New-York tribune., 1902-05-13
MESSAGES RECEIVED HERE.
THEY TELL OF DEATH AND DEVASTA-
TION-DISPATCHES MUST TRAVEL
1926 MILES


L. W & P. Armstrong & Co. of No Jog waIl-st
received yesterday this cable message from their
agents Guadeloupe:
stT6yed Gn sh m morning city St Pierre completely de-
ssniPPlng s destroyed Man-of-war Suchet at Fort
saved about twenty people from vessels. Officers
Sent ashore TO rescue those supposed alive but city
of bodies on the squares II is believed no
one one escaped Governor and colonel and wives who
had come from Fort de France most probably
perished also previously. destroyed several
Ing many victims; also total lives lost estimated
Wi thousand Suchet left yesterday with relief
VIII De back tomorrow.
Charles van Romondt. the Martinique agent OF
Armstrong & Co.. who has been in this city for
some time. received the following cable dispatch
yesterday from Joseph Duvallon of Martinique:
and C, rleTre totally destroyed The families Devers
% prned s provisions at Fort de France requistioned
tS pS .ne government Send me instructions. Until
saved. ' i'i'e anu 'i''e' DeSu' sS
The families Devers and Girard and Nine and
Mile. Desurgy related TO Mr. van Romondt
by marriage.
A. E Outerbridge. of the Quebec Steamship Com
pany. whose steamer. the Roraima lost in the
bay OF St Pierre yesterday received the following
cable message from Dominica. West Indies:
Chief officer and assistant ptrser taken by
korona at Fort de France. Engineer Morris and
names cabled yesterday left In hospital at Fort
de France seriously injured Muggah and Braun
and all others dead.
Muggah was captain OF the Roraima The others
referred to were members of the crew.
The steamship Korona. which ran into Fort de
france after the eruption and rescued the few
survivors. of her sister vessel is bound for this
port and Is due here week from yesterday.
She Is the first vessel from the scene OF the dis
aster TO start for this port
T. c Sweeney. officer of the French Gable
company. at his office. No 20 Broad-st said yes
that was Fauy
sages from Fort de France by the long round
about way of Pernambuco and Madeira but that
naturally. the French Government was monopoz-
ing this service. and the messages received here
were Few and meagre, and really shed no light on
the extent Of the damage and the condition OF af-
fairs In the French West Indies He expected
mat the demands on this line would let up suffl-
ciently to permit more messages to come through
this city
Meanwhile Mr.. Sweeney said. the companv's
cable ship Pouyer- Quertier was at work north Of
Martinique graphing for the sea end OF the cable
that runs between Martinique and Hayti and
which was broken by the commissions of May s.
AS soon as the cable ship caught the end of the
cable she would communicate with this city run
n new cable into Martinique and establish direct
communication with the devastated region
George Clapperton, traffic manager Of the Com
mercial Cable Company. said yesterday afternoon:
Ordinarily. there are five ways of getting into
Unique. from Dominica Martinique from Porto
l IA IN san Domingo, Martinique
Lucia to Martinique. and from Paramaribo in
Dutch Guiana. to Martinique. There is a network
or cables centrins around Martinique but We have
no authoritative information 10 where the ca bles
are broken. The Porto Plata cable on
May >. but whether II near Martinique or
further out to sea We don't know. on May T.
however we received notice that the West India
ana Panama Company had lost communication
with Martinique and that indicated that the ca BILE
from -. Lucia 70 Martinique. from Dominica TO
must be broken. but whether they were all broken
az once we do not know. The assumption IS that
they ~
The cable from Paramarlbo to Martinique IS I'm
communication is maintained with the island The
messages nave 70 g. to Paramaribo, Dutch
SIulana: thence to Para. Brazil. TO Pernambuco TO
!ape Nerd Islands. TO Madeira Lisbon, to the
travel 1925 miles distance nearly five times
greater than the usual cable route and the cost is
s. l5 word
As the cable boat Grappler has been burned I'D
there are now no means OF making repairs. Com
Inunicaton. however. Will soon be established
through IN" Hayu Telegraph and Cable Company.
winch works the connection with the French West
lndia cable Company II is OF the French
cables which runs from Porto Plata TO Martinique
Iheir cable ship Is due thre was in
neighborhoOd at the time. II Is reported she has
put 10 sea from Martinique TO repair the cable
At the central cable ofice OF the Western Union
company. No &c Broad-st. II was denied that there
was any teleSraphic communication at all with ST
Vincent The cable there failed the same dav the
St Pierre cable interrupted There were
scores OF inquiries for news yesterday the ca BILE
Fire insurance said yesterday that so far
as they knew most of the insurance In MARTINIQUE
was probably obtained at the foreign offices OF
insurance companies.