Show City Victim of Eruption A melancholy interest attaches tr to tn Martinique the Queen of the Carill bees hees What was previous to May Maj 8 1002 1902 u tI beautiful and prosperous Is If Island island land Is now half desolate It was vas on that date that the eruption of Mt Pelee Pelee Pe Pt lee plainly visible from the skips ship deck utterly destroyed the charming city of St. St Pierre with its In iii habitants The city and Its people Ile 11 buried burled beneath a thick blanket of IU I ashes It is recorded that the ga gayety et loving creole women of ot St. St Pierre were the most beautiful females to be found in the entire West Indies Empress Josephine was born in Martinique |