ARRIVAL OF THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

Thames Star, Issue 10450, 23 September 1902, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

THE ACCIDENT TO PRESIDENT

ROOSEVELT.

GREAT! iNERiVE SHOWN BY THE

PRESIDENT.

THE VOLCANIC OUTBREAK IN

MARTINIQUE.

THE ISLAND TO BE EVACUATED

GALES IN, THE UNITED KINGDOM

(Per Press Association.)

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 4

Great excitement was caused yesterday by the news of an accident to President Roosevelt, who narrowly escaped death.

Tlile awe-stricken crowd which witnessed "the 1 collision) of the motor and drag rushed to the spot where the President, the Governor, and others were lying mi a heap, expecting to findi themi all' dead, as the horse® were killed and the carriage wrecked. The. President was found to be coot an 3 confident as usual, though solicitous for thosei who were seriously hurt.

It is •state*! the agent Craig was thrown under the 1 car and killed while attempting to 1 keep the car back amd to shield the President, who was much affected f>j the 1 tragic death, of a, friend.

The island of Martinique has been overwhelmed by a second severe eruption from 1 Mt. Pelee. The volcano lilas been! more or less active almost all the time since the great disaster, but just before August 30th was quiescent! for a, time. The morning of that day .'occujfr'erfi ai dijslnHer! whieih riflnjetdj Mornerouge, spared when St. Pierre was destroyed. Ajoupa Bouillon! was also destroyed!, and in* these two towns thousands of persons were killed and fifteen! Hundred wounded.

The Governor oF Martinique hastened to make arr'an*ye|rn exits for the evacunitiow of the Island and the removal of f hie wounded.

A despatch frcan Caracas, Venezuela, states that the earthquake shock was felt there on the morning of August 30th., and was accompanied by a noiise which was hea,rd along the whole shore of the Carebbeanl Sea..

Troubles continue in Central and South American States, where a, revolution i» in progress.

It, is reported in Waslilinjrton that Columbia will formally demand of Nicaragua* a,m explanation' as to latter country's' alleged participation in the revolution' against ths Columbian. Government, and will back up the demand with the most formidable land a,ud naval forces, she can muster ns soon, a.s thei* present rebel activity on the isthmus is; crushed.

The. strike in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, and in West Virginia, is unbroken, and .the conditiorsi are- critical and the* distress is appalling 1. More thaw one. hvjjjdredi and- eighty five thousand men have been idle for four months, and wlieni it is remembered each imuni represents a family the, number of persons involved can be under/stood.

Despatches 3ated London, September 3rd, stlate that violent, ga'es- have swept over the west coast ofEn,gland. At Blackpool the steamship services are suspended, and houses have been badly damaged «t Rilityl. Thsl gale was severely felt at Belfast., Ireland, where torrential rains 'flooded the streets. Business there is at a standstill. The Great Northern railroad stations and the Opern House are flooded. In Devonshire considerable damage was done to the crops by the furious gale. All the tents of .the artillery camp at Okehampton were blown, away. The streets of Lisburn, County Antrim,

Ireland, ar& several fe?t under water, and household goods are floating about and the peo" 1c are 1 being removed from their hhiifies in on.rts and boats.