Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-05-17 | Page 6 | He Had Presentiment of St. Pierre Disaster

liE HE HAD PRESENTIMENT OF ST ST. Sr PIERRE DISASTER NEW NEWYORK YORK May 17 In In In a letter leter written just before he started on his last ast voyage which end ended dw when en his ship was vas destroyed In th the roadstead off of Sf St Pierre Piere by the Mont ont Pelee Capt G. G T. T Indicated that he had a presentiment presentment of oC impending dis dis- aster The letter was written to an anold anold anold old friend the captain of a Canadian Government steamer c To 0 Capt Capt Mont Pelee in Martinique and th the So of f St. St Vincent were old acquaintances than once he had sailed saied under their shadows and he had not the confidence in them that was displayed by the nates natives na tea- lives tives t es of the West Vest Indian islands In his letter leter he said We are leaving hose heire bele for Martinique In the morning and I hope hoge lope the old Ro- Ro raima will wi do as a well wel as she did on n her last voyage We Ve have ave some passengers passengers pas pas- I. I this trip including the mates mate's family and oU other er women I hope that they will wi get through all al right I heard heard a peculiar yarn from a priest not long ago go about the forming of a alake alake alake lake on the summit of Mont Pelee like the one formed farmed in 1812 on Rel Really ally I have have a creeping sensation when under the lee of the mighty crater