Identifier: nationalgeograp131902nati (find matches)
Title: The National geographic magazine
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: Washington : National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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cannot here bepresented, but it indicates that the blastwhich wrought the havoc referred topassed over the city with full hurricaneforce. EXPLORATIONS IN ST VINCENT Space will not permit me to detain thereader longer with this preliminary ac-count of the travels of the commissionof the National Geographic Society.On leaving St Pierre at the close of oursecond days visit, we returned to Fortde France, and the following day theDixie sailed for St Vincent. ProfessorHill remained at Martinique, whileCommander Borchgrevink and I wentsouthward to study the eruption of LaSoufriere. On St. Vincent the loss of life from thesecond volcanic explosions was far lessthan on Martinique. As has been re-ported by the Governor of the island, thenumber killed was about 1,600. Manymore were injured, however, than duringthe eruptions of Mont Pelee. The re-gion about La Soufriere was less denselypopulated than the northern shores ofMartinique ; there was no city compar-able to St Pierre in proximity to the
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Volcanic Disturbances in West Indies 275 volcano; but what is significant is thatthe people of St Vincent heeded thewarnings given by their troubled moun-tain and many lives were saved whichotherwise no doubt would have beenlost. The destruction on St Vincent wasdue to dust, lapilli, and stones, whichfell on the land while yet hot; but ahurricane blast of steam charged withburning dust did not sweep down fromLa Soufriere as it did from Mont Pelee.The area on which the dust and stonesfell while yet sufficiently hot to destroythe vegetation was about twice as greatas 011 Martinique, and extends in a beltsome six miles wide across the northernend of the island, leaving, however, anarrow strip of verdure on the extremenortheast coast, as is shown on an ac-companying map. The Dixie reached Georgetown, thecapital of St Vincent, on the morningof May 23, and later the same day,through the courtesy of Mr F.W. Grif-fith, who had immediate charge of thedistribution of the relief stores for theco

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