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Show DIG IN RAIN OF FIRE FortU TliriiiMiirl Prnplf Pr.rlfili Durlnrj Vol tunc Eniiilion In Vir.sl Inillta, Tka City ef ll. I lerre, l.l.,,d ef Mnril. algne. I ll.lrnreil ai.u nf Ilia J.iillr- l',.,ln,.n ,,r the til lint tlilrlf I I.e. p.. From the Island of Martinique, In the Weal Indira, euioen a atory of ont of the inott horrible cnlantrophea thai could be Imagined. While Ihe cltlcent of St. Pierre were pursuing their dally occupation., tinlil. nly the volcaao ol Mount Pelee exploded and fire from II wept the whole town, deetroylng practically all of the iuhabitaota ot the city aud vicinity. About 1,000 ol tha population was couponed nf white people, all of whom, ll ia reported niel death. The governor of the colony and till alaff and wife were In St. Pierre an probably perinhed. The Inhabitant, of the annthern dla- trlclaof the Inland, who were dependant depend-ant on St. Pierre for provitiont, an menaced by fiimlnu. The eruption began Saturday, May ird, when St. Pierre waa covered wilt aalirt and appeared lo be envelnped la fog The flow of the lava continued until VYcdneadar, May 7lh. Ilia now billet,., tlint over 40,000 people, native and while, met death in the terrible calnntrophe. A dlnpatch received In Wa.lilngtoe from Han Juan, Porto liico. aaya tha cable olliciala there have received die' patchc! from Ihe lain ml of Dominica that achoourr which haa arrived thera from the Inland of Martinique reporta that orer forty thuiitand people peo-ple are .opposed to have perinhed during dur-ing the volcanic il,. tin banco In Martinique. Mar-tinique. The cable repair thlp, Urap-ple, Urap-ple, belonging to the Weat India and Panama Telegraph company of London, Lon-don, waa loat with all hniiilt during th eruption of Mount Pelts at Ht. Pierre, Martinique. The (Irappler waa ona of the Ural till pa lo dlaappear. Th following cablegram haa Ju.l been received nl the atate department trom the Uulled Mlulee conaul at Point A-Pitre: 'At 7 . in., on the ftlh Intt., torn f atcam, mud and lire enveloped Hit city of Pierre aud vicinity. Not mora than twenty pertona encoped wllh thelt Uvea. Klghleen vetaela wero burned and eunk with all on board, including four American ve.nela and ateamet from (Juebro named Ilorntme. The United titatea couaul aud family art reported among the vlcllnia. A war vet. el haa come to (luaitalouie for pro-vlalona pro-vlalona and will leavu at ft tomorrow. The alate depart ment liaa been receiving; re-ceiving; dlapatchea from commercial bounci In Kcw York, anking that wat ih I pa ha tent at once to Martinique to ftfford relief. The mutter ii under eon-tlderatlon. The conaul at Martinique la Thomaa T. Prenlita. He wat born In Michigan and waa appointed from Maaaachu-Mtla Maaaachu-Mtla aa couaul al Seycholle Ulauda lu 1)171, aud later aerved aa conaul at Port Iiuia, Maurltita, Ituuen, France, and lletavia. He waa appointed conaul at Martinique lu Pino. The vice-cuuaiil t Martinique la Amea Tenart. who waa boru aad appointed from Loulai- u In Ittlin. The lau-sl available llgurea allow the total population of Ihe laland of Martinique at leri.tiou, of whom .'.'i.ooil lived at ht, Pierre, tnd, according to Mr. Ayute, have nearly 11 perlthed. Tha ooiumiimler of the French eruiacr, riuchel, linn lelcgriinhed lo the miuinlcr of Marino, M. lie Lnuea-lan, Lnuea-lan, under dale of Thiu tiiuy, May 8lh, t 10 p. m.f aa foltona: 'Have Ju.t relilrned from SI. Pierre, which hua been completely destroyed by an Immense mass of Hie, c Inch full ou the town at nhniil H o'clock iu the tuurulug. Tho ciitiro pnpulatiuu (about '.'.'i.OOO noiil.) In niipponcd lo tntve perinhed. I have hrotighl bjclc the few eurvlvora. about Unrly. All the hipping III the hurbor haa heeo dc-alroyed dc-alroyed by lire. T ito eruption cuutin- |