Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-10

''The soufriere volcano on St Vim cent, B. w l.. erupted violently yes terday. Loud reports, resembling ar tillery fire, were heard at Barbados at o'clock in the morning. At o'clock there came darkness and thun- der, accompanied by strong down pour of dust which continued until night. Barbados is several inches deep with dust this morning. Have telegraphed Sir Robert Llewellyn. governor of the Windward Islands, offering him all assistance"
 Another cablegram received from Administrator Bell of the Island of Dominica is as follows:
 "A terrible eruption has occurred of a volcano at Martinique. Great dis tress prevails there. l am sending provisions immediately. All safe at Dominica
 Chicago. May 1O-"The Island of Martinique, and especially the city of St Pierre, Is beautiful place in which to be born and pleasant place to die, but to live there is attended by more dangers than can be compensated for | by it's attractions"
 Vincent de Messimy local represen- l tative of French wholesale liquor 1 house who thus characterized the place which has been visited by such | terrible disaster, was born in St Pierre. All of his family, a sister. | her daughter, two uncles and several cousins are there. Of their fate he knows nothing. His sister is Mrs Joseph De Masias. His uncles are A1phonse De Missimy and NJ. Augrain, wealthy planters. and his cousins Robert and Roger Augrain and Jacques Albert and Marguerite De Messimy.
 Knowing the place as I do," he said, "I have little doubt that the dis aster was just as terrible as has been l indicated, and my anxiety for the fate of my sister and my other relatives { is great There have been several eruptions of Mont Pelee, but never such a terrible catastrophe as that which is being described in the pa pers. That is why I think the re- ports have not been exaggerated. Un- doubtedly when ashes began to fall days ago people though it would be unsafe to remain out of doors, and when the fatal eruption came were caught in their houses, victims of the false security engendered by previous comparatively harmless disturbances" | Galveston, Texas, May 10.-A. Drou- l ithel, who is a native of the town Of Castrias. island of St Lucia, and who is now a resident of this city is much concerned for the safety of his four sisters who are residents of St Pierre. Mir Drouithel spent three years i'll school at St Pierre. He believed that | if the damage is as great as reported, | 1t must have been caused by the eruD- ton of some fresh volcano nearer the city than is Mont Pelee, accompanied by an earthquake. He cannot under stand the reported damage by fire to the shipping as, he says, the boats are anchored a mile or more from the city.
 London, May 10-Lloyds agent at I St Lucia, B. w. l., cables that later news fully confirms the disaster at St | Pierre. He says he cannot ascertain the names of the vessels which have been lost but they include one Italian barque and two steamers, one prob ably being the Grappler, the cable ship I belonging to the West India and Pana- ma Telegraph company.
 The total loss of life is estimated at 3O.OOO.
 l Lloyds agent at St Thomas, D. ". l.. cables that the town of St Pierre has been totally destroyed by fire and all the inhabitants perished. All the yes sels in the harbor were lost. These in- clude the Grappler The steamer Ror- alma, belonging to the Quebec Steam | ship company took fire in port and be- came a total loss. All on board the ROraima perished.
 Paris, May 1O-The minister of ma rlne has received the following un- dated despatch from Points -Pitre. Island of Guadaluope, from the com mander of the French cruiser Suchet;
 T have obtained the bulletin infor- nation of the vents of yesterday. About 8 o'clock the volcano threw m q considerable mass of smoke and earth. A whirlwind of fire immediate ly followed. Instantly the whole town (of St Pierre was in flames. and inc ships in the harbor were dismasted and burned. The shower of rocks last ed quarter of an hour. I arrived at St Pierre at o'clock in the afternoon
 saving a few persons from the shins | 1 saw no living creature in St Pierre 10 which 1t was impossible to pene- trate. There were numerous cornses near the quay"
 l London, May 10.-A cable companv received a message from Martinique to-day saying the volcanic eruption there continued and that ships are afraid to approach the island.
 New York, May 1O-St Pierre. Mar unique, just destroyed by a volcanic eruption, had large commercial trade with this city. Four or five large houses carried on a business of at least $500,000 annually.
 New York, May 10.-The agent of the Quebec Steamship company has re- ceived telegram from the company's agent at Dominica saying that surviv- ors of the steamship Roraima which
 was destroyed in the Martinique dis aster are reported as saved.
 The quartermaster, stewardess and seamen Marley, Thompson, Moore Ev-
 ans, Benson, Mayer. Leady and three
 unknown sailors. The first officer and
 assistant purser are in the hospital at
 Fort de France
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