The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10
MOLTEN LAVA Be- .lHES FORTH AND
MJNDATES TIE CITY OF 81. PIERRE
KILLING MOST OF THE INHABITANTS
PRINCIPAL Seaport of the Island of Martinique Is
WfDed out and 1t is Estimated that Forty Thou
sand Persons Have PeriShed--ShipS in the
FTarbOr Sunk and Members of the
Crew Drowned
Crew Drowned.

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San Juan Porto io Iyy e t5 foHer which has arrived
the island Of Martinique reports t9 over 4gO PpI ade
cable repair snip 5 @ Win hands during the erup
a Of Mount Martinique The Gappler of
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III AsH1EGToN May following ca6gTam just been
w received at the state department -.
tom inst, steam, mud and fire :
their Eighteen with =
an On board n R T5 Iif9 consul d FAMILY ore
sgnedJ "AY1rE, Consul" :
department been receiving dispatches
asking that warships be to
Martinique Prentiss.
s ia 6 IN is7 Rp 6 later t 9S as 9sul at poP Iouis
Maurus, appointed at
Martinique and
available agg5ss population the is
according to Ayme have nearly all persisted
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n ARTS Nay 9Te colonial minister Craid received this
cable from the secretary general Of the government
Martinique j. f. g. LHurre respectively at and lO5O
yesterday reported broken be-
Fort de France and St. Pierre but added that Of
ports That the eruption OF Mount Peee bad wiped out the town OF 81
Pierre oil the boats available Fort de France dispatched to the
assistance of the inhabitants of that place
The second dispatch confirmed the reports OF the destruction OF S
Pierre and its euvron and shipping by rain Of fire. and said
posed that The whole population had been amhad with the exception
few injured persons rescued by the cruiser Suche
Immediately the receipt the above dispatches the flag the
colonial Office draped with crepe, and hosed at half-mast
The the French cruiser Suchet has tegraphed the
minister NJ de Fort de France island of Mar
Unique under date of Thursday May s. 10 p follows
ave returned Pierre which has been completely de-
stod by which fell
the morning. The population abou $4,000 souls) supposed
TO have persisted have brought back the survivors about thirty.
All the shipping in the hbor has been destroyed by fire. The eruption
contiruez7
WARsHIP AFTER THE FACTS.
The Suchet France
has ordered to return to St Pierre Martinique with all the speed
Possible and forward details of the disaster to the French He
o however be heard tentfour the Suchet
gene the island of Guadaoupe in order obtain provisions
feared that NJ Moute Of Martinique has persisted
h eegphed May that he proceeding Pierre.
might rs also supposed to have been ST. Pierre
The British royal mail Es which arrived
morning having passed ST. Pierre last night The
covered with ashes though she five miles distant from the which
"'m Ioabc darkness boat possible the
s but living soul ashore only The Quebec
Steamship compans Boraima explode disappear
SCHOONER FLIES FROM THE ISLAND.
st. Thomas d. W. May 1.-The schooner Ocean Traveller Of
s N d. arrived the island of Dominica Indies
'o inns afternoon She obliged to flee from the island of St
' British West Indies, during the afternoon Wednesday May Z il
aene of heavy fall Of sand from volcano which erupn
She to reach the island of St. Lucia but adverse currents m
vented her from doing The arrived opposite Pierre Mari
% Thursday morning May While volcano
Feee exploded and fire from swept the whole Pierre
g the and the shipping including repair shi
WIG" was engaged in repairing cable factory
Inc Ocean Traveller while her Dominica encountered
quantity of wreckage.
N York May 9Thre three passengers on Quebec Steam
company steamer Rorama which supposed have lost wit
anon board in the harbor Of St Pierre.
assc F. nce. / J. and Mrs Stokes
" m the West indies Quebec Steamship companys Office her
had been received either from Captain Muggah commando
me vessel or from any of the West Indian agents the line
at the Offices of the Danish consuls nothing had bee
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