The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-05-15
POMPfIrS
AWFUL DOOM
FORTY THOUSAND LIVES LOST BY
CATAsTROPHE IN MARrI-
NIQUE.
UNDER VOLCANOES FIERY FLOOD
RAIN OF FIRE AND ASHES COM
PLETELY WIPES OUT CITY
OF ST. PIERRE.
UNDER VOLCANOES FIERY FLOOD
GlIMPsts or NELL ON EARTH
UNITED STATES CONSUL AND
FAMILY REPORTED AMONG
THE VICTIMS.

San Juan, p. r., May 1.-THE cable
from Dominica that a schooner which
has arrived there from the Island of
Martinique reports that over 10000 peo-
pie are supposed to have perished dur
ing the volcanic disturbance in Mar
Unique. The cable repair steamer
grappler. belonging to the West India
& Panama Telegraph Company of Lon
don, was lost with all hands during the
Martinique. The Grappler was one OF
the first ships to disappear.
Forty Thousand Lives Lost.
st. Thomas, d. w. l., May lit Is
now estimated that 10000 persons per-
| ished as a result OF the volcanic erup-
ton I'm the Island of Martinique. the
British schooner Ocean Traveller of st.
John. N. b., arrived at the Island OF
| Dominica, b. w. l., at o'clock yester-
day afternoon. She was obliged to fee
from the Island of st. Vincent, h. w. l.,
during the afternoon OF Wednesday,
May I, in consequence of heavy fall
Of sand from a volcano which
Was Erupting There.
She tried TO reach the Island of st.
Lucia. b. w. l.. but adverse currents
prevented her from so doing. The
schooner arrived opposite st. Pierre,
Martinique, Thursday morning. While
about a mile off the volcano (Mount
Pelee) exploded and fire from II swept
the whole town of st. Pierre, destroy
Ing the town and the shipping there, in
Guiding the cable repair ship Grappler.
which was engaged in repairing the
! cable near the Guerin factory. The
| Ocean Traveller while on her way TO
Dominica encountered a quantity of
/ wTeckage.
Only Twenty Escaped.
Washington, May 1.-THE following
cablegram has just been received at
the state department, dated Pointe-a-
Pitre:
"At o'clock a. m. on the Sth inst. a
storm of steam, mud and fire envel-
oped the city and community. Not
more than twenty persons escaped with
their lives. Eighteen vessels We're
burned and sunk with all on board, in
clutling four American vessels and
steamer from Quebec named Roraima.
| The United States consul and family
are reported among the victims. A war
vessel has come to Guadeloupe for pro-
visions and will leave at 5 tomorrow.
-"Ayme, Consul"
The state department has been re-
ceiving dispatches from commercial
houses in New York asking that war
ship be sent at once TO Martinique to
afford relief. The matter is under con-
sideration.
st. Pierre Completely wiped Ont.
! London, May ia dispatch TO the
Daily Mail from Pointe-a- Pitre, Island
of Guadalupe, F.. w. l., dated yester-
| day, says:
THE Montpelee (St. Pierre) crater
| elected yesterday morning molten rocks
and ashes during three minutes and
completely destroyed St. Pierre and the
districts within radius of four miles.
| All the inhabitants were burned. About
eight passengers from the Roraima, of
the Quebec Steamship line. were saved
| by the French cruiser Suchet. The in
habitants of the southern district OF
the island who We're dependent upon st.
Pierre for provisions are menaced by
famine"
GIimpses of He'll.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Jamaica says:
"The first intimation OF a disaster
| lat Martinique was the breaking of the
| ca bles on Tuesday. The French cable
to Martinique from Puerto Plata. was
broken Wednesday. Gable communica-
ton with all the northern islands is
stopped The survivors of the British
steamer Roddan, describe the scene at
st. Pierre as being 'glimpses of herr
beggaring description. The Roddam's
men were chiefly killed by molten lava.
The Roraima was wrecked in terrible
upheaval of land and sea. The whole
crew perished. Two ships were lost
with all on board in an attempt 20 APP
nraacb MartipiuYa"