Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-05-15
ST. PIERRE DISASTER
Details Received Picture the Scene
Worse Day by Day.
ESCAPES ARE FEW
Two Ihsnsand Dead on ~. Vincent is.
land from the Eruption e. La
Soufriere-Praise Given TO
United States Consul.


Fort do France. Island of Martin
ique. May Business here Is sus-
pended. The people OF the city have
assembled ia the churches and the
cathedral where special services are
being held for the 81 Pierre dead.
have been thronred since daylight
The United States government tug
Potomac has left here Tor the island OF
81. Vincent. where conditions are re-
ported 10 be worse La S0nfriere on
81 Vincent was In full eruption May
10. a stream Of stone and mud half
a mile wide was then Issuing from the
volcano. Stones two Inches IN diane
ter fell twelve miles away.
At Kingstown. the capital % ihe Vs.
land. the ashes were two inches deep.
Seven hundred dead were reported
sunday. May ~ o. Is estimated that
the total number OF dead on 81. Vim
cent now reaches 2O00 Most OF the
estates on The island have been burn
cd 10 ashes and Il Is authentioally re-
ported that two earthquakes occurred
there II Is believed the submarine
cables IN 81 Vincent have been broken
by the disturbances
The present volcanic eruption OF St
Vincent Is the FIRST since 1872
Provisions are needed here imme-
diately for 100000 people A shipload
% lime Is also needed at ST. Pierre
FOR sanitary purposes. The stencil
there from the bodies Is oyerpowering
Mont Pelee Is still eruptlng smoke
aud Ere
The French cruiser suchet Is here
and the city Of Fort de- France is
quiet
Il is reported he-e from the British
Island ~ Dominic that three hundred
survivors OF the 81 Pierre district had
reached there 10 canoes
Many strange lnd incomprehenslbie
Incidents are recounted OF ST. Pierre
The charred remains Of a woman with
a SILK Handkerchief unburned and in
perfect condition held 10 her lips have
been found there The crisped bodies
Of young girls have been found bat
the shoes they wore were unhuri
Every praise Is given United States
Consul Ayme he has worked inde-
fatgably 20 succor the survivors. he
has bandagrd the limbs OF wounded
and has worked without sleep and
without food he Is now thoroughly
exhausted
IN addition 20 the specie already se-
cured. jewels 90 the value OF / 900 900
francs were rescued from the Bank oi
81 Pierre.
The italian consul at Barbados has
recovered the body OF his daughter.
who was visiting in ST. Pierre at the
time of the disaster.
Margaret Stokes. the g-vear-old
daughter OF the late Clement stokes
OF New York. who. with her mother n
brother, aged four. and a sister aged
three. was on the ill-fated British
steamer Roraima. Is in the hospltal
here. The child is not expected 10 live
Her nurse. Clara King. SAYS she was
In her stateroim when the stewart ot
the Roraima called out 10 her: Look
AZ Mont Pelee She went on deck and
saw vast mass OF black cloud com.
Ing down from the volcano The stew.
ard ordered her 10 return 10 the "a.
loon. saying 1t Is coming"
Miss King then rushed to the sa.
loon She says she experienced a
feeling at suifocation. which was fol.
lowed by Intense heat The after mart
of the Roraima then broke ont In
flames. Ben Benson. the carpenter NJ
the Roraima. who is now In the hos
pital here severely burned. assisted
Miss King and Margaret Stokes 10
escape. With the help Of Mr. Scott.
the first mate of the Roraima he con.
structed a raft with lie preservers.
Upon this Miss King and MARGARET
we're placed. While this was being
done Margarct's little brother died
Shortly after the death Of the little
boy. Mrs Stokes succumbed Marea.
rot and Miss King eventually got
away on the raft and were picked up
by the steamer Koruno Male Scott
also escaped.
Miss King covered the face of Mar.
garot with her dress. but still The
child was probably burned.
Tho only woman known to have sur
vivcd the disaster M ST. Pierre was
q negrcss named Filotte She was
found In cellar Saturday afternoon
where she had hocn for three DAYS.
She was siill alive but iearully burn.
I'D from head to toes. She died la
the hospital here.
The path OF the volcanic torrent
which swept over ST. Pierre n
marked out In a strange manner. The
vicinity of the shore where vessels
anchored was swept by a whirlwind
Of volcanic gas which ripped. tore and
shattered everything IN It's passage
hut left few traces OF cinders behind.
On the other hand the fort. center
and adjoining parts OF ST. Pierre are
buried under 4 thick layey Of cinds.s