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AN A PPALLTwT SPECTACLE. A EAIN OF F[RE, volcanic Acrmry spbeading. (Received U*y 23. 9.16 a.m.) Meant SS In° R T^i d a and neighboavbood, The ft «a Khl yolcaaio ctoads at Port de France till they resembled molten metal, Appalling and sublime sight* were beheld. Stpneg and ashes fell on the town, and a tidal wave entered the bay and broke a ahips moorings. The people fled to the hills and others later on took refuge on the warships, The sea has invaded and partly destroyed Lo Carbet. A cyclone of .fire aim riTtaneoqely descended on Le Ca-befc. Two hundred and forty"people rere con* reyed from here and the adjacent villa ires to Fort de France. : " Fire a>d smoke hare appeared on a peak on the fslet of Diamond Bock south west pf Martinique. . tw»wu wSSZTSJEZ "'"»»• *«»te« it' French papers rtepatf rnmWiniM in *fc>a wfcinot crater of So^fch S(? % *
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 121, 23 May 1902, Page 2
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