Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-22
NO RECORD or SHOCK
m JACKSONVILLE FLA.

JACKSONVILLE. ia Nay n-Jack-
sonviIle weather bureau says no earth
quake shocks recorded BY instruments.
NEW YORK. May n.-Tne steamer Ko-
rena has arrived from Fort de France,
Martinique. having on board two survi-
v0rs OF the steamer R0raima lost In the
St Pierre disaster. These are Ellery
Scott. chief odicer. and Charles Thcmp-
son. coiored. assistant purser- Both de-
cliued - discuss their experiences. Meth
er shows much evidence OF hard usage.
joseph traits, second steward OF the
Korena. told the following story:
we dtd rot know that 81. Pierre had
been destroyed when We left Barbados.
We knew that there had been an eruption.
hcause we had hard the noise and had
seen great clouds OF ashes which had
covered Barbados. We went 20 81.
Pierre 20 get the passengers and mall as
usual When we arrived on the town we
cav that Il vas in ruins Clouds OF smoke
were rising IN the afr 50 that we could
not see Mont Pelee- Streams Of lava were
running down 70 the sea and the water
vas dlscoiored."
City Was In Ruins.
&. johnson. OF So. Louis. was travelling
In re West Indies and was a. Barbadoea.
when TIE eruption occurred He also came
up on the Korena and made this state
about 4.1 in the afternoon on Thurs
day. Nay s. in Barbados it suddenly be-
came intensely dark The people were
lighted IN the houses- A shower OF vol
canIc ashes covered the entire place 20
deuth OF three Inches or more The noise
OF the eruption was plainly heard and
sounded like cannonading.. When the ko-
rena arrived on ST. Pierre on Friday
morning. May 9. the town was still sfire.
The place was a picture OF absolute desc
lation- ne went in until we were about
800 yards on shore and did not see a liv-
ing thing. We could not see Pelee for the
clouds Of smoke that obscured II. The
water was full of floating bodies
CAPTAIN John W. Carey. OF the Korena.
related how he reached st. Pierre. and
on learning Of the destruction OF the Ro-
rama. put back 70 Fort de France, where
he took on board four OF its survivors.
scott. Thompson and two colored men
from ST. Kits.
Fire Fell Like Rain.
"on the way up" said Captain Carey,
scott told me the story Of their terrible
experfence He said the Roraima got
into the harb0r about $50 a. m. on the
sth and about or $50 terrible explos-
ion came from the mountain. In an IN
slant IL began 10 rain fire and mud over
rha harbor. Captain Muggah jumped on
re bridge and cried: sHeave way the an
Choir Mate Scott ran 70 the forecastle
had where he began TO supertntend the
work OF getting up the anchor. Before they
had got more than few fathoms OF the
chain aboard. there came great river OF
burning lava rushing down the mountain
side and plunging into the bay. II showed
sha water out OF the harhor and simply
nurled the ship over on her side. Captain
Nuwrah was on the bridge at the time.
with the rush OF water. the ships
decks were swept clean All her super
structures. nnasts. funnel. boats and up
per works were torn away and went over
board Scott. seeing Captain Muggah
swept away with the wreck OF the bridge,
leaned from the forecastle head and cried
10 run aft through the Storage. The
crew. panic stricken. oasned MIN 70 the
deck and trampled him under their feet
A their mad aight and but for the action
az two OF the steeraze passengers. colored
men from St Kits. he would have
uerfshed with the others who were burned
70 death BY the lava which poured IN on
fhe vessels decks. These men seized him
and DRAGGED him into the steerage where
- STAYED with them and by wrapping
their heads in blankets they succeeded In
escaping serious injury.
Flames Were Everywhere.
Meanwhile Thompson. the assistant
steward. who was on deck. when the arst
outburst came. succeeded in reaching his
room and closing the door where he
STAYED until the worst OF the FIRST shock
UE9 over. Al open hEAllAdA4E AtA AAH
flames reach him and he was badly burn
ed about the neck and lost one ear. When
the first shock had passed he managed
70 make his way 10 the steerage where he
Soined Scott and the two ST. kits men
n saving the passengers and members OF
the crew who were still living. They
gathered these in the steerage and all
who we're able Joined them in fighting the
flames back and managed 70 keep the fire
confined 20 the after part OF the vessel
until the French cruiser Suchet came
along and took them OF.
Before they were rescued they started
70 build a raft and under Mate Scott's d.
rections this was nearly completed and
urovisiOned for the attempt 20 get away
from the death hole they were in. Scott
saws that when Captain Muggah was car
rfed away with the ships superstructure,
Daniels. the ships cooper. jumped over
hoard and tried 20 rescue him. He Sc
cured hold on the captain and dragged
him on a hatch cover which was floating
nearby He then discovered that Captain
Muggah already was beyond all help. He
saws his chest and abdomen were torn
away as though cut of with a knife.
Leaving the body on the hatch Daniels
swan back to the ship and helped the
survivors fight the flames. He was him
self badly burned
Bob Morley. TIE second officer. was
fatally burned. Heels among those left