Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10
Suchet Sails With Supplies.

forty out of above 1900 could have es-
capped
Suchet Sails With Supplies.
The cruiser Suchet was here yesterday
buying provisions for the survivors in the
outlying districts. She sailed for Fort-de-
France last night with large quantity of
stores, which were Immediately put under
military guard. Negroes are f1ocking in
vast numbers into FOrt-de-France from
the surrounding country. demanding food.
telegram from Fort de France says that
hot mud and cinders have been falling all
night throughout the island and still con-
tinues, doing great damage, and that when
the final reports are received it will be
found that many people have been killed or
injured in other parts of Martinique.
The Quebec line steamship Korona ar
rived at the Island of Dominica yesterday,
bringing number of survivors from her
sister ship, the Roraima. The captain of
the kOrOna says that the eruption at ST.
Pierre was apparently from a new crater
and that accompanying the eruption there
seemed TO be a tidal wave, which over
WheImed the shipping.
Eruption on st. Vincent
message from the Island of St. Vim
cent says:
The Soufriere has been in a state of
eruption for nine consecutive mornings.
ON Thursday morning the day broke with
changed into a continuous. treme ndcus
roar Vast columns of smoke rose over
the mountain, becoming denser and denser
and the scOria-like hail changing later to
fine dust fell upon all the adjacent estates
destroying a vast amount of property. At
Chateau Belair the ashes were two feet
deep in the streets. In Kingston they were
fully an inch deep. and many large stones
fel IN the parish of George town. The
earth shook violently and at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon a midnight darkness spread
over the country.
Thirty people known to have been
killed. and the damage TO property in the
Windward district was very heavy.
The storm roared about Soufriere all
night without cessation. but on the follow
ing morning it became intermittent and
fainter.
report from Barbados says that on
May the sky was heavily overcast, the
heat was excessive and there was a dis
tant sound Of thunder. Later, early in
the afternoon. dense darkness set in and
great quantity of vivid dust feN and
continued falling until a late hour No
damage is reported.
London's Latest Advices.
LONDON. May 1O.-Lloyds' agent at ST.
Lucia. Is. W. l.. cables that later news fully
confirms the disaster al ST Pierre He
says he cannot ascertain the names of the
vessels which have been lost but they in
clude one Italian barque and two steamers
one probably being the Grappler. the cable
ship belonging to the West India and
Panama Telegraph Company.
The total loss of life is estimated at
3O.G0
Lloyds' agent at ST Thomas d. w. l..
cables that st. Pierre has been totally de
stroyed by fire and that all the inhabitants
perished- All the vessels in the harbor
were lost. These include the Grappler. The
steamer Roraima. belonging TO the Quebec
Steamship Company. took fire in port and
became total loss. All on board the Ro-
raima perished.
Hard to Get the News
Communication is still obtainable with
the island of Guadeloupe French West
Indies, but the news is congested. owing 70
the confusion prevailing in the cable sys-
tenn and the numerous official messages
filed The receipt of the first direct cable
news from Martinique depends on how long
the French company will take in repairing
the cable to Fort-de- France capital of the
island. on which they are now working
The British admiralty is communicating
with the ommander-n-chief of the British
naval station and war vessel will be di-
rected to go to Martinique.
1t is apparent from the cable dspa che s
received that the eruption of the volcano
on Mont Peiee VIII not DO much damage 10
the sugar crop. which is chiefly confined
to the southern part of the island, and the
gathering of which is now two-thirds over.
However the wiping out of the moneyed
population of the island. centered at ST.
Pierre. is bound to produce the most serious
commercial effects Not one of the busi-
ness houses in London has heard a word
of its agents in Martinique.
London Merchants Views.
partner of the principal English firm
dealing with Martinique said to a repre-
Sentative of the Associated Press: