VOLCANIC OUTBURST.
WOMEN PLEADING FOP. DELIVERANCE. AID CANNOT BE RENDERED. GREAT GLIMMER OF LIGHT.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Now York, May 25. Lava streams imprison many women and children at Grand Riviera. They are seen to be pleading for deliverance, but the rendering of aid is impossible. Starvation or overwhelming lava aro almost certain to kill them. A great glimmer of light was seen in the direction of Martinique on Thursday night, accompanied by a gun-like explosion. A steamer fifty miles away was covered with ashes. It is believed that a new crater has formed on Mount I’elee, with a cinder cone one hundred feet high, ejecting steam, mud, gases, and ashes. SLOW TORTURE.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright New York, May 26. A fissure, a thousand yards long, splits Mount Peleo’s peak to the base. Three days after St. Pierro was overwhelmed, a family of fivo was discovered alive in tho ruins of a house. They were horribly burnt, and have since died. It is feared that many othors taking refuge in houses buried beneath the ashes might have escaped if earlier help had been available. DESTRUCTIVE LAYA.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Now York, May 26. The torrent of Mount Pelee’s lava on Saturday destroyed the remainder of Basspoiute.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 426, 27 May 1902, Page 2
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