Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-05-10
rO-DAY'S TEhFGRAPHTC NEWS
The Calamity at St. Pierre.

Paris, May 10.-SioWly the awful
fats OF st. Pierre, Martinique. and ibs
10 nsbitants Is being confirmed. The
Governor OF GusdSloupe telesrspbs to
he Ministry uoder todsy's date, az
follows: "5t Pierrs was destroyed Dy
wstsrspout and fire. Ooly tbirt7
Dersous rescued and these were taken
rom ship 10 the haroor by the
French gunbosL Suchet. Everything
leads me to believe that Governor
Mouttet and bis wife perlshed With the
population OF the town."
The dispatch ssys that the MorDe
rouge district, near ct. Pierre, wss
saved. This gives hope tnat perhaps
refugees from he stricken distrio5 will
be able to hud snccor there.
The announcement that the thirty
persons known 10 be saved by the
5uchet were from ship 10 the harbor,
aud not from the town, as at first sup
posed, has caused blank dismay. II IL
interpreted TO mean that nobody 10
she town has been saved.
Paris, May l0-The following d.
patch was received today from the COM
mander of the Suebtt dated Point-s-
Pietre: Towards s o'clock in the morn
log the volcano threw q considerable
volume OF smoke aud Immediately al
aitsrwsrd spout OF fame shot up. A
moment later The entire town wac DE-
stroysd by FIRE. Shipping In the har-
Dor ware dismasted and burDed. The
rain Of rocks lasted for q quarter OF at
nour. saved few persons from the
ships. No living creature was visible
in the town which il was impossible to
enter. Numerous corpses lay near tue
quay"
81. Thomas, d. w. l., May 10.-In-
formation from the many little islands
aojscent to Martinique tend to con-
firm the bsiiei that the Inhabitants
Of 81. Pierre, and several adjoining viii
lsges, to the number OF 10000 or more,
persned miserably. Later advioes soy
that 81. Pierrs and Vicinity was still >
mass OF flames when LAST seen. For
miles tne sea In the Vicinity is covered
with ashes and vessels have found it
impossible to approach the land. The
eruptioDs still continue from the vol
cAno and 1t may be some days before
full story OF the disaster can be told
Pestilence 10 almost certain to follow
the calamity.
London, Nay Observation-Disclosures
Bell, OF the Island of Dominios, wiree
thAt he 10 sending provisions to
Martinique for the survivors, AnonR
, whom there IL great suffering. he
states that all ale safe In Dominica.
This despatch is the first indication
tnat there are survivors from the
stricken town.
London, May 10.-Lloyd's agent st
st. Lucia, West Indies, in o dispatch
this morning states that the vessels lost
10 the rosdstsad az 81. Pierre included
an Italian bark and two steamers. One
Of tue steamers was probably the cable
snip Grappler. Lioyd's agent estimates
be lo,s OF life 81 10000.
PARIS, May 10.-Ine Minister OF Col
onies TINS evening received dispatch
tom the Secretary General OF Martini
que, dated at Fort De France, and ssy':
The work OF clearing the ruins 10 ST.
Pierre has commenced. The population
Of the enviroDs 81. Pierre are being
conveyed by steamer 10 Fort De France.
London, May 10.-A Central News
dispatch from 1t Lucia says tnat t1e
situation at Martinique is worse than
ever. Other mouL tsins are bursting
forth in eruptioUs.
New York, May 10.-Four hundred
and fifty refugees rom 81. Pierre have
arrived al Fort De France. This gooo
news was made public by the FIeoch
Gable Company here today which has
re-es.abllsDed communication WITH the
ISLAND OF Martinique. The refugees
were picked up by the cable company
repair steamer PoDyer QueItler. Tnt
steamer 10 preparing To return i'm
nedistely to the Vicinity OF ct Pierre
aud il is expected that others will De
saved.