Show TIDAL WAVE LOOKED FOR AT FORT DE FRANCE will overwhelm i the city and completely obliterate it scientists return from their investigations of volcanoes new york june 7 capt birry B irry of the cruiser dixie jut from bearing 0 o the volcano victims in ahe west indies aid ic garding conditions in tho ik lands conditions are bad on martinique as on st vincent because on martinique the people arc fairly well supplied mith everything and thera ig no danger in future eruptions only a mall area of twelve miles has been devastated but on st vincent the destruction extends over a third of the island plantations orchards and everything have been ruined and the means of subsistence has been taken away from the and thousands thou sandi have been left in need of some kind of support of the scientific results ot the didies expedition prof I 1 C burbell of the university of michigan eaid the overheated rock against the water neat the base of the amov lain caused superheated super heated and mountain open djs professor hill the outbreak for the government oaid fiill bo required or the final scientific decisions we hae biad an eminently satisfactory trip the rocks and volcanic matter chic li we have collected auit be cut into i eions and analyzed before ve can give extended opinions for publication prof kiili advocates anc establishment of scientific observations in the caribbean district for the detection of the imminence of volcanic eruptions so that human life maybe may be saved 11 ec ien institution easily and economically founded and maintained 1 I think belee pelee will smoke and remain active for months said prof russell it probably will be a cae of vesuvius again I 1 hardly think belee pelee will and blow up in one gigantic explosion I 1 believe it will quiet down gradually anh die away A new lake will form in the crater tropical verdure will grow where there is now nothing but gray ash the people will build new milagos and tawni at it foot and again hold their holiday picnics on ita fide and belec will remain quiet for probably fifty or sixty years there should be at least ft in every volcano an instrument which records the tren iori of the earth git was operated by the chinese can turice ago the instrument will give the populace ample warning the eis nio graph ab vesuvius for ilac ye arsha done satisfactory and valuable work absolutely no occasion for such tremendous lofs of life as occurred at st pierrc 1 I do not think fort de france is in much danger from the volcano bill I 1 do tiling she it in danger from a tidal wave in volcanic tidal are of frequent occurrence they are caused by a sudden upheaval of the sea in case of such upheaval fort de france would surely be wiped out A a safety position from tidal waves 11 well situated as it is built on a high ridge it is about the only town in the volcanic district so situated |