Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-11
DOOMED 70 DESTRUCTION.
The Belief Prevails That the Island
of Martinique Will be To-
tally Destroyed.
AN IMMENSE TIDAL WAVE EXPECTED.
Business At a Standstin on Quad
aloupe Island in Anil cipatfOn OF
a Catastrophe That May Engulf
Them ut Any Time In Wholesale
Death.

, New York, Sept. ct is generally
believed that the Island of Martinique
is doomed to total destruction, and
the fear is that when the catastrophe
comes, Guadalupe will be visited by
an all-destructive tidal wave, cables
the Point-a-Pitre (Guadelupe) CORE
spondent of the Herald. Business il
absolutely at a %standstill. Few shops
are open and if it were not for eff
forts of a small number of more vail
ant souls, hundreds would starve to
death here because of their fear of a
more terrible death.
The Terrible Mont eles.
Details that have been received dur
ing the last two days prove that the
eruption on Mont Pelee, on August 30,
was more violent than any of the pre-
vious explosions. AS the eruptions
continue the mouth of Mont Pelee
grows in size. 1t is now of enormous
proportions. Morne La Croix, n of
the peaks that reared skyward from
the south side of Pelee, has fallen
bodily into the crater and has been
completely swallowed. There seems
to be a side pressure in the crater and
the burning chasm widens perceptibly
every day.
A Column of Flame and smoke.
Clouds no more hang about the
crest of Mont Pelee. The terrific heat
seems to drive everything away. Tie
column of flame and smoke rises di-
rectly into the heavens, so that its
top is lost sight of. In the darkness
of night it has the appearance of a
stream of molten iron, standing fixed
between heaven and earth. From
Morne Capote, the relief troops were
compelled to make a quick retreat, al
though they succeeded in taking out
a few wounded. The entire country,
nearly to Fort de France, is buried
under a deep cover of ashes. This
has made it almost impossible to lind
the bodies of those who have persisted
while fleeing to the seacoast.
A Survivor of Morne Rouge.
Constantine IRA, one of the few
who succeeded in escaping from
Morne Rouge after the explosin, found
refuge on the steamer Esk. She was,
with IL others, in her house when
Pelee gave it's first warning OF the
disaster which it was about to pour
upon the village. She said that the
first explosion destroyed many huts
GU -.. l,,,1ol with uraof force
against the wall of the Dom in which
she was sitting. On recovering from
the shock she ran outside, and there
saw three separate tongues OF lire
sweeping down from the mouth OF
the volcano.
The Terrific Heat.
The earth shook with so great VIC
lence that she coud not retain hel
feet. She was blinded by the glare O
:he flames. The heat was so terrific
that her flesh was blistered. She
awaited the death which she believed
to be inevitable. Fortunately the fire
swept a little to n side of her, ant
she was saved.
Swept BY High 1
At Grand Anse the tide swept 3Oi
feet in shore, destroying many hut
and drowning scores of inhabitants
Even at fort de France the mos
stout of heart have lost courage.
Col. lie Occur has reported to hi
government that in his opinion thu
entire island of Martinique will hav'
to be abandoned. He asks for as
sistance in transporting the inhab
itants to the other islands of thu
West Indian group.
Recent Loss of Life in Martinique.
ish West Indies, Sept. 6.-The repor
Castries, Island of St. Lucia, Brit
ish West Indies, Sept. 5.-The repor
brought by the Royal mail steame.
Yare, which arrived here, Thursda,
evening, from Martinique, of the los
of 2,000 lives through the recent out
break of Mont Pelee, referred to tn
deaths since August 80, and not t.
the loss of life resulting from the re
ported outhreak of Wednesday Sen