Show WIND OF FlEE FIRE AND ANbA A SHOWER OF BOUlDERS FOLLOW THE ERUPTION I Cease but Ernp- Ernp eons ns Continue Sur Sur- vors Reach Ft De France r ell 1 lief ef Measures for fog the ther thet t Are Planned l r T l A A i ST. ST PIERRE WAS DESTROYED l t IS May The 0 The Minister of Marine has received the following dispatch from om Pitre A island of Guadaloupe from rom the nd ed the French cruiser ave e obtained the following information of the events of esteri yester- yester i bout outS out'S 1 S 8 o'clock the vol volcano ano threw up a c considerable r bi mass of ar h. h A whirlwind whirlwind of fire fire imm immediately di tel f followed Instantly 3 Id le Ie own of St St. Pierre was in flames and ships in the harbor untested smarted and burned The shower sho of or of rocks i lasted sted a qua quarter ter of f fr r 1 at St. St Pierre at 2 o'clock in the afternoon s saved ved b bon no a. a on ons s rom rem the ships I 1 saw no living crea creature in in S St St Pierre to t s impossible to penetrate There were numerous corp corpses es e quay t BULLETIN r tc DE FRANCE Martinique May 10 1 46 p. p m. m The m.-The The earth earth- tave tave aye y-aye ceased but the volcanic eruptions continue are raised here that more of the population of If St. St Pierre than thanin ST in inthe the earlier dispatches have been saved It is believed that ri of p people ople were rescued fro from m the stricken town by steamers 0 Fort ort de France kork of clearing away the debris in the city of St. St Pierre has m fenced ed and even now some semblance of order has been re- re smoking r ruins have been partially cleared leared It has been the municipal and other authorities to burn all corpses found Bets The authorities of Fort Forth de France are sending all all pro- pro saries for the tine sufferers with medical aid for the injured supplies of St. St Pierre being all destroyed The The- cruiser ling irig g Martinique from pe wi u ft J a YORK ORK May 10 The The French cable company's offices in this advised today that their thir repair steamer Qunti h. h has Fort de do France having rescued persons from St. St Pierre JB to the scan e a of the disaster to search for further I J IJ I TELLS OF OF SCENE AT AI ST. ST PIERRE PITRE A-PITRE A Guadaloupe May 10 The 10 The first mate of the des the disaster at St. St Pierre and 7 o'clock in the morning on Thursday without war warna warn warn- I a a. sort rort of whirlwind of steam boiling mud and fire which ept pt the city and the roadstead There were some some eighteen vesa ves- ves d a n n the hart harbor or including the the French sailing salling ship arger sailing salting ships and others All AU five vessels immediately Wand and began to burn The Tamaya was a bark from Mantes Cap- Cap nd nd was on her way to Pointe A All the boats except the nl Instantly and at the same moment h House use ashore was utterly destroyed and apparently buried under d' d burning lava An officer who was sent ashore penetrated but a anto anto anto nto the city He found found only a few walls standing and the streets d with lith corpses The Governor of the islands who arrived my the catastrophe was killed Both the English Engish and heri- heri wf w th their families were reported to have perished It is certain than han forty out of the could have escaped r was here yester yesterday buying provisions for the survivors Ing districts She sailed for Fort de France last night with a of stores which were immediately put under military guard flocking in large numbers into Fort de France from the surround- surround e le de food m from Fort de France says that hot mud and cinders have been throughout hout the island iland and still continue doing great damage er the e final reports are received it will be found that many people filled Willed or injured in other parts of Martinique e line line steamship Korona arrived at the island of Dominica yes Dominica yes yes- i hig rg g a number of survivors from her sister ship the Rora ma he Korona says the eruption at St. St Pierre was apparently from t.- t. and d that accompanying the eruption there seemed to to tobe be a tidal overwhelmed the shipping OF ERUPTION ERUPTION OF PITRE A-PITRE Guadaloupe May 10 A 10 A message from roI the the Isla Island d of f ys says friere ere has been In a a. state of eruption for nine consecutive morn- morn morning the day broke kith with heavy thunder and light light- soon changed into a continuous tremendous roar Vast columns soy se over the mountain becoming denser and denser and the theT thea a T I 1 changing later to fine dust fell upon all the adjacent es- es lPg nga inga t a vast amount of property At Cha Chateau Belair the ashes deep in the streets In Kingston they were fully ully an inch deep s fell fen in the parks parIes of Georgetown Th The earth shook violently to 10 k in the afternoon a midnight darkness spread pread over the coun- coun people are known to be kil killed and the damage to property in was very ery heavy The storm roared about bout hout out cessation but on the following morning It became T nt r. r from Prom Barbadoes says that on the the sky was heavily overt over- over t was excessive and there was a distant sound of thunder Later Afternoon afternoon dm dene set darkness in and a great quantity of vivid continued falling until a late hour No damage Is reported gAT HAT T SOME ESCAPED AWFUL CATACLYSM May 10 A A telegram from irom the Governor of the island of Guad Guada- Guada Ina the the latest news of the Martinique disaster received at the Co- Co mounting that the French cruiser had thirty survivors on V of G Guadaloupe says I IiI iI tends to the belief that the Governor of the colony M. M L L. nd Col ol Gerbault and their wives perished with the population of have havo ordered the prompt dispatch of provisions from Point-A- Point The fhe Martinique this evening All of ind nd nil the supplies of Guadaloupe are at your disposal for relief s a on of inquirers who have friends and relatives on the stricken cn r at the Ministry of the Colonies which has telegraphed to sour source for information pr pI Private vate telegrams received here renew lenew the hope that some of the theo theof of o St. St Pierre escaped shop W of Martinique ent a cablegram from Fort de France fors forO form for- for s O p p. m m. yesterday announcing the safety of Pastor King of St. St Continued on Page 6 r Whirlwind oi 01 Fire Continued from Page 1 Pierre who tle the disaster ser and sought refuge at Morne lome Rouge It I is hoped hope that tat others fled fed there Cable m messages have been peen received by th the southern souther route All AU the northern north- north cables interrupted em ern rn are I At least leat fifty families at Bordeaux are bereaved Most of the business of St St. t. t Pierre was transacted ti through Bordeaux |