The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-14

v,ORT DE FRANCE' martinique,
Nav 1s.-The northern section Of
l tbs island is depopulated. Pro
...io,s are needed here Immediately
49, iooo0 A shipioad Of lime is also
-.ssa8 at St. Pierre for sanitary pur-
r,sse The stencil there from the dead
so5.es is ovcrpowering Mont Pelee
vrs dfl erupIng smoke and fire at
rts hour last night. The French
-r.ser suchet is here and the city Of
Fort De France is quiet
III was reported here yesterday from
,sa British island of Dominica that 300
srrrivorg of the St. Pierre disaster had
raehed there in canoes.
Many strange and incOmprehensible
Instances are fcCOunted of ST. Pierre.
M cha-red remains Of a woman with
silk handkerchief unburned and i'm
osrfert condition held 90 her lips. have
Zen found there. The crisped bodies
n Young girls have been found. but
tbs'r shoes were unhurt. Every praise
4 given United states Consul Ayme.
10 has worked indefatigably TO succOr
the survivors he has bound the limbs
of wounded and has worked without
faeD and without food He is now
thoroughly exhausted. Forty. persons /
rescued from the city are now In hos
rials here.
In addition TO the specie already Sc
urei Jewels 90 the value Of 1000. 900
francs were rescued from the Bank Of
ST. Pierre yesterday.
The Italian consul at Barbados has I
recovered the body of his daughter.
Who was visiting I'm ST. Pierre at the
lms Of the disaster
Story Of the Disaster.
Margaret Stokes. the 9-year-old /
daughter OF the late Clement Stokes Of |
New York who. with her mother. a
bother aged A. and "a sister aged 3. was
on the Inflated British steamer Rorai-
rs. Is tn the hospital here. The child
IS not expected 10 live. Her nurse. !
Cara King. tells the following story Of |
h-r experience:
She says she was in her state room
WIEN the steward Of the Roraima |
called out to- her. Look at Mont Pc
ee She went on deck and saw a vast I
mass Of black cloud coming down from /
the volcano. The steward ordered her !
% return 70 the saloon. saying: 1t is /
coming
Kiss King then rushed TO the saloon. |
She says she experienced a feeling of /
suf0cati0n which was followed by in 4
tense heat The afterpart Of the Ro- /
rama broke out IN flames. Ben Ben /
son. the carpenter Of the Roraima. who /
IS now In a hospital here. severely 4
burned. assisted Miss King and Mar 1
garet Stokes to escape. With the help 4
d, hr Scott the first mate Of the Ro-
raima. be constructed a raft with life 4
preservers. Upon this Miss King and
Margaret were placed.
While this was being done Margarets
little brother died. Mate Scott brought
Che child water at great personal dan
gef out 10 was unavailing. Shortly
aiier the death Of the little boy. Mrs.
stokes succumbed. Margaret and Miss
hns eventually got away on the raft
and we're picked up by the steamer
horona. Mate Scott also escaped. Miss
Ming did not sustain serious injury.
She covered the face OF Margaret with /
har dress. but still the child was fatally
burned
Black Column Of Smoke.
The United states government tug
Potomac. which came TO Nartinioue
ron San Juan. Porto Rico. cruised
along The coast Of this island Yesterday
afternoon. She encountered an inlxv
na'k column OF smoke. which made If
necessary for her to go five miles out |
Of her course. O''
words fail % describe the present
....auon az St. Pierre. A small de-
, comment Of French troops is making
-'.s To- inter he dead. although the
sl'0inment seems 20 be strikinglv nm
s..tlned as TO what is done i'm This
h-- The looting of the ruins
- ,sln already. While coming to
ny ne France the Potomac picked up
o.. pa, containing five colored men and
49, .N.le man whose pockets were
,..5.- WIN com and jeWelry. the latter
49,. stripped from the fingers Of
-flienant u. r. Mccormick, com
'-i Or The Potomac. arrested those
- ana turned them over 10 tho com
f- %. me French cruiser Suchat
h....- .l-'sIIneHL The Potomac also
No.. .sN, ton Of supplies 10 Marti-
AM e.. INSISTING. in part, of Goldfish
-, "a famine here is imminent The
1911 section Of the island is de-
rs,l Business here is suspende5.
I'm a. el2.e NJ the city have Assembled
vssr. - --'. ..'-S' and the cathedral.
tr- d. ..al services are being held
-s-,--e ~ Pierre dead. has been
rssa since daylight
l.sr, United States tug Potomac will
N.Y. mere today for the island NJ 81
d, Where conditions are remarked
cen. .. .lISe. la SoUfriere on st. Vim
s.-ss-, 'h iIa eruption May 10. A
VIA. 'l stones and mud hair a mile
~, 80 iaea issuing from the voIcs-
trsr. --.s TWO inches I'M diameter fell !
cs-i.,, .'.. away AT Kingston the
tro NJ y. me island. the ashes were
rsrs -g-- 80 leap Seven hundred dead !
eHrstlso ..1 sunday May II. II Is
deaths ~ .N-L The total number of .
~. a. Vincent reaches 2. O00
k-s-5 wi .le seven estates ON the /
g 4 .-.t been burned TO ashes ana /
eartb7psJ.- ...alIy reported that two /
lsye5 ~ occurred there. II is be
Cent bs,.. s''u'drine cables in St. Vim
al,ag M, o--n broken by the disturb
Or s, ,.'e present volcanic eru1fio,
17't Is the first since 1872. I