The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-12
DEATH WAS QUICK
Relief Parties Have at Last
Reached st. Pierre.
Indications That Life Was
BlOtted Out Suddenly.
AS IF BY LIGHTNING.
Piles of Dead Bodies Stacked
Everywhere.
Nine Children Locked in One
AnOther's Arms.
DISASTER COMPLETE.
Thirty Thousand Perished and
$4,000 Are Homeless.
President Asks Congress to Vote
Half a Million.
Nine Children Locked in One
AnOther's Arms.
DISASTER COMPLETE.
Thirty Thousand Perished and
$4,000 Are Homeless.
President Asks Congress to Vote
Half Million.

Fort de France, Island of Martin
iaue Sunday. May 11-Several steam
ers, including the government vessel
Rubis started from here yesterday for
IT. Pierre They had on board a gov
ernment delegate, a number of gen
d'armes, a detachment of regular in
fantry and several priests. The vessel
also carried a quantity Of fire wood
petroleum and quick-lime for use in
the cremation of the bodies of the vic
TINS of the terrible volcanic outbreak
of Tuesday last Large quantities of
disinfectants and stocks of clothing for
the refugees also were shipped to St
Pierre. The refugees had. as a rule,
assembled at lie Carbet and Case Pill
Ote, not far from st. Pierre. and, it is
reported, over a thousand of them have
died since the fearful stream OF lava
poured down Mount Pelee.
The sea for miles around was COW
cred with the wreckage of the vessels
sunk oft St. Pierre at the time of the
disaster and ashore only a few trees.
all bent seaward by the force of the
volcanic shower, We're left standing.
When nearing St. Pierre the Rubis
met a number of tugs towing lighters
filled with refugees.
The heat from the smoking, lava-cOv-
cred ruins at st. Pierre was suffocating
and the stencil from the corpse-srewn
streets was awful Only a few walls
were left standing. The report that
the hospital clock was found intact,
with its hands stopped at T.50. was
fbe ofT5ces ~ +b l1is or,9-,-1-1 bsG
entirely disappeared.
On all sides were found portions OF
the soldiers and 80 55ery,,ae snd
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ashore Tha darl[nass ea1isad ~ tbe
cloud Of volcanic duSt shrol,ded fbe
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The va1lIfs If f5s 12s,,1- ,.e 0re.+5,,i,.,,,
at ths bea5 ~ - 'alis fs u tIellllg T W ue
de L'Hopital were foi7nd infaot qTber1
contained two million francs In specie
The vaults of the government treas
ury are now being searched in the hone
that d large amount of money and other
Valuables deposited bv the DrincipaI
merchants Of the city may be saved.
Nearly 4.000 of the refugees from the
vicinity of the village of lie Precheur.
d suburban village TO the north of ST
Pierre were rescued by the French
cruiser Suchet and the cable repair
ship Pouyer Quertier and We're brought
here
AS a result of an inspection. the com
manded Of the Sucbef renorts tba+
crevices and valleys are consta,1tI,1
forming In the northern nor+ion Of ~
island where the land is in state of
perpetual change Fortune ta11r maj
part Of the country was evac11ate5 in
good time bv the inbabifarts III aeJ
Lava continues to stream down the