Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-15
PELEE STILL ACI|YE
Volcano Which Destroyed St.
Pierre Continues to Pour
Forth Lava.
Showers Of Stones Sent Forth
at Irregular Interyals=.Ashes
Cover Sea.
The Dead at St. Pierre Being
Burned With Petroleum
and Tar.

15.-Eruptions of Mount Pelee contin.
lie, covering the island With ashes
which are in many places many fee,
deep. Rumblings of the volcano are
heard continuously.
st. Pierre can now be approached
! Troops. and a man-of-war have beer
sent there to search ruins and burn
| the dead. The stencil in the city is
awful
The stream of fire that destroyed st
Pierre came from the side of the
mountain, which opened and closed
leaving large and very deep crevices
near Macuba and Grand Riviere. The
sea near the catastrophe withdrew
several hundred feet, coming back
steaming with fury.
The officers in charge of a boat max
ing soundings off the island report
a depth of 1900 feet where formerly
it was only 600 to the bottom. Pumice
stone and ashes covered the sea for
many hundred miles.
The cable repair steamer saved 500
persons who were surrounded by burn
ing lava near La Precheur. Many
wounded We're found at Morne Rouge
Several ships have arrived bearing
help and provisions. 1t is reported from
st. Vincent that 1000 persons were
killed by the eruption of La Soufriere
Communication with the island is still
interrupted.
A French cure yesterday brought in
from his passionate four miles north
of here stones as large as walnuts,
which he said fell there last night, do
ing considerable damage. Ashes and
cinders have been thrown forth by
Pelee, but the danger has not again
threatened st. Pierre.
In the destroyed city the work among
the ruins is being continued in an
unsatisfactory manner. The soldiers
have been forced to act, and hour by
hour the danger of an outbreak OF
pestilence increases.
Inc dead are being burned, the pyre
being fed with petroleum and tar
Great tires are kept going, which al
night light up the entire island. and
winch, being seen at st. Lucia. led
TO the belief that Fort de France ha5,
burned. 1t is impossible to give on
adequate description of the condit;ar
~ 81 Piefre The fires in the CITY
- burned themselves out, making
!. possible to dig down into the ruins
been buried. a. nave
~ the streets the ashes and cindars
az II! places six feet deep. Everywhera
are the dead bodies, decomposinp and
giving Off stencil that makes tho
workers faint. Attic thousands bana
been burned, bodies still remain to he
cfemated. Many of the bodies are car
BOMBED and swollen. Some are on
crusted with ashes.
!. under one ruin perhaps only a sj,ola
pody VIII be found, while not far Off
VII oe a group Of half a score huddlea
.osetHer. Searchers often while walk
ihs thru the ashes step upon what an
pears 10 pc charred pillar of stone.
only to lsarn as it yields gruesome,v
under foot that 1t is the trunk of an.
other unfortunate.
In all st. Pierre only a single human
being escaped the work Of Mont paIaa
! ne one Is a negro murderer, who was
49, q eSil 81 ldT under ground
that the gases as Well as the flames
rallied to reach him. There he re-
manned for four days before his cries
We're heard.
When the cell door was thrown omen
ne dashed away toward the distant
woods He is believed to have beer
crazed by the awful experience thru
which he passed. Armed soldiers are
now watching the workers to prevent
the robbing of the dead bodies or the
ruins. Vandals continue to profit, but
orders that have been given to shoot
down any person who is seen robbing
body will probably put a stop to the
crime.
Some of the walls of the houses that
still stand crumble and fall at touch. |
Some idea of the terrible heat that
poured down from Mont Pelee may be
had when it is known that the iron
rollers of the Prinelle sugar mills were
melted as tho they had been passed
thru furnace.