Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-05-15
ERUPTION OF VOLCANO
WROUGHT AWFUL HAVOC
10000 Lives Reported Lost i'll the City of ST. Pierre the
Island of Martinique-Ships We're Burned in the
Harbor-The Lava Flowed -Four Days

st. Thomas. d. .. L.. May lot is
now estimated that 10000 persons
perished as a result of the volcanic
eruption in the island Of Martinique.
The British schooner Ocean Travel
eler arrived at the island of Dominica,
Friday afternoon. She reports being
obliged to flee from the island of St.
Vincent, during the afternoon of
Wednesday, May :, in consequence of
heavy fall of sand from a volcano.
which was erupting there. She tried
to reach the island of st. Lucia, but
adverse currents prevented her from
so doing. The schooner arrived op-
posite ST. Pierre, Martinique, Thurs
day morning. May S. While about a
mile off the volcano (Montpelee) eX-
ploded and fire from it swept the
whole town of st. Pierre, destroying
the town and the shipping there.
San Juan, Porto Rico, May 10.-The
cable officials here have received ad-
vices from the island of Dominica
that schooner which has arrived
there from the island of Martinique
reports that over 10000 people are
supposed to have perished during
hli' wiz any 'llN III id lit' III htll llIl-
ique. The cable repair steamer Crap
pier, belonging to the West India &
Panama Telegraph Co., of London.
was lost with all hands during the
eruption of MontpeIee at st. Pierre.
The grappler was one of the first
ships to disappear.
New York, May 1O.-The New York
agents of the Quebec Steamship Co.
received a cablegram this afternoon
from st. Lucia saying: "Roraima lost
in earthquake eruption last night"
Portland, Me-, May 1O.-J. II. Ham
lin q Son this morning received the
following cablegram from Pointe-a-
Pitre in reply to one sent to a corre-
Spondent: Horrible calamity. St
Pierre completely destroyed. All the
country ruined. All the shipping de-
stroyed. Guadalupe safe Organic
ing assistance.
Boston. May 1O.-Nfuch anxiety is
felt by relatives of Thomas F. Prem
tiss, consul at st. Pierre, i'm Melrosc.
his native place. He is married and
has two daughters, May and CHRIS
tine. Miss Alice Fry, his sister-in-law.
yesterday morning received letter
from him in which he mentioned the
signs of activity on Montpelee and the
appreciation all had of danger The
letter was written April 2j, and men
tiOn was made of the schooner Anna
+. ]. Morse, of Portland, which had
just arrived, and on which he was
planning to have his family leave if
things looked threatening. Miss Fry
believes that the Prentiss family may
have gone to Fort De France ere this,
and she expects a cablegram.
Washington, May 1O.-The follow
ing cablegram has just been received
at the state department, from Consul
Anne, from Pointe-a-Pitrc: "Secre-
tary of State, Washington: At :
o'clock Il. M, on the sth instant, u
storm of steam, mud and fire envcl-
oped the city and community. Not
more than 20 persons escaped with
their lives. Eighteen vessels were
burned and sunk with all on board.
including four American vessels and
a steamer from Quebec named Rorai-
ma. The United States consul and
family are reported among the vic
Tins.