Show I FORTY THOUSAND LIVES OF LOSS LOSSi i afternoon LONDON A 1 May y 10 a dispatches r received late this afternoon from the West Vest Indies ay lay ay the eru ion at Martinique is decidedly worse The Fri French cj Caole Cable compa compa y compa y re received cablegrams rams this morning announcing that the thee lon Jp n J at t Martin ue continues and that ships are aie afraid to go near fear the islan island The melt a te tet t me messages ag s i i that the number of deaths will be about forty t th thousand usand US nd several several o 0 o othe the smaller islands island's near Martinique having also suffered Between een S S Sin in i e morning and 8 S In the even evening ng of Thursday May St St. Pierre was a m miss ss ss of fire and there was also a volcanic eruption at St St. V cent The ilia iela of S. of-S. S Thomas is sending help he Asp s which arre e arr Friday May at the island of Dominica British West est In J ies S and Wh off St. St Pi Pierre when rhen the eruption en commenced reports that hat the noise was terrific A large cloud of fire appeared appealed over the I town a giving the inhabitants no chance to escape |