Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-13

anchor and get out. When we came
up we found the ship on fire aft and
Fought II forward until O'clock wien
the Suchet came TO our rescue. We
were then building a raft"
Zen Benson, the carpenter Of the
Roraima, said IL was on deck amid
ships when j heard the explosion. The
captain ordered me TO pull up the an
chor. | got to the windlass, but when
the fire came ] Went into the forecastle,
and got my buds. When / came out
talked with Capt Mauggah, Mr.. Scott,
the ilrSt officer, and others They had
Deeh on the bridge. The captain was
horribly burned He had inhaled
names and wanted to jump into the
sea- tried to make him take a life
preseryer The captain, who was un-
dressed jumped overheard and hung
on to a line for a WHILE then he dis
appeared Gus Under the quarter
master OF the vessel, who is horribly
burned and can hardly talk, confirmed
this.
Francisco Angelo, who speaks poor
English, wildly described the onrush OF
the flre. lie says the captain was a
very brave man. too brave to be burned
10 death. Angelo further asserted that
me storm OF fire lasted not more than
hVe minutes. Joseph Breckels, sea-
man % years old, Is 80 frightfully
burned that he cannot live, having in
haled flames Other men of the
Koraima who were rescued are Saliva
dor Acollo and Joseph Susino.
From the Italian ship Teresa Lovico
several men were saved. but they are
In frlghtful state, except Jean Louis
Prudent OF St. Pierre. Although on
deck and unprotected, he was little
burned. Prudent says there was first
an awful noise of explosion, and then,
right away, a cyclone of smoke and
fire. hrt such was the poisonous, chok-
Ing nature OF the smoke that IL burned
worse than the FIRE. When II struck
the people they fell dead, The cyclone
OF gas tore the masts from the ships.
blew others up and sunk some OF them.
Soon after came wave Of fire bigger
than the smoke cloud. THAT cloud"
continued Prudent. was bigger than
the mountain, II seemed.
THE fire burned the city everywhere
at once. Near me saw only dead mon
but on shore | saw men and women
rushing back and forth amid the flames
X.
Then came that choking smoke. and
they would drop like dead files. The
explosion, smoke and fire all came and
went In three minutes, but the city
burned for three hours. Then every
house was finished, and nothing alive
was left Some men from the sinking
ships got to the shore but they were
burned up there. At no time was there
any earthquake, but big stones were
raIned down and fell like rain for a
long time"
VILLAGES DESTROYED
In hospital were is injured persons
f~o'' NarNot village four miles from 81.
Pierre. The village Of Urine, south OF
D.. ierre, was Almost entirely burned
and almost all the inhabitants were
killed. One Of the survivors OF Urine,
who win die, says the sea, boiling hot.
invaded the land. Six women, whose
bodies are one solid burn, are writing
In another ward of the hospital. Ten
women severely burned, from Urine.
were brought In, and four OF them have
died. II is doubtful II any Of the six
still alive can recover.
An evidence OF the swiftness of the
onslaught OF fire is found In the fact
that none OF the victims was blinded,
although the eyelids OF most OF them
are nearly burned through. All those
saved. except the engineers OF the Ror-
alma, are poor sailors and Martinique
negroes. No one knows how the pas
sengers of the steamer persisted, and Il
Is impossible to get n full list OF the
vessels lost. The cable repair ship
Grappler was lost with all on board.
as was the French vessel Tamaya.
There were is or 20 vessels in the road
stead at the time OF the disaster.
The British steamer Roddam had an
chored. but Can't. Freedman, although
horribly burned, managed TO keep on
the bridge of his vessel. Everybody on
the Roddam's deck was instantly killed.
but with the assistance OF his third
engineer and a fireman, who were
wounded, the captain brought his YES
sci to st. Lucia. Many persons tried to
reach the Roddam, hut IN vain. The
United States vice consul at ST. Pierre.
Amdee Testart, reached the deck OF the
Roddam. only to fall back into the sea
dead.
Three hours exploration Of the ruins
OF ST. Pierre resulted in the finding OF
no tract VI lit
Consul Thomas T. Prentis, his wife and
two daughters are undoubtedly dead.
That quarter Of the city is still a vast
mass Of blazing ruins. Nor has any
trace been found OF James Japp. the
British consul Mr.. Japp had a large
family at st. Pierre.
The coast villages near ST. Pierre
we're destroyed simultaneously with |
that town. The entire island. up to |
within few miles OF Fort de France. is
covered with mud and ashes The cat
tie OF the island are either all dead or |
dying. The streams have dried up or |
are polluted. Thousands OF persons are |
Hocking TO Fort de France, Unless re- |
lief Is promptly sent famine Is imm- |
nent and there is urgent need for the |
services Of the Red Cross society
az. g. VI. 7. GREAT MAY SALE.
An fhie week Choicest Rare aims Of 1