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Show MEMORIES OF ST. TIERRE. Chief Gunner's Mate, u S N., Describe De-scribe th Demolished Town. The destiu.tlon of St Pierre Mai Unique by a vokano was n great sur prise and seemed almost a personal lesi to i Itlef Gunner s .Mate 8tanle Danlelak of the United Stales niv) who Is now in Salt Lake St Pierre wns a beautiful little place said Mr Danlelak veterdi I have passed the Island of Martinique several times but I never 'snded at M Pierre but once That ws In 1a" I was on Ihe cruiser Newiork returning return-ing from Hlo Janeiro The population of Ihe Island ot that lime was given to me by the Vtmrlian Consul as tin OOn St Pierre contained some : nao people hut onlv about . were Pino peans the rest being negroes and French half castes The Kurnpeans weie alt connected with commercial en terprlses rhlellv the exportation of loffee sugar bananas pn.l bav rum All the labor was performed bv the negroes and half castes The Interior or the Island waa tilled with planta tlona rt 1 lerre bad no dot ks and the vessels In the small but deep hatbois were Inadel with small crart Th'ie was g. neiall) quite a lot nt shipping In the harbor I ran t understand wh) the vessels did not escape the volcnno The eruption must have been ver) sudden sud-den to catch them as the lM) Is ver) mal! and a ship could weigh anchor and get outside In ten minutes very easll) The buildings or the town were all one-stor) and built In the Spanish st)Ie of rl) and stucco Thev were not lall out with any degree of regu-larlt) regu-larlt) owing to the hill) nature of the site some or the private residences weie surrounded h) beautiful grounds and there was a ver) ptett) park In town One of the lanlmarks of the place was a statue of losephlne Empress Em-press of France, who was born at St Pierre. It stood on a cliff that formed a natural pedestal French was the language of the Island ' The vokano was nbout four miles from town It seemed to be totall) extinct, ex-tinct, and had not shown tho least sign of nctlvlly for 100 )enrs Tin naler waa not filled In but It seemed solid nnd emlted no smoke or gis In fart I never heard of a voh anlc eruption erup-tion anwlnre In the West Indies during dur-ing the past rentur) Home thirteen or fourteen )enrs ago the) had a tidal wave at St Thomas, but no volcanic disturbance accompanied It ' The West Indian mnuntilns look something like )our mountains north of lt Like Clt). except thnt the) rise lo ahirper peaks and are clothed with tropical shtubber) In which monkejs, nnd pirrols nre more numerous thin pralrle doga In Kansas ' |