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Show WIPED OUT INSTANTLY St. Pierre Destroyed in the Twinkling of an Eye. PART OF ISLE INUNDATED Whole Northern Portion of Martinique Martin-ique Is Burning; Has Been Do-nuded Do-nuded of Vegetntlon and Is a Rocky Wilderness It Is Reported That Fort Do France Is Threatened Thcro Is Frightful Tension Ev-erywhere Ev-erywhere Thro.ighout the West Indies. In-dies. London Maj 11 A dispatch to the Times from St Thomas, D W I, sas that St Pierre was deetroved In the twinkling of an eje, and that not fortv of the Inhabitants of the rlt escaped ISLAND INUNDATED Pome of the outlvlng parishes of the Island of Martinique have been Inundated Inun-dated The whole northern portion of the Island Is burning and has been denuded de-nuded of vegetation, nnd Is n locky wilderness wil-derness POUT DE FRANCE IN DANGER. It Is reported that Port De Prance, Island of Martinique, Is threatened, concludes the correspondent, and there Is filrhtful tension everywhere. SUPPLIES AND DOCTORS. The British rojnl in ill steamer Solent has gone fiom Ilarbadoes to Martinique with supplies nnd doctors Prom the Island of Trinidad, the British rojal mall steamer Kenney has gone to Tort De Prance REFUGEES PROM ISLE Pour small boats loaded with refugees from Grand Riviere, Martinique, hivo arrived nt Dominion, In u pitiable condition con-dition 1 hey report that six other boats left that village at the same time. It Is not known whnt became ot them. |