Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-05-15
Eruption Was Brief.

Eruption Was Brief
London May 10-A dispatch the Mail from Ponte-a-
Pierre, island of Guadeloupe saws:
Inc Mont Peee St Pierce crater elected yesterday
Ing molten rocks and ashes during three minutes and completely
destroyed St Pierre and the districts within a fourme radius
All the inhabitants burned The inhabitants of the
southern districts of the island who were dependent on St.
flerre Tor provisions menaced by famine"
dispatch to the Mail from Jamaica SAYS:
The survivors of the British Roddam describe the
scene at St Pierre being gpes of HE'LL beggarng de-
serptlon The Roddams chiefly burned by molten
Lava The Rorama wecbed in the terrible upheava of
the land and The whole perished Two ships were
lost with all on board IN an attempt to approach Martinique
American Consul Missing.
Washington May 1O-The consul at Martinique is Thomas
l. Prentss He born in Michigan and appointed from
Massachusetts consul Seychelles island in 1871 and
later served consul Port Louis Maurus He was APP
pointed consul Martinique in 1900 The vice consul at
Martinique is Amedee Teart who born in and appointed
from Louisville in 1898. The latest available figures show
the total population of Martinique be 1S500O of whom
$4,000 lived in St Pierre and according Mr. Ayme have
nearly all persisted
British Schooner Escaped.
St. Thomas D. w. L. May 1O-The British Schooner Ocean
Traveller arrived the island of Domona British West Indies
at three o'clock yesterday afternoon She obliged to flee
from the island of St Vincent British West Indies the
afternoon of Wednesday, consequence of heavy fall of
sand from the volcano which eruptng there She tried
reach the island of St Lucia but adverse prevented
her from doing The schooner arrived opposite ST. Pierre,
Martinique Thursday morning while about mile off the vol
exploded and the fire from swept the whole of St
Pierre destroying the and shipping there including the
cable repair ship the Grapper
Eighteen Vessels Burned
Washington, May 10The state department received cable
gram from Consul Ayme Point Pierre May 8, in which
he says that o'clock a of steam, mud and fire
veloped the city and community Not than 20 persons
escaped with their lives Eighteen vessels burned and
sunk with all board including four American vessels and
the steamer Roraima from Quebec The United States consul
and family reported among the missing vessel has
come Guadeoupe for provisions The partmen is
considering the suggestion that warshs be Mar
Unique to afford relief.
What Caused Eruption
London May 1ONewspapers here express the hor
ror of the Martinique catastrophe which, they say for its sud
ennes and magnitude is only comparable with that of Pompe
Owing to cable breakdown in the West Indies details of
the disaster vet been received Prof John Milne sei
olog declares that his seismic instruments have recorded
and that they would almost invariably have done
50 had serious earthquakes occurred His theory that Mont
Pelee bas blown head off, owing to nftration of water
through the rocks until reached the molten material beneath
forming stream of tremendous pressure when something had
give way.
Ashes Go Wide.
Brdgeovn Island of Barbados, British West Indies May
1oVoanc dust from the eruption of the island of St Vim
cont still falling here Roads and houses covered inch
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