Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-10

..,or May "A dispatch re-
va va, Sare from San Juan, Porto h'e .
esi'eo . "y,y says the cable oriclail
dl'd . 'vs'y received dispatches from the
ihey a' =, Dominica that a sonoone,
sla 'is ,s !, arrived there from the ls'a ~
vnI. ,'. n reports that over w.
O. n l,oole are supposed to nave
Wv p.S' during the volcanic dlS'uro :,
peIIsp : Martinique. The cable repair .,,i
ship. o anS Panama telegraph company
h .l London ,Ss eruption pIS Of Mount Pclee at
du''I p,. rr Martinique, The drapple'
~ one Of the first ships to di sap i,,st
was rse guy ALLOWING cablesranl nus ,"st
my .oSSIyed al the state depart ,1nI,it
eesn ,se United States consul AZ ro'''
a-Plue' IN the sth inst, a
Az steam mud and fire enVeiopeu
s t cl, ~ Of Pierre and Vicinity N neS
lne ~" han 20 persons SsO No.
my N.Y. ,heIr lives. Eighteen vessels VIZ
WIN ,"o and sunk with all on board, 'h'
burner a ,nur American vessels ana
clOalnb ' rom Quebec named koralme.
Ts sa United States consul ana AMY ,va,.
d iHe rsported among the victims, "A r "o'
als ~. 4 bas come TO Guadalupe ior pro-
ve ,1,a.. ' and viii leave al tomorrow.
V's sSo s,ate department has been re;
10y SIsnatches from commercial
SoSsSs IN New York, asking iha ,., W.T. ~
sSIns he sent at once TO Martinlgu e., "
sSord relief. The matter Is uhuer oo"-
sT Ths consul at Martinique Is Thomas
n pennies pr He was born IN Miehlgah
a.s vas appointed from Massaehu'
ss,ts as consul at seychelle lslahds III
is,i and later served as consul az ror,
IonIs Mauritus, Rouen, France, ana
p Ss He was appointed consul at
uay,Inlaue IN 1900 The vice consul at
Martinique is Ames Tesart VINO was
horn ana appointed from Louisiana IN
iSS The latest available figures snow
me total population OF the ISLAND 9I
Martinique al $4,000 OF whom $1,000
lived in 81 Pierre, and according TO
NJ Ayms have nearly all perished.
NEWS OF DESTRUCTION CON
FIRMED.
Paris MAY 9.-rhe colonial minister
NJ de Crald. received this evening two
cable messages from the secretary-gen-
eral Of the government OF Martinique,
Id Z. G. LHurre, sent respectively
at p. m. and l0;S0 p M. yesterday
The earlier cable reported that the
wires were broken between Fort de
France and st. Pierre, but Il was add
ed that In view OF reports that The
eruption Of Mount Pelee but II was add
the town Of st. Pierre, all the boats
available at Fort Je France were dis
patched to the assistance OF the In
'habltants OF that place
The second dispatch confirmed the re- |
ports OF the destruction OF st. Pierre |
and lis enyirons and shipping by a rain :
Of fire and said Il was supposed that the
whole population had been annhliated, |
with the exception Of a few injured per-
sons rescued by the cruiser suchet.
Immediately after the receipt OF the
above dispatches, the flag over the
colonial Office was draped with crepe
and hosied AZ half.mast.
The British schooner Ocean Travel
Ter, Of s. John, N D., arrived at the
Island Of Dominica, British West In
dies, al o'clock this afternoon. She
was obliged TO fee from the island OF
". Vincent, British West Indies. during
the afternoon Of Wednesday, May Z, in
consequence OF heavy fall OF sand
RON a volcano which was erupting
mere She tried TO reach the island of
y Lucia, but adverse currents prevent
y her from doing so The schooner
.rrived opposite S. Pierre, Martinique
thursday morning May s, While about
nile on the volcano Of Mount Pelee