Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-05-12
5000 REFUGEES SOUGHT
HILLS NEAR ST. PIERRE.
They Were Being Taken Away Grad
uaIIy--of the 30 Persons Originally
Rescued by the French Cruiser
suches, the Majority Were Fear.
fully Burned-Nine Died ON the
Way to the Hospital - corpses
Heaped In Ruins of ST. Pierre
Naked and Frightfully Mutilated.

EdTlS, May IL ne lGlHpS yeotSi
day, referring to the destruction at
St. Pierre, said:
I'VE believe, from the information
received here from the island of Mar
Unique (meaning doubtless the Off
cial dispatches), that the disaster
surpasses all that imagination can
conceive The whole northeastern
portion of the island is laid waste.
Three large communities exclusive OF
ST. Pierre have been destroyed. The
victims comprise two candidates for
todays ballotage for members of the
chamber of deputies
dispatch received here yesterday
from Fort de France, Martinique,
says:
AL the hills surrounding lie Car
bet and LIE Precheur (near st. Pierre1
are covered with refugees, to the
number of 5000, who are being taken
away gradually. In the meanwhile
provisions are being conveyed to
them.
Nine of Rescued Died.
"Of the 80 persons who were orig
inally rescued by the French cruiser
Suchet the majority We're fearfuIly
burned, and nine died while on their
way to the hospital.
The corpses which are heaped in
the ruins OF st. Pierre are not only
completely naked, but are frightfuliy
mutilated."
The minister of marine, M. De
Lanessan, yesterday received cable
dispatch from the commander OF tns
French cruiser Suchet, dated Fort de
France, Martinique. saying that ne
conducted a search at st. Pierre Sat
urday. The captain reported that tha
town is now mere heap of smoking
ruins, under which the victims Oh the
catastrophe are buried. The Suchet
was able to convey some OF the inhab.
itants of lie Precheur to Fort de
France, but could not reach the nortn-
ernmost part Of the island on account
of the dense rain of ashes.
The captain OF the Suchet further
reported that the Mont Pelee vol
cano had a threatening aspect Satur
day evening. SuDterranean rumblings
were still heard, flashes of flame fire
quently beiched from the volcano and
stones were thrown out with immense
force. A dispatch received at the
colonial office here yesterday from
Fort de France said there was no
doubt that Governor Mouttet and the
commander OF the troops at st. Pierre,
Colonel Dain, are dead
Consuis and Families Perished.
Other dispatches confirmed the re-
ports that the American and British
consuls and their families persisted.
M. Bloch, inspector OF finance, and
M. Labarthe, the colonial minister's
secretary, who have been dispatched
by the government to Martinique,
sailed from Brest yesterday on board
the French cruiser d'Assas, which
carries money, provisions and other
stores for the relief of the Martinique
sufferers
A French cable official who went to
ST. Pierre reports that the company's
office has been burned to ashes and
that there is no trace of the staff.
This official adds that the cremation
of the bodies of the victims has be-
gun and that the cable steamer
Pouyer Quertier is proceeding to re
pair the northern cable
The waves of lava are still report.
ed to be flowing northward. They
have extended to LIE Carbet.
The candidates for election to the
French chamber of deputies who per.
ished at ST. Pierre were MN. PerciD
and LIE Clere.
The colonial minister has organized
a relief distribution committee, con.
sistng OF himself and M. Deerais, for.
mer colonial minister, the colonial
members of the chamber of deputies,
the colonial senators and number of
commercial men. The first meeting
of this committee will occur tomor