West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-10
From Volcanic Eruption on the
French Island of
Martinique.
City OF ST. PIERRE WIPED OUT.
Some Shipping Was Also Destroyed.
U. S. Consul and Family Reported
Perished-voIcano Erupting on St.
vincent-No Damage Reported.

st. Thomas, ID. w. l.. May 10.-It
was estimated last night that 10000
persons persisted as result CT the
volcanic eruption in the island of
Martinique.
The British schooner Ocean TRAY
eller, of st. John, N. g., arrived at
the island of Dominica, British West
Indies, at 3 o'clock Thursday after
noon. She reported having been
obliged to fee from the island of ST.
ternoon Of Wednesday, in conse-
Quence of a heavy fall of sand
from volcano which was erupting
there. She tried to reach the island
Of ST. Lucia, British West Indies, but
adverse currents prevented her from
SO doing. The schooner arrived op-
posite st. Pierre, Martinique, Thurs
day morning, May s. While about a
nile off the volcano (of Mont Pelee)
exploded and fire from it swept the
whole town OF st. Pierre, destroying
the town and the shipping there, in
Guiding the cable repair ship Crap
pier, of the West India and Panama
Telegraph company, of London,
which was engaged in repairing the
cable near the Guerin factory. The
Ocean Traveller. while on her way
to Dominica, encountered quantity
Of wreckage.
Washington, May 10.-The follow,
ing cablegram was received at the
state department last evening:
"PointeA-Pitre, May 8, 1902.
Secretary OF State, Washington:
AT o'clock a. M, ON the 9Th in
slant, storm of steam, mud and fire
enveloped the city and community.
Not more than 20 persons escaped
with their lives. Eighteen vessels
We're burned and sunk with all on
board, including four Americans, and
a steamer from Quebec named Ro
rama. The United States consul and
family are reported among the vic
Tins. A war vessel has come to
Guadalupe for provisions and will
leave at tomorrow.
(SigneO "Ayme, Consul"
London, May "a dispatch to the
Reuter- Telegraph company, from
Kingston, Jamaica, after giving the
details of the Martinique disaster al
ready known, says:
Thousands were killed at st.
Pierre, where a terrible panic pre-
vailed. The eruption began Satur-
day, May 3, when st. Pierre was COW
cred with ashes and appeared to be
enveloped in fog. The flow of lava
continued until Wednesday, May T."
The message adds:
I'm the island of st. Vincent the
Soufriere (volcano) is active and
earthquakes are frequent But so far
no damage has been DONE"
In response to the request of Gov
ernor Llewellyn, of the Windward
islands, the British second-class
cruiser Indefatigable has been dis
patched from the island of Trinidad
to the island of ST. Vincent, by way
of st. Lucia.
Pointe-A-Pitre, island of Gaudaloupe,
French West Indies, dated yesterday,
says:
"The Mont Pelee (St. Pierre) era
ter elected yesterday morning molten
rocks and ashes during three min
utes and completely destroyed st.
Pierre and the districts within a
four-mile radius. All the inhabitants
were burned.
About eight passengers from the
Roraima, of the Quebec steamship
line were saved by the French
cruiser Suchet
"The inhabitants of the southern
districts of the island who were de-
pendent on st. Pierre for provisions
are menaced by famine"
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Jamaica says:
"The first intimation of a disaster
at Martinique was the breaking Of
| the cables on Tuesday. The French
cable to Martinique, from Puerto
Plata. was broken wednesday. Cable
communication with all the northern
Islands is stopped.
1.-THE survivors of the British
steamer Roddam describe the scene
at st. Pierre as being "glimpses of
hell beggaring description. The
Roddam's men were killed chiefly by
molten lava
"The. Roraima was wrecked in a
terrible upheaeal of land and sea.
The whole crew persisted.
1.-TWO ships were lost with all on
board in an attempt to approach
Martinique"