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DKS. T. ANDERSON AND J. S. FLETT ON THE ERUPTIONS OF THE 
fields or in open pens, and not one survived. It does not appear, liovever, that 
before the great outburst, which took place at 2 o’clock, they had shown any ijeculiar 
restlessness as if they were aware of tlie impending doom. At Windsor Forest the 
cattle had that forenoon been in a state of trej)idation, and had fled to the shore, 
where they ran up and down, bellowing loudly. Probably this was because earth 
tremors and subterranean noises were more common and more pronounced there than 
in the Carib Country. At Wallibu, about 12 o’clock, there was a loud sharp noise 
accompanying an outburst of steam, and the earth shook. The house-dog ran out into 
the open air howling with terror. On the windward estates, however, it seems that 
the dogs remained at the liouses and hid themselves, but did not run away or 
endeavour to escape. 
Over the northern shore of the island the dark cloud descended also, but there its 
velocity was less, and tlie devastation it jjroduced much less considerable than in the 
valleys on the south of the mountain. 
The Fancy estate lies almost due north of the crater, and about 3 miles distant 
from it. It is actually nearer the focus of eruption than either Wallibu or Lot 14, 
tliough those two have suffered much greater damage. Mr. Cubbin, wdio was the 
local teacher, has supplied us with some interesting notes regarding the events of 
tliat afternoon. About 2 o’clock there was a fall of stones, which increased in 
severity till the manager, Mr. Beach, considered it desirable to collect all the people 
on the estate in a laru'e iron-roofed main buildinm Dark clouds were then seen 
pouring out over the sea on each side, and soon they broadened till oidy a narrow 
passage w^as visible between them to the north. “The mass of falling deljris seemed 
to be closing in upon us, and in a short time it fell, enveloping the b\nlding and 
almost suflocatinv’ the inmates ; durino' this time there was almost total darkness. 
In a few minutes there was a glimering light, as at dusk. The houses in the village, 
or most of them, were now observed to have been demolished; this was caused by 
the falling debris and by lightning, and most of the people who i-emained in the 
village were either dead or fearfully burnt. Many of them died by next morning.” 
The estates building was of stone with galvanised iron roof The windows were all 
closed, but tbe door was open at the time the cloud descended, and was shut by 
the force of the blast. All who were in the building were saved, but about forty 
were killed in the village. Those who escaped wei'e badly burnt, mostly on the 
hands, the feet, and the face, but others also on the parts protected by clothes, though 
their clothing was not scoiched or ignited. The dust in the cloud was not red-hot, 
and consequently did not set anything on fire, the burns being apjiarently due to 
steam and other gases. 
Much of the damage done on the Fancy estate was apparently due to lightning. 
Next moi'iiing, the shingles from the roofs of the houses, and the galvanised roof of a 
store, were found dislodged and carried some distance away. The cloud came with a 
blast, but no one believed that this was sufficient to produce these eflects. Moreover, the 
