Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-22 | Page 1 | Hundreds Die in West Indies' Avalanches

I F m eds Die H ors in West Indies Indies' Avalanches I FLOOD PREAD RUIN IN WAKE ons of Earth Roar E Br From Erom Mountains rom I Over Hamlets CASTRIES A TRIES St St. Lucia British Est Indies Nov 22 A AP A P-A PAies A I I ies o of f ram ram- rain loosened 1 ava- ava iches today spread death and tion on this island I mountainside eight miles long night ht buried two hamlets and umber r of inhabitants estimated I run run into the hundreds escue workers laboring all night veered 45 dead and 60 injured morning a new avalanche i aall of the dead again in i ad-i to many injured and several ue workers in a fresh catas- catas h he Laborers Laborers Swept Away to ly after the first avalanche ang ang g o of 50 laborers was swept JS river when a house in which ere sheltered slipped away ig with an acre of land Of the saved six died during the night rains of the last three ks a. had loosened tons fir which caused the disaster sere were reports however that l landslides landslides' might be of volcanic i since the meteorological sta sta- of f neighboring Martinique is- is 1 a warning Saturday that dis- dis an ances es could be expected Monor Mon Mon- Mon Mon-I or ort Tuesday ay I ime e witnesses ses declared the steep considered among I most i st beautiful of the West Vest Inere In- In l ere sere nt not t slipping but were kl king g open with loud detonations tine me a new landslide started Eruption Recalled j i I ich volcanic disturbances are Unknown in this section On 18 8 1902 an eruption of Mt e on Martinique destroyed the Pierre with nearly all its ul tion of verKa vera a thousand persons waited i ih VIr h he entrance to Port Castries all aU aUit I it In n a pouring rain for news they feared were lost t the t. t first landslide which oc- oc edron the main road connecting sides of this island of square I escue work was hampered by I 1 continuing rains but vol- vol ers ers armed with shovels were I to i the scene this morning c cc l and nd medical authorities es- es a temporary morgue at ati i roadside where rows of bodies it d identification worked all night ing coffins for the victims but new landslide swept over dead injured and some of the ue workers C Communications Broken injured already have been fight ight to Port Castries hospital I h entering the city city is wed by a throng of weeping I ten 1 anxious for word of their tives Lives with other parts I d have been interrupted tr a e eLbee of ot floods I of ot floods I the t ast week because minor minor landslides Extra gangs were employed in an anis is to keep lines open but almost one break was repaired w avalanche disrupted service le floods have caused four I hs I L cia with a population of JO D s a British colony devoted to sugar and banana mg ing It lt is one of the Windward l ids which stretch between Marue Marlue Mar- Mar lue Jue ue and nd Trinidad in the southern n. n