The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-11
giving the inhabitants no chance to escape.

giving the inhabitants no chance to escape.
Lloyd's agent at st. Lucia. ID; w. l.,
disaster az ST. Pierre. He says he cannot
ascertain the names of the vessels which
have been lost, but they include one Italian
barque and two one probably be-
ing the Grappler. the cable ship belonging
to the West India ana Panama Telegraph
Company. The total loss Of life IS esti-
mated at 5000.
LlOyd's agent at St. Thomas. D. W. l.,
cables that ST. Pierre has been totally de-
strOyed by fire and that all the Inhabitants
persisted. All the vessels In the harDor were
lost. These include the Grappler. Ihe
steamer Roraima. belonging 10 the Quebec
Steamship Company, took fire in port ana
became a total loss.
The direct West India Gable Company re-
ceived at 100 this afternoon a cable dis
patch from st. Lucia, dated to-day. saying.
'SlOOp just leaving for st. Vincent, pre-
sumably with the object of ascertainlng
what has happened on that island. POS
sibly took Governor Llewellyn.'
The following cablegram was received
this morning at the Colonial once from
Governor Sir Frederick Mitchell HOdgson'
Of Barbados: The Souffriere volcano on
st. Vincent, b. w. L.. erupted violently yes
terday. Loud reports, like rumbing artl-
lery fire. were heard at Barbados at .
O'Clock in the afternoon. At ) o'clock there
came darkness and thunder, accompanied
by a strong dOwnpour of dust, which con-
tinued until night. Barbados Is covered
several inches deep with dust this morning.
Have telegraphed Sir Robert y. Llewellyn'
Governor OF the Windward islands, Offering
him all assistance"
Another cablegram received from Admin
istratOr Bell, of the Island of Dominica. is
as follows: "A terrible eruption has &C
CURED of a volcano at Martinique Great
distress prevails there. L am sending pro-
visions Immediately. All safe at Dominica
Thirty deaths are reported TO have oc-
Cured at the Island of st. Vincent, accord
ing TO a telegram received at the Colonial
Office this morning from Governor Lew
ellyn. forwarded from st. Lucia yesterday
evening. The Governor ays Information
incomplete. Eruption continues.
Governor Llewellyn later cabled from
St Lucia as follows: Leaving at once for
St. Vincent. Eruption continues. Break in
cable continues. Again urge sending war
Steele, Young & Co. of this city. owners
OF the British steamer R0ddam, winch
escaped from St. Pierre to St. Lucia, re-
ceived this morning the frst news from
their agents 1T st. Lucia, as follows: Ter
rlble volcanic eruption at Martinique.
i{oddam returned. one anchor ana chaln
slipped. ~TarpaulinS n runnlnggear
burned. Machinery intact. Captain In
hospital. Two mates. chief engineer and
eight OF crew dead. Ten in hospital. Second
supercaTgO, dead. Communication between
here and Barbados interrupted"
1t is apparent from the cable dispatches
received that the eruption of the volcano on
Mont Pelee will not do damage to the sum
mer crop, which is chiefly confined to the
southern part Of the island, and the gather
JnB o winch Is low IWO-IDlIuS over. HOW
ever, the wiping out Of the mOneyed pOpu-
latiOn Of the island, centered at st. Pierre,
IS bound to prodEce the most serious com
houses in London has heard a word Of its
agents i'm Martinique.
A partner of the principal English firm
dealing with Martinique said: I suppose
I all cur agents are dead. Not much business
is transacted between England and Mar
Unique. Almost everything thence is
shipped to Bordeaux, which suffers the
most. / know Martinique well. The last
time I was there, a few years ago, there
were only two EngliShmen and no Amer
leans resident at st. Pierre. though that
town did a good business with America in
the way of fOodstuffs. y large proportion
Of the white people belongs To Ole French
families, who preferred St. Pierre to any
other part of the island. We never for a
moment dreamed that Mont Pelee would
prove dangerous. Fifty years ago some
smoke and steam issued from its c~revices.
but no attention was paid to il. Unless the
lava overran the whole island, which is not
likely, the disaster may not turn out to be
as great as il at present seems TO be-"