The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-13
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At no time were there any earth
quakes but big stones were reained
down and FIRE fell Joke rain for long
time.
OTHER PLACES SUFFER
In a separte part OF the hospital were
found several persons saved from Car
bet village four miles from St. Pierre
The village OF Urine, sout hof st.
Pierre, was almost entirely burned and
almost al the inhabitants were killed:
One of the survivors Of Urine, who will
die, says the sea, boiling hot. invaded
the land. Six women. whose bodies were
one solid burn. are writhing in another
ward OF the hospital Ten women, Sc
vereIy burned. from Urine, were brought
in and four of them have died. Il is
doubtful if any Of the six still alive can
recover.
EYES WEREN'T BURNT
An evidence Of the swfftness Of the on
slaught OF FIRE is found IN the fact that
none of the victims were blinded, al
though the eyelids of most Of them arc
nearly burned thrdough. All those saved
except the engineers Of the ROraima, are
poor sailors and Martinique negroes.
No one knows how the passengers OF
the steamer perished and It IS impossi-
bic TO get q full list OF tho vessels lost.
The cable repair ship Grappler was lost
with all on board. as was the French
vessel Tamaya. There were eighteen or
twenty vessels in the roadstead at the
time OF the disaster.
CAPTAIN WAS BRAVE
The British steamer Roddam had an
chored. but Captain Freedman, although
horribly burned. managed TO keep on the
bridge Of the vessel. Everybody or the
Roddans deck was instantly killed, but
with the assistance of his third engi-
aeer and q fireman, who were wounded,
the captain brought his vessel TO st.
Lucia. Many persons tried to reach
the Roddam. but in vain. The United
States vice consul at st. Pierre, Arnedee
Testart, reached the deck OF the Roddan.
only. TO faIls lsback in the sea dead.
Three hours exploration of the ruins
Of St. Pierre resulted in the finding OF
no trace Of the American consulate. Con
sui Thomas I. Prentis, his wife and two
daughters re undoubtedly dead. That
quarter Of the city is still Z vast mass
OF blazing ruins. Nor has any trace
been found Of James Japp, British con-
sui. Mr.. Japp had a large family at
st. Pierre.
MILLIONS IN MONEY
Last Saturday. after ten hours work,
a captain and Z detail Of soldiers found
two and q half million francs in the
bank OF Martinique. The vaults Of the
English bank AZ St. Pierre were found to
be intact and were not opened. The
coast villages near st. Pierre were de-
stroyed simultaneously with that town.
The entire island, - 10 within a few
miles Of Fort de France is covered with
mud and ashes. The cattle of the isl
and ara either al deaf nv dx-ir
streams Of the island have dried up or
are polluted. Thousands Of persons are
nocking TO Fort de France.
Unless relief is promptly sent, famine
Is imminent. and there is urgent need for
the services Of the Red Cross society.
The French cable line via Europe is
now the only means of teiegraphic COM
municatiOn with the outside world. The
demands made upon this line are sX-
tremely heavy.
soUFRIERE is AWFUL
The British royal mail steamer SoIent
brought awful news from the British
island Of St Vincent May and a
Volcan there. the SoufrieTe, broke into
violent eruption. Mud, ashes, stones and
IRE were hurled into the town Of Kings
ton, the capital of the island. and over
the country. From the meager reports
ootalnable here It Is known that 500
deaths had occurred IN St Vincent up
to Friday night and that the volcano
there was stiB active at that time The
volcano detonati0ns were distinctly heard
in Barbados, a hundred miles away. and
the fan of ashes there was so heavy
that is resulted in intense darkness for
several hours during the afternoon Ham
iiton De Lourey. a passenger from the
royal mail steamer Esk reports thar be-
tween II and ] o'clock Of the night Of
Aay huge black mass Of vapor hung
over the volcano on ST. Vincent and
Ihat the mountain was raining ashes
while there was a continuation of cleo
trio flashes about the mountain top.
boat from the Esk went in toward the
shore with mail but had TO return.
COUNTRY is DESERTED
terrible explosion which occurred en-
boaord the Quebec line steamer Rora-
ifna probably resulted from kerosene.
Ihe central and southern parts of St
flerre are stiil burning. The country
slue is deserted. Every family is mourn
ing the loss OF relatives or frierSc Bus
lhess Us AT a complete standstIu. St
fierre was the financial and provisioning
center OF the island.
Mount Pelee is still in eruption and
even more violent and disastrous crup-
uons mag follow. Volcanic ashes have
fallen against the wind on the Islands
Of Dominica and St Vincent.
RELIEVING THE DISTRESS
The authorities are doing everything
possible @ relieve the suffering The
means at their hands are terribly inad-
tua-e Unless prompt measures are
tlNen fer the disposal of the thousands
OF dead bodies at St Pierre q fesrY,,I
Prague is almost certain 10 deveiop there.
FeterAof SoutIer who was at Fort
0e rance when the first indications of
- upton were seen al ST. Pierre. declared
1ntl the danger would not increase. md
se.lt q cetaehment Of soldiers to prevent
{. senTa. exodus of the Inhabitants. The
his wife VIZ"
Fort De France, May l2-At the 20
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