Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-15 | Page 2 | Terrible Heat That Pours down from Mt. Pelee

terrible heat that pours down from mt belee pelee new york may 15 in the destroyed city of st pierre the work among the ruins h being continued in an unsatisfactory manner says rf fort de france cew II erald the dead arc being burned the ayres pyres being fed with petroleum and tar great fires arc kept going which at night light up the entire island and which being seen abc st lucia led to alio belief eliat fort dc franco had burned although the island has been burn ed many bodies still remain to bo cremated seemingly charred pillars of stone frequently turn out to be alie trunks of unfortunates some of the of the houses that still stand crumble and fall at touch some idea of the terrible heat that poured down from mont celeo may be had when it is known that the iron rollers of alio princelle Pr inelle sugar inilla were melted as though they had been put through a furnace