VOLCANIC OUTBURST.
500 PEOPLE PERISH ON A BRITISH ISLAND.
VAPOR EIGHT MILES HIGH,
CONTINUOUS ROAR FOR TWO
DAYS
By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. NEW YORK, May 12. Ii is officially estimated that live hundred people perished at St. Vincent.
The damage is confined to the northern districts oi' the island. Mount Saniriere shot up columns of vapor eight miles high, and poured out six streams oi' lava, keeping up a continuous roar for two days.
The outburst was accompanied by a black rain of dust and scoria. Several districts are covered with the fiery matter, and dust to a depth of two feet.
The people, with all live stock, are flocking into the towns.’
TERRIFIC THUNDERS I’ORM AROUND MOUNT PCLEE.
LAVA STILL BEING EJECTE
ALMOST TOTAL DARKNESS CO.
TINUES,
HELP FOR SUFFERERS
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. NEW YORK, May 13, King Edward has sent a thousa;
pounds and the Kaiser ten thousand marks; to sufferers at Martinique. The American Admiralty is sending provisions by warships. Congress has voted two hundred thousand dollars. Large private subscriptions are also announced. A terrific thunderstorm is raging round Mount Pelee. The ejection of lava continues. Overflowing givers, caused by the;. 1 being blocked by debris, submerged much of the northern distn-is of Martinique.
Ne.v quarters are opening up in ma-iy directions.
A state of almost total darkness continues^
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 415, 14 May 1902, Page 2
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