Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-05-29
$1,000 DEAD.
Estimated Loss of Life at
st. Pierre, Martinique.
Sixteen Hundred Dead and 1000
Destitute at st. Vincent.
Mont PeIee Is StiII Throwing Out
Cinders--American and British
Consuis Bodies Identified
--WOrk of RelIefIs
Progressing.

New York, May 2O.-The first Off
cial estimate of the results of the eN-
plosion of Mont PeleS have been am
nounced, says a Fort de France dis
patch to the World. This gives
5000 as the number of people buried
in the ruins of St. Pierre. Six thou
sand persons were rescued by steam
ships or fed to places of safety.
Three thousand probably were
drowned. This is the most complete
estimate made so far.
The bodies of Thomas I. Prentiss,
American consul, and James Japp,
British consul, have been identified,
and will be brought here for ship
ment. Both bodies are bruised by
the fall of lava and stones almost be-
yond recognition.
Washington. May 2O.-Secretary
Hay yesterday received the following
cablegram from United States Consul
S. A. McAllister at Barbados, w. l.,
| dated May 10: sixteen hundred
deaths at st. Vincent; 1000 destitute.
Immediate wants supplied.
Fort De France, May 21.-Yester-
cloud, lit up by flashes of lightning
and the rising sun, rose from Mont
Pelee. The people of Fort De France
at once became panic-stricken, and in
scant attire rushed excitedly through
the streets of the town. Stones from
the volcano as large as hazel nuts
fell in the streets. Many of the in
habitants hurriedly embarked on the
vessels in the harbor, and il was with
difficulty that they were eventually
reassured. At o'clock, however, the
! excitement was over and the people
became calm.
Washington, May 22.-Adit. Gen.
Corbin has received the following
cablegram from Capt. Gallagher, date
of 21, who went to Martinique on the
Dixie: Effects of eruption con-
| fined to north portion of island. ST..
| Pierre and neighboring village total
ly destroyed. Thirty thousand is a
fair estimate of the loss of life in
zone of destruction; physical condi-
tions normal, but people are panic
stricken. This condition was in
creased by yesterdays eruption,
which was quite severe, but did not
| plies of all kinds sufficient for eight
weeks. What has been done was just
| what emergency demanded and moth
ing further can be suggested; govern
ment and people most grateful Dixie
| now discharging part of cargo; will
! proceed with what remains to St
| Vincent"
| Paris, May 23.-The government is
considering the possibility of the
| necessity arising for the evacuation
| of Fort de France, and of the whole
| island. The ministers do not believe
that any such emergency will arise,
but they are taking all the necessary
| measures to meet it if it does.
Fort de France, May 23.-The corre-
| spondent of the Associated Press has
| had an interview with NJ. Clerc, a
member of the legislature of Martin
ique, who recently explored the vi
cinity of Mont Pelee, in which he
said:
81 started Friday last for Mont
Pelee by the road leading along the
coast from Basse Pointe and, ac-
companied by NJ. Tellaine Chancele,
chief engineer of'the sugar works
''The pond which was situated near
Morne La Croix is completely dried
| up. The rims of the crater have
very much changed in appearance and
the heat where we stood was intense,
and the whole aspect of the noun
tain was terrifying. Stones fell
around us, and we picked up large
pieces of sulphur which, however, we
were unable to retain. The whole
spot was charged with electricity,
which became so violent that we
were obliged to retreat.
"Our descent from the mountain
was more difficult than our ascent.
A binding rain of ashes fell upon us,
and the engineer was nearly killed by
a large stone which fell near him. We
succeeded in reaching Basse Pointe,
on our return, after having been four
hours on the mountain under the
most dangerous circumstances"
Fort dc France, May 24.-It is re-
ported on seemingly reliable authOri-
tv that new crater is forming at
Aioupa Bouillon, which lies on the
side of the mountain opposed to st.
Pierre, with its northern face toward
the Atlantic. \ huge fissure is said
to have opened there which is vomit-
ing gases and volcanic matter similar
to those thrown out from the crater
at the summit.
The volcano is now throwing off
large quantities of ashes.
London, May e4.--A special dispatch
from Ponte-a-Pitre, Island of Guade-
loupe, dated May %, says faint
light was observed Thursday night in
r the direction of the island OF Martin
ique, accompanied by dctonations,
= and that fears are entertained of fur
! thcr disasters.
VIII Test the Law.