Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-05-22
ERUPTION OF VOLCANO
WROUGHT AWFUL HAVOC
10000 Lives Reported Lost in the City of ST. Pierre the
Island of Martinique ue-Shps We're Burned in the
HarbOr-MOnt Pelee Still in Eruption.


ique, May 1S.-lt now seems to be
generally admitted that about 10000
persons lost their lives as a result of
the outbreak of the Mont Pelee vol
cano. at St. Pierre, on Thursday last.
Fort De France, May 1.-THE
United States government tug Poto-
mac, which came to Martinique, from
San Juan, Porto Rico, cruised along
the coast of this island Monday at
ternoon.
Words fail to describe the present
situation at st. Pierre. small de-
tachment of French troops is making
efforts to inter the dead, although
the government seems to be strk-
ingly unconcerned as to what is done
in this direction. The looting of the
dead has begun already. While com
ing to Fort De France the Potomac
picked up a boat containing five col
ored and one white man whose pocll
cts were filed with coin and iewelry,
the latter evidently stripped from the
fingers of the dead. Lieut.. McCor-
mick, the commander of the Potomac,
arrested these men and turned them
over to the commander of the French
cruiser Suchet for punishment. The
Potomac also brought a ton of sup
plies to Martinique. \ famine is inn
minent. The northern section of the
island is depopulated.
Provisions are needed Immediately
for 100000 people. \ shipIoad Of lime
is also needed at st. Pierre for sani-
tary purposes.
AS a result of the measures taken
by the authorities access to ST. Pierre
is now easier. The ruins of the town
have ceased smoking. Two thousand
corpses have been found in a carbon
lied condition. 1t has been learned
that the rain of fire ceased at dis
tance of 200 yards from the village
of lie Carbet.
Castrics, Island of st. Lucia, May
1.-THE signal station here reports
that a large fire was seen Tuesday
night in the direction of Fort de
France. The British steamer Savan
arrived here Wednesday morning and
reports Mont Pelee to be still in erup-
tion. The trend of the flow from the
volcano is to the north.
The correspondent of the 'Associ-
ated Press here visited St. Pierre. by
the relieving steamer Kenneth. The
streets are two feet deep in ashes
and cinders, which cover thousands
of dead bodies, scorched black and
shiny as if they had been plunged
into boiling pitch.
London, May 1.-THE corrcspon-
dent of the Daily Mail at Barbadosa,
b. W. L., who visited st. Pierre on
board the Solent, has learned from a
DR.. Artier, who miraculausly escaped
the disaster, that when the governor
of Martinique. VI. J.. Mouttet. and the
insular officials had declared that all
danger from an eruption of Mont
Pelee was past, Il Gordon of armed
soldiers and policemen was placed
around the town to prevent the peo-
pie from leaving. DR.. Artier, how
ever, went to the suburb of Morne
Rouge. lie was riding back to ST..
Pierre when the explosion occurred.
The governor of the Windward is
lands teIegraphs to the colonial Of
fee from the island of St. Vincent;
under date of Tuesday, May IS. as
follows: II arrived here yesterday
and found the state of affairs much
worse than had been stated. The adj
ministratorS reports show that the
country on the east coast, between
Robin Rock and Georgetown, was ap-
parcntly struck and devastated in a
manner similar to that which de-
stroyed st. Pierre, and | fear that
practically all living things in that
radius were killed. Probably 1,6OO
persons lost their lives. The exact
number will never be known. \ thou
sand bodies have been found and
buried.
Washington, May 15.-Sccretary
Hay yesterday received the follow
ing cablegram from Consul Aymc in
answer to the secretary'S inquiry as
to whether fresh water and supplies
are needed: water is not needed,
but food is imperative for 10000 refu-
gees. | have cabled this to the gov
nor of Porto Rico, answering his
query as to what was wanted. | shall
stay here to distribute supplies. The
Cincinnati is here"
Kingston, Island of st. Vincent, B.
w. L., May 1G.-.-Scientists who have
come here from the British island of
Trinidad predict another volcanic
eruption on St. Vincent within "a short
time.
the volcanic eruptions is now known
to be considerably greater than was
at first estimated. The present un-
easiness of the inhabitants of the is
land is increased by the continuous
agitation of volcanic craters.
Friday morning, May s, large stones
and volcanic dust fell in the neigh
borhood of Georgetown for two
hours, terrifying the people there. \
cloud of hot vapor then passed over
that part. Two eruptions of less
magnitude than the first occurred
Saturday, May 10, and from then un-
til to-day. Fire and smoke have been
ascending, ut intervals from the era
tcrs.
Estate Is Worth $s,OO0,000.
Chicago, May 14.-,By the terms of
the will of the late Potter Palmer,