Show o o HOMELESS 0 MELES S AND HUNGRY HUN RELIEF L NEEDED ON MARTINIQUE rican Consul Makes Re Re- ort rt on Disaster and Urges of Supplies Still Fears as to td t Fate of n I Vincent VincentE Island I E CITY OF ST. ST PIERRE WAS WIPED OUT Rh UI May 12 Secretary Secretary Hay received the te j following tele- tele f ai from United States Consul Ayme at i ot nt t Fort de France Martinique by instructions s from this ent ter is complete The city wiped out Consul Prentis and f k iy ar dea dead Governor sa says 1 have perished are home- home grY pry He suggests that the Red Cross be asked a ked to send Jr r beans rice salt sat meats and biscuit as quickly I as possible warships valuable f 4 feature of Consul Aymes Ayme's cablegram is the reference f Sine he Governor as an authority for the estimate of the loss of off f fg g ceding ding dispatches including the o official cial messa messages e received at f oth Colonial office in Paris reported report d that there was no doubt f v i as well a as Col Dain the military ry commander at St. St had perished Navy department was this morning informed of the departure f rul r Cincinnati from San Domingo City for Martinique f Javy avy department has also been informed of of f the departure of the log Ing tug Potomac from San Juan P P. R. R for for Martinique She 0 will arrive there by tomorrow night t ti I tt t tID i IB I D iD TO CATHEDRAL IN FACE OF DANGER bANGER CIA JIA B. B W. W I. I May 12 Successful Successful attempts have been made to 0 Jerre erre The town is in a heap of ruins and dead bodies are lying 1 v I irre Few ever will be recognized so o great are the he mutilation and dis- dis J v- v I i artie have found oco Ch charred corpses on the Si site of the cathedral f 0 have ave been asphyxiated at first Not a soul was vas found alive in 0 t f en panic stricken at t the cataclysm turn turned d In tn the moment moment of of to the he cathedral and were apparently overcome overcome before they cud could 0 0 0 r ii 4 e search has been hindered by the fires fires fires' that tha t are still raging and andin t are re in great danger 0 1 of the bodies j ji i the Ls is fo forme d that that manje P ID t l most before they the extent the or 1 peril M Many Y of 1 the il 4 positions as though death had hd come with a breath breath as asye have ye been the case 0 I ve b been n taken to pr prevent v nt disease resulting resulting- from the disaster r. r I me is s are working night and day but hut it Ism that the dead for as their friends would wish lor rule is established in the town to prevent vandals from working ily Y as has not been destroyed will be pr protected One of the great l ases from the fact that the storehouses storehouses' s s' s s' s f provisions have been 0 I I STATES STATES WILL HURRY ry RELIEF SHIPS I TON STON May 12 The The Prest- Prest ITON a. a conference this morning I I members of his Cabinet the War Navy and Treas- Treas to operate co-operate in the Ints steps for fer the relief of the The State depart- depart Ts is active through its Con- Con section The navy trans transport ort b iff ready to sail from the Ivy yard for Martinique on The revenue cutter service per all possible aid and hav- hav two cutters in Southern waters it is believed they will be ordered ordered ordered or or- dered at once to the islands The War department has on hand at New York a large amount of good supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies and these probably will be drawn upon The President has prepared a message which will be submitted to Congress today urging an immediate appropriation to which these steps are preliminary and anticipatory L Later t r by t the Pr Presidents President's direction orders orders or or- ders were 1 telegraphed r t to the D Dixie i to ei 1 load oad the s stores i are to be furnished fur fur- u fished by the army as rapidly as possible possible possible ble and clear for Martinique at the earliest earliest earliest ear ear- liest possible moment OF WRECK AND RUIN ON LAND LANS AND SEA I FRANCE Island of Mar- Mar May 11 Several Several J l JI n luding the Government t started from here yester- yester They had on board nt t delegate a number of 1 SI Sa k a detachment of regular i everal several priests The ves- ves a quantity of fire fire- sum eum m and quicklime for use lation fion ion of the bodies of the the tl the terrible volcanic out- out day last Large tants tants and stocks of cloth- cloth refugees also were shipped ie by Hundreds ees ees had as a rule assem- assem C and Case Pilote not Pierre and it Is reported and of them have died ful stream of lava poured P Pelee lee PI miles round was covered of the vessels sunk sunke e Jat at the time of the only a few trees all 1 bY the force of the vol- vol were left standing aring ng St. St Pierre the Rubis I liber iber r of tugs towing lighters refugees The heat from the 1 covered iya-covered V covered ruins at St. St suffocating an and the stench strewn corpse-strewn streets was afew walls were standing r 7 the Clock rt that thet the hospital clock e d intact with its hands was confirmed as was nent that the offices of f the theny ny ny had entirely sides ides were found portions of were gathered up by nd darmes gens and burned th the squares Continues rop of water was procurable The rhe darkness caused by the dust shrouded the d discontinuous subterranean added to the horror of the thet t and central quarters arters of the there there re raz razed d to the ground and aced by beds of hot cinders lnders work work gate of the Gov- Gov was wag alone standing LEP trace of 0 the streets Huge Hug I kace heaps of smoking ashes were to be seen on all sides At the lan landing place some burned and ruined walls indicated the spot where the house custom-house formerly stood and traces trace of the larger shops could be seen In that neighborhood hundreds of corpses were lying in all kinds of attitudes showing that the victims had met death as if by a lightning lightning- stroke Every vestige of clothing was burned away from the charred bodies and in inmany inmany inmany many cases t the i abdomens had been burst open by the intense heat Curiously Curiously Curi Curl enough the features of the dead were generally calm and reposeful al although although although al- al though In some cases terrible fright and agony were depicted Great piles plies of bodies were stacked everywhere showing that death had stricken them while the crowds were vainly seeking escape from the fiery flery deluge On one spot a group of nine children were found locked In 11 each others other's arms Money Vaults Intact The vaults of the Bank of Martinique at the head of what the Rue de were found intact They contained francs in ill specie and other securities which was sent here for safe The vaults of the Government treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury are now searched in the hope that a large amount of money and other valuables deposited by the principal principal principal prin prin- cipal merchants of the city may be saved Refugees Rescued Nearly of the refugees from the vicinity of the village of Le Pr cheur a suburban village to the north of St. St Pierre were rescued by the French cruiser and the cable repair ship and were brought here As a result of his Inspection the commander of cf the reports reports' that and valleys are constantly forming in the northern portion of the island where the land is In a state of perpetual change Fortunately that part of the country was evacuated i in good time by the Inhabitants who fled to Fort de France Lava continues to stream down the mountain side accompanied by terrific thunder and nd lightning Relief Belief Is Needed Heeded The dearth of provisions is beginning to be felt throughout the island iland NumeroUS Numerous Numerous Nu Nu- Nu- Nu families are completely ruined and even even- while the means at the disposal of f the authorities are much too inadequate to cope with the di distress Communication is practically cut off from all the surrounding surrounding- islands except except except ex ex- ex- ex by stray vessels which are seized Continued on Page 6 6 St St. Pierre Disaster Continued from Page 1 upon by the Inhabitants to flee from Martinique l |