Show DIE IN RAIN OF FIRE fortu Thou thousand saad people leovic perish during volcanic Erl eruption in 10 west indies the city of st at I 1 jerre island inland of IR in destroyed Ie troyl weid nid of the I 1 afire ti of r the city do hut t T thirty h r y I 1 from the island of martinique in tile the west ladles indies comes a astory y of one of the most horrible that could be Q imagined while tile the citizens of st pierre ete their dally occupations suddenly the lie of mount belee exploded ana fire from froin it swept the whole hole town destroying practically till all of tile the inhabitants of the city and vicinity about 1 1000 of the population vas na RS comp obid of V white people all of whom choin it is te lepor ported led death the rhe governor of the colony and ills his blaff faud and wife in st pierre and probably perished the inhabitants of the southern districts of the island who were depend enton eat on st pietro for provisions lons are menaced by famine the eruption began saturday saturday may ilay 3rd ard when st lit v was as covered with ashes alliea find and appeared to be enveloped in fog the flow of tile the lava continued until wednesday may fth it la Is now believed that over 40 people native and white met death in a the terrible catastrophe |