The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-15

ins that sw~-'. -ickeninx odor which
com.- only from dssd human h~-h
On ! Salkei. hshtins my way through
Tho ashes undrr tho burning sun. whit"
mighty colurnn- II smoke ami steam c-'n'
tinu~d 20 ri-. from tho crater 10 Mont
Pp,A. Tho sarrir~- had h~,'u offered
Bat who l. b. Nhn Sald that ~ Pierre
p>rished for IT. ~ins' lie ought al-o to
10 mads % name N. city Which ds-erNed
90 - spared
ORE OF rvo
In two -~cond- all human activity. manu-
fsc'ort~-. horcs. schools. hotels. every
thing. c-as~d 10 exist some bodies ~er~
found sitting In ths position IN which thev
were at the time death came
In one plac~ n mar was found In his
orice with pen in hand. resting HI. ch'ek
90 the other hand In a restaurant =
father. his wifi. and Two children wer"
siil sitting around the table. look ing ~
| much alive that 'ho-r who first av th"m
spoke to them before u was ~r-alizsd they
were dead
Toward the southwest the town 81 ~
Pierre terminated at th. foot 81 Morns
d'Orangc. a crest " hill some 'hrep hundred
feet high stretching To tho eastward and
rising about four hundrd feet, forming
a background to the unfortunate city
From the town a road led up To Morne
dOrange. winding its way CO the sid" OF
N. Hill until il reached the summit 81 the
cape where stood The giant statue ~ The
yir,,, Marr
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On IN. yer.nd, o,erloos ing :, Pierre
found Two hnii.- They lnnk,d a. n
hey had been Watching Mont, p.l.. when
hoy were struck Law The killing cloud
N.it her Of ,h.se shaved npy evidence Of
main
A. I valk,sl ont through the fallen gate
, horrihl. seen. aprcard There Law the
whole family. a picture - sad, 80 terrible.
,hst i, will forever stand before m. Ten
dead bodies Law a, my feet, Two -nhll
children had been running ahead Their
attitude az hey Law showed that they had
l.~n in q hurry
Then cam. three bodies ~ men and
women from TWENTY-FIVE 10 thirty-fve
v.ar. II age and behind them q woman
whom I took ,o IT, the mot her and mis-, res
Of the house. and lastly stretched out on
the ground behind III. r.st Law a tall man.
more than ak feet high. his arms wide
spread nut as II protect IN. family which
he had undoub v tired to hurry before
him
Only one Of the -ng men seemed 10
have suffered HIS face was drawn, his
arms stretched upward and his toes curled
AZ IL under a sharp pain
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the ground. and remarkable As II seems.
Of ia. trees did not show any marks
fire
In the town itself much wood was found.
vhi,. and without burns. while o, her niece,
again we're reduced 20 a stale Of charcoal
The bark ON the tire. trunks had lars.
m.-L. from boulder.. and Was much
An interesting feature presented was
,hat sharply dctn.d line which par,.d
IN. DESTROYED territory from green fields
II s.-msthus Ina, AZ sudden VA, the burning
,ha, the heal scarcely had tim. 10 spresd
hevopd the limits ~ the sas cloud
youh.r. aid I - .crnaI Law, Will.
hl.cL uud Lad coy.r.J mos, NJ tho min.
Ard over this again tho s.d ,r,v cln.k
~ volcanic ashes had leon draw
A, Nor. d'o,.ny. n Tor, was s,,ua,.d
Ther. som. four-inch c,nnons hal h..n
,h,ovr ,hi,x ya,ds .xay
Tn. .,.,n, ~ he Virgin Mary .h,oh
49,, ha,c - four,ae, or N,,.., TO-, hi.h
vas moulded IN metal and must have
several tons. had been lifted bodily
from its pedestal and carried some forty
feet on the ground.
s~UpDESNEss or IT.
H. h.r,.,
xh,oh -, 49, l.sn .,.,,.d - ,,on,,-
or,h.,siIL. ga ,h. human mind rho W.,
~ ~. h,r,,in, U.s. "a aIr.ab, ,,o,,iorod
r.cnu.r ,ou,d n hov his III, anna,.
an,ty vholo oy,rv mu.c,o .h~u,,, -
- o.. 80, U,h, a,d h.athr,l
,o,c,.d On. hodx vii a .,ioL and ,,,,d
!, h,rJ h,, ,ui,. hollow I-,do,h,odi,
,ha snddo, .,nIosion n, sas.s had hurroL