The Butte inter mountain., 1902-05-10
GREAT DISASTER
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ministrator Bell of the Island of Do
minica, IL as follows:
"A terrible volcanic eruption has oc-
Cured at Martinique. Great distress
prevails there. | am sending provisions
Immediately. All safe at Dominica
Deaths at st. Vincent.
Thirty deaths are reported To have
occurred at the Island of 81. Vincent,
according to Il telegram received at the
colonial office this morning from Cover
nor Llewellyn, forwarded from ST.
Lucia yesterday evening. The governor
adds:
Information incomplete. Eruption
continues. am endcavormg to get back
to ST. Vincent"
Steel, Young a. co. of this city, owners
of the British steamer Ruddam, which
escaped from ST. Pierre to 81 Lucia, re-
ccived this morning the first news from
their agents at st. Lucia as follows:
"TerTible volcanic eruption at Mar
Unique. Roddam returned one anchor
and chain slipped. rarpaullns and run
ming gear burned. Machinery intact.
Captain in hospital; two mates, chief
engineer and eight OF the crew dead. 10
gineers aboard; Campbell. supercargo,
dead. Communication between here and
Barbadoes interrupted"
Gable Is Broken.
Gable communication between London
ana the Island of Martinique IL cut off.
The Direct West India Gable com
pany received at 80 o'clock this after
noon a telegram from ST. Lucia. dated
today, saying:
'sSloop Just leaving for st. Vincent,
presumably with the object of ascer-
tanning what has happened on that
island. Possibly took Governor Lew
ellyn."
Communication Is slill obtainable with
the Island of Guadalupe, French West
India but the news Is congested, owing
to the confusion prevailing In the cable
! system and the numerous oniciai ness
ages fled
The receipts of the first direct cable
news from Martinique say the work Of
| clearing away the debris In the city OF
| ST. Pierre viii be commenced as soon as
II Is possible TO enter the smoking RUNS.
Send War Vessel.
The British admiralty is communlea-
ting with the commander-in-chIef of the
British naval station and "A war vessel
| viii be directed to 80 10 Martinique. II
i Is apparent from the cable dispat chcs re-
! ceived that the eruption of the volcano
| and Mount peelc viii not do much dam
age TO the summer crop which is usually
confined to the southern part of the
island, and the gathering OF which Is
now two-thrds over.
However, the w.ping out of the monied
population centercd at ST. Pierre, In
i bound TO produce the most serious COM
mcrcial effect. Not one Of the business
houses of London has heard "A word from
| its agents at Martinique.
partner OF the principal English
/ firm dealing with Martinique said to n
representative OF the Associated Press:
Il suppose all our agents are dead Not
much business is transacted between
England and Martinique. Almost every
thing thence Is shipped to Bordeaux,
which suffers the most.
Not So Bad.
Il know Martinique well. The last
time ! was there, n few years ago, there
were only two Englishmen and no
American residents at st. Pierre. though
that town did good business with
America In the way of food stulfs.
"A large proportion Of the white popu-
latlon belongs 10 the old French FAMILIES,
who prefer st. Pierre 10 any other part
Of the island We never for a moment
dreamed that Mount Pelcc would prove
dangerous.
Fifty years ago some smoke and steam
issued from It's crevices; but no attention
was paid to 1t. Unless the lava overrun
the whole island, which Is not likely, the
disaster may not turn out to be as great
as ii at present seems To be"