Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-05-15
WORSE THAN STATED.
British Official Visits the island Of St.
Vincent. .


Vincent
London, May 15.---The governor of
the Wiaaward islands, Sir Robert
Llewelyn, telegraphs to the colonial
office from the Island of st. Vincent
as follows:
II arrived here Monday and found
the state of affairs much worse than
had been stated. The administrators
reports show that the country on the
east coast between Robin Rock and
Georgetown was apparently struck and
devastated in a manner similar to that
which destroyed St. Pierre and fear
that practically all living things in
that radius were killed. Probably 1900
persons lost their lives. The exact
number will never be known. Man
ayers and owners of the estates,- with
their families and several of the better
class Of people, have been killed. A
thousand bodies have been found and
buried One hundred and sixty per-
sons are in the hospital at George
town. Probably only six of this num-
ber will recover. 81
"The details of the disaster are too
narrowing for description.
IT got at St. Lucia a coasting steam
er which is running up and down the
Leeward coast with water and provi-
sions. Twenty-Five hundred persons
have received relief.
81 have asked for medical officers
from Trinidad and Grenada. All the
neighboring British colonies are as.
sisting generously. Every effort is be.
ing made to grapple with the awful ca.
lamity. Il o. '
"All the best sugar estates in the
Carib country are devastated and the
cattle are dead.
"The eruption continues, but is ap
parently moderating..'
Sir Frederick NJ. Hodgson, the gov
ernor of Barbados, has forwarded tt
the colonial Office the report of the
| colonial secretary, who has just return
ed from visit to st. Pierre, Marti
1nique. It confirms the worst account:
of the disaster. The secretary com
pares the ignited matter, which de
stroyed everything within an area O.
10 miles long by six wide, to burning
sealing wax. He adds, significantly
that the services of doctors are no
required as there are no wounded
persons. .-
Bodies of Dead and Ruins of Building:
Show No Sign of Burning.
Castries. Island of st. Lucia, May Is
The correspondent of the Associated
Press here has visited st. Pierre, Mar
Unique, by the relieving steamer Ken
meth. The destruction there is appall
ing. The streets are two feet deep il
ashes and cinders, which coyer thou
sands of dead bodies, scorched blacl
and shiny as if they had been plunged
into boiling pitch. Many of the deat
were never touched by the volcanic
fire and some of the houses and wood
work destroyed show no signs of burn
Ing.
At Moudlage, in the southwestern
portion of ST. Pierre, the town hall is
still standing as high as the first story
while at the fort, in the northwestern
part of St. Pierre, the most massive
stonework is calcined. ~.
The church tower, built by the Jes
uits two centuries ago, of Cyclopea1
mason work, is now like huge heal
of old metal.
Soldiers are guarding property from
prowling ghouls who are robbing ths
dead. They meet with severe punish
ment when caught.
| The stencil throughout st. Pierre i!
| terribly offensive. The streets are
| still obstructed by huge piles of debri:
and dead bodies. The work of clearing
| the thoroughfares will necessitate the
employment of large numbers of mel
| for many months.
1 Moudlage Rouge, near st. Pierre, i.
| preserved and Basse Pointe and Ma
| couba are yet unhurt, but the crate
| is still active and smoke and ashes art
| blowing steadily northward.
The surviving inhabitants are try
ing to cross from st. Pierre to the Isl
and of Dominica in boats. Man,
drowning casualties are reported.
Assistance is constantly arriving a
Fort de France from all the neighbor
ing islands.
MISTAKE OF SCIENTISTS.