The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-13

hands covering their mouths or were
In some other attitude showing that
they had sought relief from suffoca-
ton. All the bodies were carbonized
or roasted
A. G. Austen, the manager of the
Colonial Bank of Barbados, landed at
st. Pierre with a party from the Brit
ism royal mail steamer Solent. He
found the bank clock stopped at some
minutes before o'clock. A horse and
buggy and policeman were in
dead group at the door.
How Our Vice Consul Died.
The cable repair ship Grappler was
lost with all on board, as was the
French vessel Tamaya. There were
eighteen or twenty vessels in the road
stead at the time of the disaster. The
British steamer Roddam had anchored,
but Capt. Freedman, although horribly
burned, managed to keep on the bridge
OF his vessel. Everybody on the Rod
dams deck was killed instantly, but
with the assistance of his third engi-
neer and fireman, who were wounded,
the captain brought the vessel to St.
Lucia. Many persons tried to reach
the Roddam, but in vain. The United
States vice consul at st. Pierre, Anne
dee Tessart, 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 trace of the American consulate.
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 ~, To- Io n 10
family at ST. Pierre.
Money in Bank Intact.
Last Saturday, after ten hours work,
a captain and a detail of soldiers found
two and half million francs
in the Bank of Martinique. The
vaults of the English bank at
were not opened.
The coast villages near St. Pierre
We're destroyed simultaneously with
that town. The entire island, up to
within a few miles of Fort de France,
is covered with mud and ashes. The
cattle of the island are either all dead
or dying. The streams have dried up
or are polluted. Thousands of persons
are fiocking to Fort de France. I'm
less relief is promptly sent famine is
imminent, and there is urgent need for
The French cable line, via Europe, is
now the only communication with the
outside world, and the demands made
upon this line are extremely heavy.
The SOufriere's Deadly Work.
lent brought awful news from the Brit
ish Island of St. Vincent May and
8 a volcano there, the Soufriere, broke
into violent eruption. Mud, ashes,
stone and fire We're hurled into the
town of Kingstown, the capital of the
island, and over the country. From
the meagre reports obtainable here, it
is known that 500 deaths had occurred
in ST. Vincent up to Friday night, and
that the volcano there was still active
at that time. The volcanic detonations
were distinctly heard in Barbados, a
hundred miles away, and the fall of
ashes there was so heavy that il
resulted in intense darkness
for several hours during the
eruptions.
The End Is Not Yet.
Hamilton de Lourey, a passenger on
the royal mail steamer Esk, reports
that between II and 1 o'clock of the
night of May s a huge black mass of
vapor hung over the volcano on St.
Vincent and that the mountain was
raining aSn6S, Wnlle there was d COLI
tinuation of electric flashes about the
mountain top. A boat from the Esk
went in toward the shore with mail,
but had to return.
The central and southern parts of
st. Pierre are still burning. The coun-
tryside is deserted. Every family on
the island is mourning the loss. of rel
ativeS or friends Business is at a
complete standstill
Mount Pelee is still in eruption and
even more violent and disastrous
eruptions may follow. Volcanic ashes
have fallen. against the wind, on the
islands of Dominica and st. Vincent.
Bodies Must Be Disposed of.
Fort de France, May 12.-The author
tiles are doing everything possible to
relieve the suffering. The means at
their hands are terribly inadequate.
Unless prompt measures are taken
for the disposal of the thousands of
dead bodies at st. Pierre, a fearful
plague is almost certain to develop
there.