VOLCANIC OUTBURST.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 419, 19 May 1902, Page 2

VOLCANIC OUTBURST.

THE RELIEF FUNDS. By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, May 17. Out- of a sum of £l-1,1)00 already received, tlie Lord Mayor of London lias cabled the first remittance of ten thousand to St. Vincent.

The Queen subscribed five hundred pounds, accompanied by a letter expressing deep sympathy. The Lord Mayor of Liverpool -.has opened a list.

Jamaica has voted a thousand pounds for the St' Vincent and Martinique funds, and Seychelles two hundred pounds for the St. Vincent fund. The Bank of England has added five hundred pounds sterling to the Bank of France’s Martinique list. The latter Bank subscribed a thousand. A FRESH CRATER IN MOUNT PELEE. ANOTHER ERUPTION PRESAGED WORSHIPPERS ASPHYXIATED, By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. NEW YORK, May 16. A fresh crater lias opened at Mount Pelee, making the seventh. A large ridge lias risen on the Richmonl estate at St. Vincent, presaging another eruption. Worshippers at St. Pierre were asphyxiated. Their attitudes were undisturbed. Their books remained in their hands, while the guns were found in the hands of the sentries. MOUNT. PELEE’S FLASHES VISIBLE AT FORT DE FRANCE.

By telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. (Received May 18, 5.8, p.m.j. NEW YORK, May 17,

Fifty looters at St. Pierre, one in possession of ten thousand francs in gold, were sentenced eacli to live years imprisonment. Mount Pelee’s enormous flashes were visible at Fort de France last Thursday and the night following. Yesterday it was covered with thick clouds of glowing red, interspersed with flashes and showers of cinders.

There are now ample supplies of provisions and disinfectants.

Three thousand people are receiving relief at St. Vincent.

The eruption is decreasing.