloik this morn fTl Ing the nliuosphere Is still unsettled, J ut the eruption la at pnrently auliBld- ( til log I hi sun Is obscured nnd oppres- litjH slvi heat picvjlla The ai a Is slightly l!l agitate I (mt .So a in, has fallen litre The north . ( ern cetifcta ore dieetted Onl) n small H eiuintll) of mud and stone fell nt i lijlB 1 1 hateuu llilall An ndjaient estate. 1 lliahugliia surfercil iienllv, nil cul , ) flvnllon In lug ilestio)ed The parish ( (W Is bring evacuated Iherc was no Ipsa 1 (M of life lleiugetown Is nlso safe 5,n . one vcnliiri-il wltlilti the lire tone, tlw , j ( S infill re being still In eruption (111 Drriiiiin nov is coMi'i.irrn ! ll Tho ihstriictloii of Ihe Cirlh country V luB Is presumnbly mmptete The eruptlnu IhljlH )esteidn) wns longer In duration nnd , 'tfiH more violent than even the first dlro I iH oiittiursl of May 7th With n taunting ( . ' !H recollecllou of the fale of St Pierre. j MolnlkB Martinique nnd the late disaster here. , f iB the people eoiiverged on Kingston nnd 4, 'Jl'llHH 1 in lo mid fin, seeking Iho safest shel- MUtfiiMl tus frnm the cloclrlo clnud sprendlnt: liHHKTeH over the hills toward Ihe town, vvhllo 'It'ilSrlB slmeks nf eiirthiiunke though not se- 'tj IH!1 WH vcre, Incrensod the pnnlc. 'tJ'jf am an wuur. sci:Nn 'i M Jffl At i o'clnik In the morning loud, ,' M ll rnpll .illusions were mingled with n jl lii Jji ciintliiiiiiiiB terrible roar, clninierlnu llHTyiH dirkneio. rh Hired lutn n conslnntly ii "JtL.HM glimmering ilrmnmeni, llliiinlne.l by ri JSP ,9V forkl llghiulng balls of lln ns, ending ill VSI fiom Ihe crater nnd bursting Into me- mM 11 tror like rhoniis Such nu awe In- uttiL iIM Kphlng aicne the wiliest lllglitaof fin- "iffitll Sfl c) icull not have Ircngliied This last- 3'rtJ 'JB id until 1 01 link lu thn morning. IV 3 B n:11u.i) a iiDAi. wavi: ,1 N The rumor tint it II lal wave wns ix- EjH peeled e ause I Increase I agitation, nnl Wi 'f , if! billielieils of icnrlo lie I to the hill A ,11-11 Superhi itnl i loiuls rose to nn Immenso B H H height nml nil n clouds belnw sent down iSi'tr, aim showers Xm vHI At el n m silver clouts were Issuing it pi ( ftoiii the rrnter, nml throughout tho IBM ImU dav Ihe) moved situs I v nnrthwnrd Thn ',!'S''B hint wiih nl. nm mill, mil there wero re- '--UK m newed liidlinllons of n further nut- 'iBuS ' brenk of the volinno iQietuSllB Last nlkht there were iinmlslnknblo 'IlIlJ" ?H signs nf Mont Pi he being In eruption (lf!c '! t.liiiultnneously with tin- Smifrleri. fiilf. 'ifl |