KINGSTOWN COVERED WITH ASHES.
It was seen then that the volcano was in constant eruption, and there was a tremendous roar. Forked lightning played incessantly over the disturbed section. The flashes averaged from sixty to one hundred a minute.
Kingstown, which is twelve miles from the volcano, was covered with three inches of ashes and showers of stones on Thursday. The bed of the old volcano was then a lake three miles across.
ERUPTION STARTED ON MONDAY.
The eruption was first observed on Monday. Huge flames of water shot up, and the people in that district fled. There has been a continuous roar ever since.
The northern district, from Chateau Belair to Georgetown, has been completely destroyed. It is impossible to proceed beyond that point, on account of the rivers of lava. A huge hill was observed where previously there had been a valley. The whole of that part of the island is smoking.
SIXTY KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Sixty persons are reported to have been killed by lightning while getting away.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the island was showered with ashes. Near Belair the ashes were three feet deep.
On Thursday there was a continuous shower of hot sand and water. Everything on the island was ruined by the ashes.
SOME PERSONS DYING OF THIRST.
Many persons were brought in boats from Kingstown. Some of the refugees who arrived on the coast were dying of thirst.