Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-16
LIST IS INCREASED.
Number Of Dead on Island of St.
Vincent Is 1000.
FURTHER REPORTS FROM ST. PIERRE.

FURTHER REPORTS FROM ST. PIERRE.
The United States Steamer Potomac
Reaches the Island - Provisions
NODDED for 100000 Persons-A
ChIld's Sad Experience.
Fort de Franco, Island Of Martin
ique, May lA.-Strange to relate, in
view Of the number of the inhab-
itants qt St. Pierre who were swept
to death by the volcanic waves from
Mont Peses on Thursday last, very
few eorpsas have been found by
those who arc engaged IN the work
of cneznatsng deed bodies. This Is
due to the feet that the most pop
uloas quarters Of the town arc bur-
led nnder thick layer Of cindered
Lave which apparently entirely con-
sumed che bodies Of the yicttms.
Services FOR the Dead.
Business here is suspended. The
people of the city have assembled
in the churches, and the cathedral,
where special services are being held
for the St. Pierre dead, has been
thronged. The United States gov
eminent tug Potomac leaves here at
once for the island of. St. Vincent,
where conditions are reported to be
worse. La Soufriere, on st. Vincent,
was in full eruption May 10. A
stream of stone and mud half mile
wide was then issuing from the vol
cano. Stones two inches in diam
eter fell IL miles away.
Two Thousand Dead.
At Kingston, the capital Of the is-
land, the ashes were two inches
deep. Seven hundred dead were re-
ported Sunday, May II. 1t is esti-
mated that the total number of
deaths on St. Vincent will reach
1900. Most of the seven estates on
the island have been burned to ashes
and it is automatically reported that
two earthquakes occurred there. 1t
is believed the submarine cables in
st. Vincent have been broken by
the disturbances. The present vol
canic eruption ON St. Vincent is the
first since 1912.
Potomac Reaches the Island.
Fort de France, Island of Martin
ique, May 14.-The United States gov
eminent tug Potomac, which came to
Martinique from San Juan, Porto
Rico, cruised along the coast Of this
island Monday afternoon. She en-
countsred an inky black column of
smoke which made it necessary for
her to go five miles out Of her course.
Words fail to describe the present
taehment of French troops is making
efforts to inter the dead, although
the government seems to be Strik
ingly unooneerned as to what is done
in this direction.
While coming to Fort de France
the Potomac picked up a boat con-
taining five eolored and one white
man whose pockets were filled with
coin and jewelry, the latter evident
ly stripped from the fingers OF the
dead. Lieht B. B. Mccormick, the
commander of the Potomac, arrested
these men and turned them over to
the commander of the French cruiser
suchet for punishment. The Po-
tomac brought ton OF supplies to
Martinique, consisting, in part, OF
Goldfish and flour. A famine here is
Imminent. The northern section OF
Aha ;clop1 e, 5apopu1at ted.
Need Provisions for 100000.
Provisions are needed here imme-
dately for 100000 people. A ship.
load 81 ha11e is also needed ut st
Pierre for eanitary purposes The
stencil there from the dead bodies
lis overpowering. Mont pelee was
stiu e9npting smoke AM. ire at :
late hour Monday night. The +. snei
cruiseY Suchet IS here, and the city
of Fort de France is quiet. 1t is
reported here from the British is.
land of Don1inica that 300 survivors
of the S.; Pierre disaster have
reached there in canoes.
Praise for Consul Ayme.
Every praise is given United
States Consul Ayme. He has worked
indefatigably to succor the survivors.
He has bandaged the limbs of the
wounded and has worked without
sleep and without food. He is now
thoroughly exhausted.
A Child,s Experience.
Margaret Stokes, the nine-year-old
daughter of the late Clement Stokes
of New York, who, with her moth
err, brother aged four, and sister
aged three, was on the Inflated
British steamer Roraima, is in the
hospital here. The child is not ex
pected to live. Her nurse, Clare
King, tells the following story o:
her experience: She says she was
in her stateroom when the steward
of the Roraima called out to her:
"Look at Mont Pelee." She went or
deck and saw a vast mass of blacl
cloud coming down from the volcano
The steward ordered her to return
to the saloon, saying: st is com
ing" Miss King then rushed to thu
saloon. She Says she experienced {
feeling of suffocation, which was fol
lowed by intense heat.
The after part of the Roraim;
broke out i'll flames. Ben Benson
the carpenter of the Roraima, VIII,
is now in hospital here severed.
burned, assisted Miss King and Mar
garet Stokes to escape. With th
help of Mr.. Scott, the first mate o