Show martinique IS 13 DOOMED HALF HAIFA A MILL MILLION 1014 LIVES IN DANGER OF CE BE ING blotted OUT lei in activity amrid ani further are I 1 s p fitel ted huge mounth I 1 pitk it lop llen into rater so I 1 ilia lie lefort brought by the alie I 1 oval loyal mull steamer I 1 aree which has arrived a at t ca carries brics island of sl lucia 11 IV V I 1 of hie loss ofa through alie i lecent acen t oil lb i ea it 0 of f M 0 it t I 1 it I 1 e e re referred fe to th alie deaths bine since e aug 10 and not dot to tire loss of life resulting from tire reported outbreak of sept 3 the ibe state department liaa has received the follo ing cablegram faoro brorn united states consul iekel at 1 ort de I 1 trance ranee relative to the latest eruptions of mout pelee belee iwo violent eruptions of mout belee aclee aug 30 destt village of morne rouge devas tating arLa including lar Var nassa mourne carbot mourne lourne bolts dolts don heights 1100 killed many injured itla ilia gino rally believed thattie island of martinique is doomed to total destruction and the fear la Is that when the catastrophe comia guadalope Oua Gua delope will bo be visited by sill an all diali octive tidal wave liu biness is absolutely at a standstill I 1 LW L w shops aie a i e open and it if it were riot not fot foi tire effii ts of a small number of the lite dinote valiant souls lion d reds deeds would starve to death here lie re because of their beai of a more terrible death details that have been received during tire last tino das daa a prove that the eruption on mont pelee belee of august 30 was far more violent than any of the earlier explosions As the eruptions continue tile mouth of mont pelee belee glows a in size it ills Is now of enormous proportions morne lacroix one of the peaks that reared skyward from tile the south side of belee pelee lias has fallen bodily into tire the crater and has licen bien completely swallowed there seems to be a sl at le ie pressure in ili the era crater and tile the chasm widens perceptibly every day clouds no more hang about iw crest of mont belee pelee I 1 llie lie ter terrific riffi treat seems to drive eve everything grything away 1 Ilie he column of flame flakne and smoke rest leuia a directly into the heavens lie avena so that its top is lost to sight in alia darkness of llie night it has the appearance of a of molten iron standing fi fled aed between heaven and earth from morne cape the llie relief troops were compelled to make a quick retreat although they succeeded lu in taking out a few v wounded 1 alio llio I lie entire country nearly to I 1 ort de I 1 ranee rance is but bulled led dundei a deep cover of aslies ashes blits lias has made it almost impossible po isible to lo find the bodies of those who hane peri klied while flecking to the sea i colht constantine carta carl a one of tire the few who succeeded in escaping from morne rouge after found refuge oft off tire steamer asik sit she was with twelve others in house when pelee belee gave its alist warning of the disaster which it was about to pour upon tile upon the village blie hai bal I 1 that tile the ili hist st e destroyed many houses lioni ses she bite as hurled idi grent great force against the hie all of the room in w which ti hii is sitting billing on recovering hott f oin tile shock allock hire ran outside and there saw three seret itte ate tongue a 0 f alic sweeping down from the hie mouth of tire the volcano the earth eartle shook with so BO great violt nse nee eliat blie could riot letalu lier her icet she bhe was blinded liy by the aglaie of tile battles 1 lie heat was so 60 teri tire that clr flesh as bhe availed the death slie she lel irvid to be inevitable I 1 fortunately tire llie elainea s swept ept to one we tide of lir and slie she wits was saved at t grande anse tile title tide bi wept ept feet feel in n shoie destroying warly houses bouses and ato biow ning scores of inhabitants iven tit at I 1 ort de I 1 launce the motet stout of heart have lost courage LO urage colonel le coeur has repot ted led to ills his government thatis that tt Is ilia tit alie e entire island of martinique will have to be abandoned lie he asks aks for a b rince in tire the inhabit t ants to the other islands lanila le of the 1 est eat I 1 ddlan group |