ERUPTIONS AT MARTINIQUE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 124, 27 May 1902, Page 3

ERUPTIONS AT MARTINIQUE.

A TERRIBLE IMPRISONMENT. ! HONT PELEE STILL IN ERUPTION. FIB PRESS ASSOCIATION. New York, May 25. The lava streams imprism many women and children at the Grind Riviere. They are seen to be pleiding for deliverance, but the i ordering of aid is impo-sibl", and it is almost certain that th*y mu't die of starvation or be overwhelmed by lava. A gnat glimmer of light was »e -n in the direction of Martinique on Thursday night, accompanied by gup-'ike explosions. A fiteami r fifty miles away was covw d with a-hes. It is believed a new enter has been firireJ, Mont Pe'ee, with a cinder cone 100 feet high, is ejecticg steam, mud, gases and ashts. ! Received 26,10.24 p.m. j New York, May 26. The torrent of MoDt Pelee'n l*va on Saturday destroyed the remainder of Basse Pointe. j SUFFERINGS OF REFUGEES. | A DONATION FROM THE CZAR. j Received 27 0.29 a.m. j NEW York, M«V 26. A fissure a 'h"usand yards long splits Mont Pe'ie from peak to bass. Three days af er f-'t. Pierie wss overwhelme d a family of five persons was discovered alive in the ruins of a house. They were horribly burnt, and have since died. It is ftared that ma: y others taking refuge in houses were buried beneith the ashe?, nud might escaped if earlier help had been available. St. Petersburg, Mny 26. The Csar h»e given £ 10,000 to the Martinique fund.