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Show SURPASSES ALL IMAQINATION. Whole Northeastern Tart of Island Laid Waste. Paris, May 11 Tho Temps today, re. ferrlng to the d .structlon of St Pierre, suja 'W believe, from the Information Informa-tion rerelv'1 here from the Island of Martinique (meaning doubtless the ofll- clal dispatches) that the disaster surpasses sur-passes all that Imagination an con eclve The whole nor the intern portion of the Island is laid waste Tine. I crge communitle" exclusive of ft Ploue have been d stmjtd The M tims (nm prise two raiKlldates U r todas ballot age for members ot the Chamber of Deputies." MANY REFUGEES A dispatch received here today from PoitDePinne Martinique save VII the hills surrounding Le c at bet cm 1 Le Prichsur (near St 11. ne) arc .ov ered with refugees to the number of nlKiut fnoo, who are being token away grndualls. In the m-nnwhllt provisions are being convesed to them Of the thirls persons who were oilglnnlls rescued res-cued bs the French cruiser Buchet the majority were fearfully burned and nine died while on their was t" the hosfltnl CORPSES riUCllITFULLY MUTL LATRD "The corpses which are heaped on the ruins of St Pierre are not onls completely com-pletely naked, but nrv frlghtfuly mull-lated mull-lated The Minister of 'VMitno M Do I.aneseen todav received a cable despatch des-patch from the commander of the t lench cruiser Suche, dated Port De Prance, Martinique fusing that he conducted a search nt St Pierre sester-dl tllJAI" UP SMOKINO RPINS The captain leports that the town Is now n mere heap of smoking ruins under un-der which the victims of the catos-tioptu catos-tioptu nre burled The uchet was able to tonves some nf the Inhabitants nf Lo Prechsur tn Port De Prance but rould not ren.h the northeasternmost pirt of the Island on account ot the dense rnln of nshes, VOLCANO STILL TIIRE V.TENMNG The laptnln of the buchet further re ported that the Mont Pelee volcano still hid a thieatenlng aspect sosteulas evening Bubterrnncan railings weie still heard Hashes of flnme frequenlls belched from the vol. alio, nnd stones were thrown out with Immense force. AMERICAN CONSl LS DEAD. A dispitch received nt the colonial oillre h-re today from Poit De Prance siss there Is no doubt that Gov Mout-tet Mout-tet and the comminder of the troops nt St Pierre. Col Daln nre dead Other dispatches confirm the reports that the American nnd Rrltlnh consuls and lh!r families perished Cremation of tho bodies of the victims hns bo-Ciin bo-Ciin , The waves of bun nre stilt reported tn he flowing northward They have extended ex-tended even tn Le Tarhet. LITTLE INTEREST IN PARIS Even now, when fuller details of the Martinique disaster are arriving, tho Parisians show fow outward signs of Interest In the nftnlr From the appearance of th streets, on which the peoplo are thronging, the cafes nnd other places nf imbll resort. It would not be supposed tint halt of ono of ranees most flourishing colonies hid been wiped out of existence FEW READ BULLirrlNS. A small crowd (rather dally nt the Ministry of tho ColonlcH vvnltlng for huIMIns. which nre posted as the West Indlin dispatches nrrlved This crowd Is composed of natives nf Martinique a, number of whom nre nttendlng the Government schools here, reporters In quest of news nnd women with relatives rela-tives nt St. Pierre. FLAGS AT HALF MAST. The only elgns of puhllo mourning nre tho half-masted flags over the Government Gov-ernment buildings The people present their usual holiday appearance. Tho Temps in an editorial this morning morn-ing remarks that so many matters of puhllo Interest have occurred this week -railroad accidents, tho disaster of Mart nlque. a huge swindling ease ano: nnle'r wiZ" 7,1.I',.t. "'0y neutralise each other, while had they come slngls-, each ono would havo, monopolized the public pub-lic mind. |