True story of the Martinique and StVincent calamities ..including an account of the destruction of Pompei and Herculaneum and accounts of all the most noted volcanic eruptions . P H O w < 8 5°. DC<LU h- z Ih- DCO DCUJ h- MONT PELEE GAVE TIMELY WARNING. 225 which had long confronted them brought death to many thou-sands of human beings. Even before Mont Pelee began to rumble, late in April, livestock became uneasy, and at times were almost lowed in the night. Dogs howled and sought the companyof their masters, and when driven forth they gave every evidenceof fear. Wi
True story of the Martinique and StVincent calamities ..including an account of the destruction of Pompei and Herculaneum and accounts of all the most noted volcanic eruptions . P H O w < 8 5°. DC<LU h- z Ih- DCO DCUJ h- MONT PELEE GAVE TIMELY WARNING. 225 which had long confronted them brought death to many thou-sands of human beings. Even before Mont Pelee began to rumble, late in April, livestock became uneasy, and at times were almost lowed in the night. Dogs howled and sought the companyof their masters, and when driven forth they gave every evidenceof fear. Wild animals disappeared from the vicinity of MontPelee. Even the snakes, which at ordinary times are found ingreat numbers near the volcano, crawled away. Birds ceasedsinging, and left the trees that shaded the sides of Pelee. A great fear seemed to be upon the island, and though it was shared by the human inhabitants, they alone neglected to protect themselves. MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES. Otto H. Tittman, Superintendent of the United States Coastand Geodetic Survey, reported that the delicately suspendedmagnetic needles at the two coast a
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