Show IN RED HOT LAVA BELCHED t I FROM MOUNTAINS MOUTH f I I The rhe he Devoted City af of Sl St Pierre a and nd All Its Were Engulfed Without Warning War I II r I Sc Sea e tf Dut Ii te Anna of Jf H h 4 ir I j 1 I F I T I T T T I t PUlL Park aIMer of 1 marine baa received tat tM t following tono 4 4 horn from i fort Jort wi o of d v Martinique under r fate te of May W 10 4 p II III m I f Arrived at t Fort de 4 trance France with wt provisions passing dose close to St t 4 Pil re Fir FIN volcano stilt emitting ashes t wk WIk teas ty f signed SOCKET 9 4 j St Lade B W I Mav tay Meat Pee i ee a mountain CASTRIES C I me tra tn miles north net of r St t Pi PIrre re tile the commercial capital of o Martinique ue I in I the tl mountain which made it a t f faint show ow of empties years ago o On May 1 3 Ia last t It ft began bian to throw out d n clouds cl s of smoke mok At midnight the tile same name d dl CLiv iv fI n men mes accompanied with rum mg noises lighted the a sky ever ovna l a iea ea 8 i using terror teMor Me II y 4 Nit t h t asb covered tile Who w l tr r 0 o ft t Pierre P sa as Inch thInk thick an aid 11 made nade Moat Meet Pel nn n Ma XA Y I a S of Hiring lava laya w hM 4 feet ih eMa lain IP if c following th tM dry airy ry bed f f a torrent and end reaching the tile sea ea five Ive miles mU fron IP If lD in three In Us Ig it rash ruch rD h the fiery ft ry flood swept from born its pall pa t i fact fae t i r et tle hamsa h mien being ever breadth of ofa a af t half s mite aA A he Ii rear of ot th mouth t c n iere he the large GuerIn sugar r f to oDe one of the th f tl r in th i i 1 nd it Is no now completely entombed la ti lays lava Th t tt I ch a IVr r iel iL I fIne ne d and fifty ft persons are aret estimated t ha hit haf h tf t ni n owner od co haA A be h P lra Ina 1 r ri i int 1 nto into th t t the t fait r receded tM IN feet aH 31 til t nt It t v th I h fr tT r t t t 1 big wave we covered c the tM whelP f it Jt t St ut It doing i 1 It th I damage ashore or afloat DETONATIONS IN THE WIGHT Tt T n lI hie t In ns hear t h m ds of miles northward followed 1 At abort i and ird con t i i 1 it at t night In the intense tile II 11 ts is t failed nfl JIlt it a thE he tc tt n as lit up h hy by lurid flashes of fl from tIM he hei n fl The Tho t i or tr O S JJ nh bitant rushed for the bills bilte in night lotto coth i 4 hout a ni wailing m id with terror n f tp i lily illy esc kf I to 1081 st Tura Tun in n a small email steamer aK p lIOn nn won i and nd and ell i fu arrived here h r in n the forenoon of the dI th sad aad fu ru futh nl h th ib abo h br r men mn in at Martinique TI im riolO n fl laU lat t was ws w interrupted with both I islands and md St t vr Vir Vi ent nt During the afternoon of the ith th tit til tta m 81 t rr pur Rod ni w h hart hal i i left Iet It t St Lucia Luda at aa tt a anil nil th fc fe r wj J lwi Into In to h i Ia i harbor We r h i r t iggins ri gil d an Ih he IB and awnings awain hanging about urn J t charred AW sAw A OF 01 SMOKE SMOn I nn in W Whar Wh h i that having just cast anchor off t I It t m ml i 0 ne w r uee 1 ing HK an awful aw was 1 k tt tE t t tm hip hips a n ag r t Joseph jooeph o ph who wh waa sS hi In a ait B naw it i f i id ui of smoke moke and glowing t the tle tow ml port in Ip I aa sa IUt I a at e eI th TI I f I lIr ir r in a i t of nf nam flam mil are on nfl board bord Tae rIM Ih Taen at had Jit I tm mh on n rj when Is is boat hnat disappeared dared ar d Several of el 1 LIes tte ol ot m I Jod Iod Ii cre Ir r qu iu k ky K I Y t t 9 Q death I fl I rhum II efforts 1 vin Im steam ste up the cable w plear Ipar t kd a ar lay a iv y from tilt tbt shore and an ole a hours boun law later lat It t tl is l 1 ii tl T f the tb th R i tani C fIE re IY yIng contorted aM burve i of h na i vig v ing to On black ci which bl WI t 1 i ft of sis Two 10 more nire of ot f t tb have haft t r 1 of 1 1 I we h hv v Wi t Y v re If bH h the rain HIla ln of tire fire wbk alter after t SI got ot under und r way syo burns hUrM all alli os lie ble W I II pc i aLi aL the th chips arent nt though he h is badly stad ony OlLY OZ on WHO SURVIVED Mr tr iB In here to he hf the sole Je of the I 44 N J b f the t tIn n and all he th shipping in n th he port baa has been n utterly destroyed d Hie Vt t In InH miles lisa St Sc Panama Panana Tt repairing vessel going I tort bat teea thea HIP hf Qu h r liner Ron ma Captain fu b of ef tile the latter waved his Ida head baad to In f t to It the an all a his biB vessel v l tank lank with a terrific explosion The royal roval in nial Il steamer Eek which caW off o 0 Martinique at 1 i deck ock J 1 t I night reported su ling off shore rive ive miles sounding her whistle sad aai send atad 1 j bt 7 z up u i She r no answer The Th whole sea lea front was wu for forea r ea The rhe EllIE sent lent a boat ashore but it could not t land on account ef t the ue t 1 tire lIre which wan wita a by oud explosions Not a living soul dl ap I l ired red u bolf after aft r tbt th boat had waited wilf d for tor two tw hears bears Fire Ire and aad seIne ashes fell ell 1 all aU allf aUr I f r vr r th the neamer in the afternoon s a French coasting steamer arrived here bele from Fort Ifert de do d dem 1 F m flip p assistance an all al the th country was wa burned up the stock was wag an all n the were ere charred the tM country people were flocking into tor towns and famine was wan feared The steamer wes wax loaded with food of alt all allF U F frt rt and w sent neat Dt baek bak to Martinique at 7 j p m a The captain of this thIa vessel eel r that some thirty persons left St Pierre by tim the I boat bot Thursday mining miming for Fort tort de M Prance and consequently were weN saved ved AU All attempt attempts to f Fi t to st Pierre ar art are barred by The closest observation otao possible showed 4 1 I u s still attu blazing and streets streeta tr strewn with charred e bodies Mellett it la 18 l certain that tile the whole town and aM country for tor miles mila Is le ut I u is and it is 1 feared here heN that t few It If aay 07 of 0 the Inhabitants b es en esta ta tf i I Tho Th volcano olca o of the tile Island land of St at he bS but bmat out oat in ID sympathetic t n A which returned from thee last Jut a reports report that the northern I t rd of th the island laland was w to In flames add aad eat cat off eft from assistance by a continuous r of or burning lava laft ashes falling ram la t heavy NY showers as far tar as IW lit miles MI way away awa K r l the capital of ot St Vincent VI to Ii safe nate e bet bat t people Ie here are very ery anxious as an t I th the fate of the Tint rest of that tbt t leSIO Dominica aad and St Lacia have has STY active geysers but they show w no depar par i t tur II r from normal norIDa conditions lats of aM are waited UNCLE SAM PREPARES TO AID AI STRICKEN EN PEOPLE OF ST SI PIERRE on May M M cruiser n baR ban a been bre ordered from front San Baa T J 1 i nn to Martinique The secretary Or 1 t he t h found nay navy after aft 1 consultation 1 Uh ith A tant Secretary Bill HUi that It Mild lId be hf safe cafe to take the Cincinnati Wi w v from San Ban Doings The reason 1 thi this belief all the tM following cable cabler r Halved nl r ived from renn Consul CODAl Maxwell at atI Irl I t n City Th situation In ID San Baa Domingo is La im tm 1 I ing log The provisional government h 1 bw n announced at the seaports porta lr for the th most moet part rt in the Interior i l affairs are under UDder the pro pron inH n nM I government and Vasques ts Is 1 I h 1 revisions president It t Is i fIO lIM that the tb Potomac has hu II r Ifft Ban an Jsn J for lor Martinique ht t there ta ill doubt on this point be bs beI I u the navy department has not Dot yet Jet n ahI to a response to an aD in 1111 rv tr nn n n this thin point sent lent by bJ cable this thle tr I to the commandant of the na 11 i II tation a at San Baa Juan Jua Juas K s 74 1 further precautionary measure Moody Mood sent the following f telegram t to the be commandant t of ot the Brooklyn navy yard rani Order Dixie to prepare for tor sea ac u ule Melt as practicable le Report when she can be made ready Tb ho to Is a ship of considerable earning carryIng ty and aDd would be bt Jt Jaet tor tha Ill any of the regular naval f ship to lo bastea to Martinique with Ith re ye list lief supplies which widell can ca probably bly b be ob oh I more b readily at New Yon Tort than tha f at aay IV s of tile the West Indian islands As 1 a tun stin further measure of HIv the tIIe to te department today cabled c led to United States state Consul Ayme at t Ouada Guada Gu to te proceed at t once to t Martinique to report upon the conditions there tiler Inform the United States govera gy meat nent t what w help p is needed The consul JIM bad previously reported that t a French alp Po supposed to be M the cruiser was WU boat about to leave teave Guadeloupe for the wrecked Wand lsd and It te J assumed that be was WIll and even anxious to go along I ALL ROADS BLOCKED WITH THE BODIES O OF VICTIMS OF DISASTER TER I i or df France Martinique Ka May It t Th rh volcano d It Fate ee near ne St lit Pierre Phere U hl ilia 53 i a alarming Tn toTI vomiting uniting and aad ud There here Theres a s however hoever howey little Ittu and few t i II nn n lis lin J tt the thc th place o Oa Thursday y j Ia lay R i at about 8 g In the morn l a volcanic eruption oc ocr o tho tb effect or of which was wan felt elt aU all Vt r t th island At de Prance France n e fe f weighing from seven to ten tn n Si no up lip to fifteen grammes I t Iou o rf hes hea obscured 0 the sun and nd fd th Ih h Panic wised seized the I ITh t nf 0 i Th sea receded a distance e I nitres and rushed back lak with PIat t f afterwards R t resuming its normal Th Tb M I h ruif r left ft here I lv an tam aD carrying tea rH I provisions Their return was wa OW waited awaited with WI great groat anxiety D A A a hour hoar alien after they left In a steamer arrived and ad adt announced tIt that t St Pierre wan waa over ever overwhelmed whelmed t tt the ti town towa was bf tat hea as a wen well as the settlements along the theore th shore ore that the ships In the harbor were on tre an and anel the sea ea greatly din dis TIle The returned here about 6 In the evening bringing thirty persons who were frightfully burned Nine of these the succumbed while they wore wars being bel taken en to the me hospital here Night Nl t came caine on and the of the lighted up the wharves banea where re the work of debarkation was wag be bP ing 11 carried on onIt onIt It i III IC e tim ted that SOW Persona Perished at ht tt Pierre Pirre All the roads 13 jn out of thc city are choked with j Continued on Page Pasc 2 i IN RED HOT LAVA I FROM MOUNTAINS MOUTH c C front from pap pane L 1 1 I dead bodies boC according to tI t the reports l reaching here heft A second relief expedition expedition tion was wag w sent oat ott lid and d brought bt back bek Home ium of or the inhabitants of Corbet COrbeL They Mere vere rf erased crated with terror and tuMI ld dying from hunger buD r i The succeeded In reach ALL DEAD DEAP IS THE STORY TOLD TOW i iBY BY GABLE CABLE FROM THE HE ISLAND 1 2 J New York Tort Ma Xi P Lough Leq LIU a ft member of ot the Hew w Yet Y r Trainee Ex hans art ed E F po Darrett Darrell A Co about bOU hom great t anxiety was wu felt and sed who whoa a supposed to be on the steamship has hs been ward heard from Ria HI firm received the following g ege g from him this thu afternoon dated doted Do Dominica Dominica minica Fire has h hs consumed everything on ont T the t th hI Think T it advisable to Duplicate 11 orders ordeN T Mr Darrell Danell Mid d he M did not regard It as 8 A unlikely that this message me was sent PDt from St t Lucia b by boat bot to Dominica and from there forwarded to this city Another firm which was w greatly con conc c bout about the real condition of or o things thin in St t Pierre was wu the American Trading company Henry C 0 vho who manages ma a the French West Indie business of or this thi firm rm has baa a sister lister and aDd ft In and he 4 a get from Ud sod it frs ts a Howes ot of St PIerr he was ws es e t tIt It betas Ie to obtain any JUly in hi MIl Pierre ot or f Port lie do France Pranee fj were sent MItt to France M J to an IUt analee I to x x th this wu was received iode un bIM bIe announce that MY hat took refuge at ar arfe Moms i fe feThe The ne ss A tI Co eo o dt also alee W wa ws y J ci taa in hi the thera tate fate fat of 1 two ra and aM a message me was waa sent it 11 t Pris te Inquiring about them thois came CUIe the brief reply rap Alt All dead i DESTROYED CITY WAS ONE OF tf THE ID IN liN TROPICS The Th account fc from frem tt D the theleR thea pen leR a of ot the great gnat traveler r X 11 M Bal 81 Ballou B Biou lou iou sad lid bi Is taken from froat Me Ms famous book ok A Ast 1 St Pierre Pier to the commercial rell capital at pi Martinique one Doe of ot the Ute French west Weal t and aM t tM the e t Jup of the group g to that nation Fort ort d do de dot t ta Is Ute the political capital d 1 bout about thirty miles mn from froan St Pierre fit t Pierre Ic t the best beet built hulK town In the ther r bUlla aM and has bag a population or of out about ut A The Hie streets are won well 1 Ia aved ved and the principal avenue a are ace t J ed by bJ ornamental tree trees uni planted The Th grateful abade shade ihu thul obtained and the long lines line of o harming arbor arboreal perspective which re N formed ton ed are accessories to In any aft locality but doubly so fIO in trop i j ka a al I regions The rho are very at att 11 t active while there is a prevailing Aspect f t of order ord r cleanliness and thrift everywhere apparent apprent nt It was WI not our om ou to meet one beggar gar In the thet t tl ot of t t Pierre More or less lee of df f fO poverty O m everywhere but bat It do d does not stalk talk abroad here Jert a 1 It K do does e In many rich and pretentious capitals of the great world worM The laRd lelaM is la sit alt situated ua tM midway mid between Dominica Iea and lid andst andt st t Lucia sad and M Is admitted by an all vie lion to be one OM of the most moot picturesque que nf or the th West Indian groups Irregular in It is 18 also high and aDd rocky thus thua forming one ORe of the U most mo t of Ot the large volcanic family which sprang up vp so 80 many ages age ago 10 In these then seas Its Ita apex Mont Pelee Pel an hIJ ext volcano rises rIMs between tw above abon the krel of or the Ka anti nd id first point on approaching the ilM r the north It would be Interesting n 3 th dilate upon the put post history of ot Mar Martinique Martinique for it has hU known not a little or of the checkered vicissitudes of ot these Antilles having been n twice captured d dh r h the English ED and ud twice restored to Franc St t Pierre is it on the lee side Bide or Of the th island leland something less than 2 2000 miles mil by the course we have bave steered teerd from New York and 30 miles ml from St Thorns Thomas It comes COlD down clown to the wry very waters water w edge with Its Ita ored houses house and roofs which mingle here hare and there with tall tan over overhanging overhanging hanging cocoa cOcos palms palm Tide nail is II the most lavishly la 7 beautiful tree in tb the world orld and one eec which Sever never tails falls part art special interest Inter to its surround surroundings logs ings I W Was e Born Bern There ThereA A marble r status statue in the Place de tie d la Ia Savane Sava at Fort de France on oa the Ua same came e side of the island bland as aa St Pierre re to recalls calls nn the fact that this was wu the tM birth birthplace place pl pia of or the Josephine born in The TM statue lUIe represents ts the tM em eto empress press Ires dressed in te tile fashion of the first empire with bare ba arms ar and shoulders one lne hand band resting on oa a medallion bear Har bearing bearIng ing a profile preSto of the tM emperor to 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