Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-12

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entartas =. +ha ruins of st. Pierre lay
1rieDds Mi in one long panorama, and in
{ was I.ground doomed MI. Felee, still
"a Eenat forth its columns of smoke,
ltinv ma ara and ashes, writes Il CORE
ollabIa !. who visited St. Pierre shortly
awhile q ERUPTION of the volcano. Every
nina She Al absolute ruin, and as you
Ind dol "A the northern end of the city
800. section of the crater all build
police bcpn literally swept off the face
EoWdyis ,r-h. Every street was filed to
AID II of several feet with the debris
evening houses, underneath which and
= Dy q s-a the ruins themselves lay all
u.ishatlo aimed Of the greater number of
raenus .gts Of St. Pierre.
agains .I lannon's Place Rnrtip was inn
rs ofit on account of the uprooted
sssaaate the Wrcckage from the vessels
1 80 WV be bay Of the solid stone sig
ssseu g sixty feet in height, only about
Of the base remained, together
,4. snail portion of the circular iron
49, inside. The streets at the
So Of the town, where many dis
49, ,pre situated, were not 50 heap
,sa. pbris as those at the north end,
eaa..s4 ONE parts were impossible by
!, az - # large pools of molasses that
r;1A - I'D from the storage tanks in the
The ba c.
: enes once a beautiful promenade, was
ria. 81 lI sight. 1t was covered with a
n 2.sra about twelve or eighteen inches
' a.gn< like the surrounding country.
small. r0ple must have been passing
n n the time as it was Uttered with
1ispIae
Of twel m leave the town an enormous
viii 90 uprOOted, and underneath the
n Gins Terc seven or eight bodies, crushed
d lar tappears as if the party had seen
N coming and endeayOred to get
the trunk for shelter. From the
j, &. the road protruded arms and legs
stigafe -'F DouieS III every poSltloh. u. III
TslsrA he body of the man lay with the
,n,ssta. z under the animal and the left
h,,ks,. led in the air, just as the rider
,as ~ arc fallen from the saddle. Under
sxph;cs ne could be seen parts of another
nsn;,ts3 sides that of the rider.
-ioafioA iabout Anse la Touche the bodies
slight Oh lhe ground Inc aSnSS mere
/, ,,ays8 III five inches thick, so all corpses
s sndiA exposed. Every one was black
!, hriba7 J0re the appearance as If it had
aras;oys Ia coating of tar 1t was impOs-
Tar tell the negro from the white
iantio4 Smetimes shreds of hair or a
"a nj clothing were seen, but usually
!. IJnis lies We're quite naked.
g about among others were the
of several children, apparently
4. 0wn while at play. One man had
tg,s,saa lmSclf face downward underneath
,.sssnS uette, the remains of which and
s. ~ buggy were standing near the resi-
"A The bodies of the horses could
g. M in the vicinity of the small stream
81 "a runs close by.
$50 mother spot were a large heap of
s4,sssk apparently those of servants or
fIss Gs On the hill on the opposite side
o,,f stream were to be seen the bodies
iesal Tral COWS and black, huddlcd up
- which, en- closer inspection, proved
- the corpse of a man doubled up.
3 DpE Ice May 10 the authorities had been
lssss,ns the bodies in numbers. Labor
we're employed, and all exposed bodies
saturated with kerosene and burnt.
ere the bodies were in the ruined
81 as the ruins were fired in like man.
49, These burning bodies on every
formed a dreadful sight and the
Z Of roasting flesh became unbear-