Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-16
ST. P\ERRE"S HORROR
Volcano Completed Its Deadly work
In Ten Minutes.
GRAPHIC STORY OF DISASTER
The People spent the Prece"'nH
Night, Says Resident of Fort-oe
France, In Pitinble state Oh
Anxiety and Anguish.

London May ID TIC Soii
of the London Times at Pafis NJ ue
Blowitz, supplies his paper win an az
count of the St. Pierre disaster tele- I
araphed to him by friend from foit-
de-France Martinique. by way OF the
island of Malta. 1t says:
"For three weeks Mont Pelee Hau
been vomiting clouds OF SMOKE pul
the smoke seemed produced SO norman
" that it was permissible for even
those who were inclined to LOOK oll ,ne
dark side not to dread a catas.iopne
At Fort-de- France, where the agltatioi'
If Mont Pelee attracted as 1t went vi
much attention, any anxiety when eA-
| listed gradually died down, when, Ma!
| <. n violent eruption or muu' 'he nv.
ashes having been mingled Win "a':-
!, tho crater. overwhelmed Guerlh
! works. killing twenty-three persons
and the river in the north of the lslahu'
NOW, swollen by muddy torrent, MOI
silly overlooked. s+;,, do.
"On May s. while there were sun We
liberations going on at f'or17ue'r r"n
and ST. Pierre, where the hlsh' IA"
hoop nossed in anguish. anxiety anu
;oporance as to whether the efuption
If mud was the precursor Oh vi 'ne
and of the disaster, st. Pierre was
within ten minutes annlhllateo'
After the Disaster.
no,;hipg ST Pierre after it had
been demolished, the correspoi''e'
says: ,, WAS
"a norton of the upper town was
razed by cloud OF hfe, WHICH
oroosed as it advanced and crunlpieu
, everything in it's course. IN the iowei
! +oun near the harbOr, rev Walls
hearing traces of fire, remained s.an
;ro To the stupefactiOn OF those laln'i
;or with the spot the town CLOCK ie
no,nad intact, as if to show the pre-
else moment of the disaster, ma anan,,
=. 1850, and this sinister lnolcatlon u'op''
, affected all who saw 1t.
J" "On the other hand, the telegraph y,
aco and it's contents were ouineo
:, Some fragments of the apparatus wer
n thrown q hundred yards. Bodies who's
i'll a+titudes were perceptible were lylh
nrostrate. with the bowels protruuin'
- a. though forced out by the tension
.I,o hoat and with the backs partiai
carbOnized. ,,mos+ n
"It is a melancholy and almost y
initiating thing that the sue VI ~.
orre has to be guarded by the mi'''.'l
for numerous pirates from the heis
hor;nu islands were preparing 10 COL
ond law hands on anything OF value'
D.v,xtatton In St. Vincent.
Add;tional details show that the err
.,on If la Soufriere on st. vince
s much more terrific and extensl
than the explosion OF Mon'
which destroyed st. Pierre.
No human being, animal OF pla" ~
o,ivo in the northern half OF 81. '
cont and the volcano is still ac.l
Tho Garth Indians have been ute
aast,ovod One thousand bodies III
Soon recovered, and rescue partleS
unoh,e to approach the Volcano
A +o,asram received here announ
~ ofetv of Lady Llewelyn the '.
of the governor OF the Winu" wa
lands. Sir Robert Lleweiyn' anu
Family who were staying on 81.
cont at the time Of the eruptlon "
10 s1a,no Considerable anxiety
felt as to their tate' r,..,+o,
cable message from kingston
,oo confirms previous dispatche
for,inp TO the possibility owlhs ~
ent disa sters, that the gov
49, 49, will decide to abandon ST.
cent and transfer the peop''
! TO other islands.
Enrlnnd's Plans FOE
Statement in the house Oh
. rooord,ng the measures prof.
mus U.s. government for the rellet Q
Wy 81. from the volcanic outpl
tno west Indies the govern
~ Balfour, after rele
to the steps taken addeu. ,o,,n+ n
1--WE have not taken accoun,
most sympathetic manner IN wn't
I1n;ted states government mas :.
80 u avn Language, expressed IL
i.e .+o share in the work OF III
sne As to the manner IN
U.s. I,as generous offer can best De
tn's ~ Government Of the VIM
~ ~, hos already been consulted.
4. isiee Doifo,r referred to the o.
NJ a relief fund at the M qnsan,,
Nv the lord mayor, Sir Joseph .a
S.,e in behalf Of the sufferers -,
Island of ST. Vincent anu Sd.
ronodo, Jamaica and the othel
,'an islands and the islano o
= lnu 'as IN the Indian ocean, nao
II l ea - help with money ana go,
iseu 80 no doubt" he added
49,. othar colonies will De eou"'