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issue of Les Colonies 

 (the last save one 

 of this St. Pierre 

 journal) , under the 

 headings " La 

 catastrophe de 

 rUsine Guerin," 

 the "flow" is des- 

 cribed as " le de- 

 bordement de 

 lave." About noon 

 on May 6 — the 

 daybefore the me- 

 morable eruption 

 — the inhabitants 

 of St. Vincent, on 

 both leeward and 

 windward sides of 

 the volcanic cone, 

 saw the paths of 

 the principal rivers 

 flooded with 

 "m ountains of 

 steaming waters." 

 On June 24 I saw 

 from its banks the 

 catastrophic rush 

 of earth, and bowl- 

 ders, and water 

 which pi owe d 

 through the chan- 

 nel of the Seche 

 river. This flow 

 took place during 

 one of the heavi- 

 est of the minor 

 eruptions of Mount 

 Pelee, which, how- 

 ever, had been 

 preceded by four 



Fig. 2. — The Terre Fendue ; or outlet to Pelce crater 

 (eruption cloud obscures inner fragmental cone). Taken 

 from the highest spurr of the "St. Pierre " ridge, which 

 trends across the head of the Blanche river, by C. C. Curtis 

 on June 26, 1 902. 



