Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-12

random, May liza ulspat'h w ~
-,r,os from 81. Thomas, d. w. l., says
.sa, 81 Pierre was DESTROYED In the
'~,aL,ing of an eye, and that not forty
:, ,be inhabitants Of the city escaped
Some Of the outlying parishes OF the
,,,ond OF Martinique have been mum
s.,oa The whole northern portion OK
Io island is burning, and has been de-
nuded of vegetation, and Is rocky
wilderness. a..
It is reported that Fort de France
,.,ood of Martinique, is threatened
ooncraes the correspondent, and there
ia frIghtful tension everywhere
The British royal mail steamer solent
..s gone from Barbados to Martini
ana with supplies and doctors. From
,ho island of Trinidad, the British
royal mail steamer Kennel has gone
10 Fort de France
Four small boats loaded with refu-
GEES from Grand Riverle. Martinique
have arrived at Dominica, In pitia-
hIe condition They report that six
ether boats left that village at the same
time II is not known what became
Of them.
IN A SHOWER OF FIRE.
Fort de France, Island Of Martini
nue. MAY il.-Advlces received here to-
day from the vicinity of st. Pierre
ten miles from here) contain further
details Of the terrible volcanic upheav-
al which resulted in the utter destruc-
ton Of that town and the death OF
nearly all It's inhabitants.
The crater Of Mont Pelee has been
wearing It's smoke cap" since the Srd
NJ Nav but there was nothing until
last Monday to indicate that there was
The slightest danger.
ENToMED BY LAVA.
On that day stream Of boiling lava
hurst through the top Of the crater
and plunger into the valley Of the River
Blanche. overlooking the Guerin sugar
waorks and killing 20 work people and
the son OF the proprietor
A commission was appointed by the
governor to investigate the outbreak
and Il returned a reassurng report on
Wednesday evening. But about
o'clock on Thursday morning shower
Of fire rushed down on St. Pierre, and
the coast from lie Carbet, which had
population Of 5000, 10 lie Prechsur,
which had q population Of 1000 burn
ing up everything In It's path,
Throughout Thursday the heat In the
vicinity OF st. Pierre was so Intense
and the stream OF flowing lava was so
unremttlng that IL was impossible to
approach the town during the early
part Of the day.
As evening approached the French
cruiser Suchet, after a heroic battle
with the heat suffocation and sulphur
fumes, succeeded in making a dash to-
wards the shore, nearing the land close
enough 10 enable her to take off 30 sur
vlvors Of the disaster all OF whom were
terribly burned and mutilated,
THIRTY THOUSAND coRPsEs.
ST. Pierre at that time was an abso-
lutte, smoking waste, concealing 10000
corpses, whose rapid decomposition ne
cesstated in some cases, instantly COM
pleting their cremation, which was
only partly accomplished by the lava.
The inhabitants Of Fort de France
We're panic-strloken the morning OF the
disaster when the sky suddenly black
ened until II was as dark as mid
night The sea shrank back 80 yards
fnd not rain began to fall, while gravel
me size NJ walnuts poured down in the
town. This lasted about Is minutes.
Inc 4oO survivors who were brought
mere yesterday from the vicinity of 81.
Ilerre by the French cable repair ship
Fouyer Quertier came from the town
oI lie PreGhsur, where, surrounded on
al sides by flowing lava, they were
nearly roasted 10 death, and expected
momentarily to be engulfed.
Inc latest reports received here show
60 mat the lava continues to pour down
ue slopes Of the moutain, slowly en-
gulhng the whole north side OF the ISL |
ana, while fresh crevasses are con- |
unually opening.
hTATE DEPARTMENT HAS NO AD-
VICES.
washington, May ll.--Nothing came |
the state department today from
we consular representatives in the |
west Indies touching the disaster at
- Pierre. Consul Ayme at Claude
pupe reported, however, that he ex-
Fcted to leave for Martinique tonight,
snd ne Will report promptly what he
Narns to the department.
Inc navy department was also with
oul any communication today from the
.rulser Cincinnati, whose commander
Vas aireeted TO proceed from santo
- TO Martinique 10 render such
slu as was possible. Nor has ANYTHING
MI Sven heaid from the Potomac, which
va az san Juan and whose commander
was gwen authority to go to the strick-
,yuIlng the day secy. Moody was
SnyIIhed that the Dixie, now al New
'VrA, would be ready for sea by Tines.
wy morning This report was in an
,Ser 70 orders that she be prepared
~ ga ls soon as practicable, and in
ny, ss event that this government under.
s %ses 10 render assistance TO the isl.
s ~asm she VIII be utilized TO carry
'ppples 10 the people.
''eS" Roosevelt has sent dispatch