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... APPALLING CALAMITY. NEVER before in the history of the 1 Islands of the Caribbean Sea has a I greater calamity been recorded. Thel engulfing of Port Royal, Jamaica,' over a century ago, and severe earthquakes, hurricanes an d volcanic eruptions have often ...
... subsidence must follow. His belief, unfortunately ; is not without reason. A s he points out, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Basin were formed in this manner, when the Andean Mountains broke down, and it is notorious that the crust of the earth is ...
... beoutiiul islands in the Caribbean Sea. lio is said to expressed tho following view : The constant eruptions mean that • hole is being made in tho bosom the earth; when it reaches a great subs' fence must follow. The Caribbean Islands are situated in a ...
... merging into a roar. This lasted throng* 11 inesday night until Friday morning. Th thundering was heard throughout the Caribbean sea. - - eruption b = huge eload in dark with matter mas to • eight miles from the tiad &Alum midnight limeanded. flu , ...
... great aze subsidence must follow. belt f. nnfoiinnately, is not without reason. As he points out, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean has n was formed in this summer when tbe A-dean Mountains broke down, and is notorious that the crust of the (artb is extremely ...
... the war with and of the placing commission of the Bt. Paul as a United States warship. It was given by the Society of the Caribbean, club consisting of the war correspondents who participated in the campaign of Cuba and Porto Kico. A unique feature of the ...
... men. They closely resend.l. .1 rlj,- , ...
... eruptions mean that a hole is being made in the bosom of the earth; when it reaches a great size subsidence must follow. The Caribbean islatids are situated in a region where the earth's crust is extremely weak, as was demonstrated ages ago, when the Andean ...
... plentiful. Salvation 'for Jamaica is supposed to have been dis t covered. in thy banana ; but if all the other islands of the Caribbean were in a position to share in the banana trade, that delicious fruit would soon become as cheap as gooseberries in the English ...
... forces, has come to na this waak from the West Indies. These, in the rammer of the world lie the pleasant islets of the Caribbean Sea, glowing with greenery and gorgeous floriferousness, and swept perennially by the balmiest of breezes. But over all these ...
... the distorted bodies et yeas girls whom were unintured. SKI3TCH OF THE ISLAND& below a rough ,ketch of the coop of in the Caribbean bee which have more or L sufered from the disaster. The netionality of the islands is indicated by (F. ) for French and (B ...
... The island, it will b*» remembered, is only miles long and eleven broad, small patch of earth in the great expanse of the Caribbean Sea. creased from north sooth by volcanic h 11s. and studded wr.h forevta, fertile combs, and pleasant valleys. The lowlands ...