Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-27 | Page 4 | Clouds Cover St. Vincent Section

CLOUDS COVER ST VINCENT steam rising from while rain is falling kingston st vincent may 20 monday on saturday jhc thc denesc clouds forming a canopy over tho greater part of the island lowera lower 1 and a se vere thunder storm accompanied by a heavy rain fall broke over st vincent and continued until today causing the mud streams in the windward district of georgetown to be flooded the water pipes were damaged several houses were washed away and two lived acro the rain fall was so heavy that it disturbed tho bodies of the buried victims of tho volcano and corpses with putrid flesh hanging to the bones were exposed to view during the rain storm the volcano appeared to give forth dense clouds of vapor and steam rising to a considerable height and spreading over the neighborhood bearing sounds from the mountain also caused apprehension of another eruption severe lightning lasted all night saturday and sunday eight inches of rain fell at kingston between saturday and monday the heaviest downfall since the hurricane