The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-11
10000 LOST LIVES.
ALI the Vessels ID the Harbor Were
$3.50 Destroyed.


London. May 1o--Lloyd's agent at st
Lucia. b, w. L.. cables that later new.
fully confirms the disaster at st. Pierre.
He says he cannot ascertain the names
of the vessels which has been lost. but
they include one italian bark and two
steamers one probably being the Crap,
Ter, the cable ship belonging to the West
India and Panama Telegraph Company.
The total loss of life Is estimated at TO-.
900.
Lloyd's agent at St. Thomas, d. w. L.
cables that st. Pierre has been totally
destroyed by fire, and that all the inhab.
itants persisted.
All the vessels In the harbor were lost
These include the Grappler.
The steamer Roraima belonging to the
Quebec Steamship Company. took fire II
port, and became total loss. y
All on Board the Roraima persisted.
Thirty deaths arc reported to have &C.
CURED at the Island of st. Vincent. ac.
cording to telegram received at the co.
lonial Office this morning from Governor
Llewellyn, forwarded from st. Lucia yes.
terday evening. The Governor says:
Information incomplete Eruption con-
tinues. ] am endeavoring to get back to
st, Vincent
Steel, Young & Co. of this city, owners
OF the British steamer Roddam, which
escaped from St. Pierre to st. Lucia. re.
cefved this morning the first news from
their agents at st. Lucia. as follows:
Terrible volcanic eruption at Mar
Unique Roddam returned. One anchor
and chain slipped. Tarpaulins and run
ming gear burned. Machinery intact.
Captain In hospital. Two mates, chief en-
gineer and eight of crew dead Ten In
h0snitHI Sarnnh nd trH
aboard. Campbell. supercargo, dead.
Communication between here and Barba-
does interrupted.
Gable communication between London
and the Island of Martinique is cut off.
The direct West Indian cable received at
] 20 this afternoon cable dispatch from
st. Lucia saying:
"Sloop just leaving for ST. Vincent. pre-
sumably with the object of ascertaining
what has happened on that island. Pos
sibly took Governor LleweIlyn,"
Communication is still ohtainable with
the island and Guadeloupe, French West
indies. but the news is copgested owing
TO the confusion prevailing In the cable
system and the numerous official mes
saSes Med. The receipt of the first direct
cable news from Martinique depends OH
how long the French company will take
IN repairing the cable to Fort De France.
capital of the Island. on which they arc
now working.
The British admiral is communicating
with the commander in chief of the Brit
ish naval station and war vessel will
be directed to go to Martinique. II is an
parent from the cable dispatches receiv-
cd that the eruption of the volcano on
Mont Pe'ee will not do much damage to
tn" summer crop. which is chiefly con-
fined 10 the southern part of the island
and tho gathering of which is now two
thirds over However. the wiping out of
the moneyed population of the island.
centered at st. Pierre, is bound to pro-
duce the most serious commercial effect.
Not one Of the business houses in Lon
don has heard a word of its agents I'm
Martinique. A partner of the principal
English firm dealing with Martinique said
to representative. of the Associated
Press
II suppose all our agents are dead. Not
much business is transacted between En-
gland and Martinique. Almost everything
thence is shipped direct to Bordeaux,
which suffers the most. ] know Mar
Unique well. The last time / was there. a
few years ago, there were only two Eng
lishmen and no American resident at st.
Pierre. though that town did a good BUSH
ness with America in foOdstuffs. large
portion of the white population belong to
old French families. who preferred st.
Pierre to any other part of the islaud
We never for a moment dreamed that
Mount Pelee would prove dangerous. Fiji
" years ago some steam issued from its
crevlces, but no attention was paid to it,"
Private dispatches received late this az
ternoon from the West Indies say the
eruption at Martinique ia decidedly worse.
The French Cable Company received ca
kilograms this morning announcing that
the eruptions at Martinique continue and
that ships are afraid TO go near the ISL
and. The latest n1essaRes Indicate that
the number Of deaths will De about 10000