The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-12
HORRORS OF
ST. PIERRE
Correspondents Enter
the Streets Of the
Stricken City.

NEW YORK. May si.-A correspond
ent writing from Fort de France under
date OF May rs says
"Pelee was very quiet today. An
hour later IL blew vapor and dust with
all the fury OF a pent-up force Of ma
ture. Under the clouds OF vapor. cor
respondents and photographers. with
their guides. penetrated the city. The
heat was terrific. ships tfpermome-
ter registering 1o2 degrees Fahrenheit
1T was In the Street Mont Parnais.
the second from the marine thorough
fare facing the sea. that we came upon
the street railway OF ST. Pierre. The
tracks were there. the remnants or
car. all the wooden work burned away
Three bodies were under IT. Our guide
said one OF the bodies was that OF
Petite Mignon." the collector OF fares
ON the street railway.
"A most awful freak OF the wrath OF
Peiee was encountered In the side
street twenty rods from the theater.
In one OF the few level spaces to be
seen in the city Of ruins was the full
outline OF the body of a man. The
boy was not IN view. but traced ac-
eurately on the surface OF the dust was
a perfect figure sIihouetted deep brown
against its pearl covering.
THE CRATER VISITED.
FORT DE FRANCE. May 3l.-The
National Geographical Society has
scored a great triumph. Professor An
cello HeiIprin assembled to the top OF
the crater OF Mont Pslee this morning.
In company with two guides and MT.
Leadbetter. While on the summit sew
cral violent explosions occurred. but
notwithstanding the thousand dangers
surrounding them, Professor Heilprin
spent a long time taking careful OBJ
servations. Looking down the crater
he found huge cinder cone. The era
ter opening is a vast crevasse 500 feet
long and $50 feet wide. While engaged
I'm this task the lives of members OF
the expedition were continually in dan
ger. and one particularly violent explo-
sion covered Heilprin from head TO foot
with viscld matter. de persisted, how
ever, and found. as had been expected.
that there we're three separate vents
for the volcanic matter. Meanwhile
Mont Pelee. seeming 10 resent the in
trusIon OF man into her awful terri
tory, belched out huge volumes OF
steam, ashes and boiling hot mud.
Professor Heilprin made the import
ant discovery that the crater OF Fall
aIse was In eruption at the same time
rs the summit crater. and elects pre-
clsely the same matter. Both craters
showed n new phenomenon during He'll
prin's visit, when mud was thrown up
In high columns. while heretofore the
mud has dubbed or boiled out and
flowed downward. There Is reason to
believe that great damage may result
from the Outbursts OF this mud To the
rich plantations stiA uninjured. The
ascent was made on mules to an alti-
tude Of zoo meters. the line OF ancient
vegetation. Leaving the mule that had
carried him. the professor proceeded ON
foot TO the site OF Lake Palmiste. He
found the lake completely dried up ana
crossed the bed. passing up slope to
the crater's edge. This. which had
formerly been high blum. Professor
Heiipr!n found. had fallen into the era
ter. This Is the first important veri-
fed Topographic alteration noted. Pro-
fessOr HeiIprin remained at the sum
init OF the crater over two hours.
The United States ship Dixie arrived
here from ST. Vincent last night and
left early this morning for New York.
Professor Robert T. Hill. United States
Government geOlogist. il among the
passengers On the Dixie. George Cen
nan AM his party are Stil up the
country. - half past o'clock yester-
day afternoon tiis submarine cable
broke again end az o'clock Mont Pc
lee was iu violent eruption. Reports
received here say the north craters are
pouring great torrents OF mud In the
direction u Viye. Yesterday afternoon
there was an enormous eruption OF
steam and ashes. This morning cor
respondent Of "A New York newspaper
went 10 81. Pierre with the Govern
menf party engaged In burning the
bodies OF the victims OF the first erup-
ton. bu; ;hs party was forced To- leave.
the volcano throwing volumes of black
smoke and loud detonations being