ERUPTIONS AT MARTINIQUE.
AWFUL EFFECT OF THE OATACLYSMS. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. New YoRK h May 23. The inhabitants of the Grand Riviere are s ill isolated, and it is impossible to aid them. Mont Pelee is vomiting forth ytllow rushing whirlwinds of smoke and g«s. The pulverization of -he ' asalt towers of the cathedr lat S . Piei-rH and the overthrown houses indicate that a blast of blizing g is of incalculable force accompanied tbe eruptions. Chancels, an officii!, ascended Mont Pe'ea to a heigh* of 1233 metres 00 Friday, and found a eraser 100 metres in diameter. Che peak of Morne la Cioix was undermined, and the wnole Hsp ct was terrifying. Although Foit de Fra ce is not threatened now, the pu.io continues. A. number of people be. insane and threw themselves iuto the sea, dreading fresh cataclysms. Received 25, 5.Up m. London, May 24. j Six thousand p op'e have quitted V'art caique, and thousands have gone to the extreme south cf th=> Island.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 123, 26 May 1902, Page 3
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166ERUPTIONS AT MARTINIQUE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 123, 26 May 1902, Page 3
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