The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-05-17
filed the air,
NOT ONE HOUSE INTACT.

With great difficulty landing was
effected Not one house was left In
tact Vicid heaps of mud, of
brighter ashes. or piles of volcanic
stones were seen on every side. The
streets could hardly be traced.
Here and there among the ruins were
heaps of corpses Almost all the
faces were downward.
In one corner % bodies of men,
women and children were mingled in
one awful mass, arms and legs pro-
truding as the helpless beings fell in
the last struggle Of deaths agony.
Through the middle of the old Place
Bertin ran a tiny stream, the re-
mains of the river. Great trees,
with roots upward and scorched by
fire, were strewn in every direction
Huge blocks of still hot stone we're
scattered about From under one
large stone the arm of white
woman protruded.
Most notable was the utter silence,
and the awful, overpowering stencil
from the thousands of dead.
ALL POISONED BY GASES.
Careful inspection showed that the
fiery stream which SO completely de-
stroyed St. Pierre must have been
composed of poisonous gases, which
instantly suffocated every one who
inhaled them, and of other gases
burning furiously, for nearly all the
victims had their hands covering
their mouths or were in some attitude
showing that they had sought reliel
from suffocation. All the bodies
were carbonized or roasted
A. G. Austen, manager of the
Colonial Bank of Barbados, landed
r at st. Pierre with party from th'
! British mail steamer Solent. HI
found the bank clock stopped a
some minutes before 8 o'clock.
horse and buggy and policeman
were in dead group at the door.
Thirty thousand corpses are strewl
a about, buried in the ruins of st
y Pierre, or else floating, gnawed b
e sharks, in the surrounding seas
q Twenty. eight cbarred, half dea
: human beings were brought here
a Sixteen of them are already dea
d and only four of the whole numbe
j. are expected to recover.
e The only woman known to hav
survived the disaster at ST. PierI
II was negress named Fillotte. Sh
ii was found in cellar Saturday aftel
It noon, where she had been for thre
# days. She was still alive, but fea-
t. fully burned from head to toes.
r St. Thomas, D. W. L., May r.
The French cable ship Pouyer Qua
" tier is trying to repair the cable.
ID is reported that she finds it sunk
lg l, 200 meters of water, where form
is erly 1t was only 800 meters belo
8, the surface.
re London, May Ia "A dispatt
w from Fort De France says: Abo
1000 corpses have been found in tt
r, streets of st. Pierre, most of the
I'd living face downward. The cent?
q. quarter of the town and the fort q
as buried several yards under cindel
t. In the neighborhood of the cree
es several houses were found inta'
all but the inhabitants were all dead a
ce appeared to have been killed
en- lightning. Here the bodies W.
nd lying, sitting and reclining in CT
~, iously lite-llke attitudes.
I'M All possible sanitary precautic
,ts have been taken at st. Pierre, CT
ice cludes the dispatch, but the ster
there ls awful.
nd Fort De France, May IA i
at village Of Urine, south OF st. Pier
w. was almost entirely burned and
nd most all the inhabitants were kill
)ut One of the survivors Of Urine '
will die, says the sea, boiling b
led invaded the land.
ter Six women, whose bodies are
liff solid burn, are writhing in anot
he ward of the hospital. Ten won
les severely burned, from Urine, v
L-z<~L+ ooJ Four of fhoyr, bouo Al