The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
WHAT REMAINS OF ST. PIERRE
THE WHITE SKELETON az a
DEAD CITY.

slreess ama % ths Walls PFsS-ut An
pearnnes ~ Pslss-Coamsag - iae
Fer o. lance aIlsass md Desslaass@.
PelsO! IL Iooks lnnOcsnt enough. The
Stand lice sSniling and peacsful IN the
sunMhins. win rich wooded vallsys lying
hstwssn tho green shoulders Of warm
fOoahilla which rio 20 ihs heavily tin'bersd
Slopes Ot the great hin ITSELF. From well
out at ssa for a fsw minutes oaly ne had
sesn The IGlll outline % the mountain
clsar cut A@ninmt the shy. the core tr'En-
Gated % sharply a. thS top Of an ga
which has besn sliced with knife.
In the awful moment On that sth OF
May, leoa. when tho cap u the mountain
lifted bsfors the blast Of name swept
down upon the city on the shore ~
MD that by tho mere Conc'lnston uhnsts
and f'lnnels were liftsd out of ships that
lay OF shore. But to-day. and usually.
II h only from ont at 90 that ons sess me
m0nsaST's outline intas:.
One by one the Erecn and happy
ookinR hills wheel Ivy ~ until. too s'las
denly IL seems. writes o correspondent OF
the London riacs. the long curved linz
Of the hay h besore on. where WINS once
~. Pierre. ia 10 men. not walls. that
make a city," the Greek mn aim ran. and
more. q h living men. For the walls Of
~. Pierre are there saih, and probably
NO fewer than so.seO Of its inhabitants are
thsre alao. Rat thsy have bsen ASLEEP
thess eight years noe. And e - ex-
Itr.ort.luarily impressive. this whise. sight
less slsrlsion of dead city.
In orderly rows the houses stand a.
sssn from the sea. the streets rising In
tier upon well graded tier back from the
shore % the hills. But every street -
silent. every house rOOfSess. every window
cavornous ard blind. Thesea h as smooth
an q shsst Of glass. Between I'm and the
shore one small beat contains two boys
who have besa fishing. the sun shining
on their copper colored skins and On the
brilliant red rock hah with which the bot
tom of the boat N Uttered. Othsrwtss
thorO ID no life In al the wide roadstsad.
where ssvontesn vessels with numerous
small boats we're swallowed up that day
Almost without q rir9as - Aide
through the still. indigo oolored sea- the
anchor rrns out. and We swing gently
round some no yards perhaps from the
uncanny land. We 60 ashore In the
shih'. launch. for no ono puts ont to take
N. on or are~t I'M; and the captain does
not come with I'm. The bottom here In
buried many feet deep I'm volcanic dust
and Ashes. and In such stun even IN q
calm like this an anchor draea AZ times.
On the forlorn wreck % q jssty we ara
met by half q dozen almost nnclad black
folk. three women (ths elderly bag per
hans the mother Of tho two Othersb, ono
old ana Crippled man and two young boys.
all thrnstlng on ~ palmetto sonSsnIrs
dug from tnhs krAV~yatu 3s J,'y a.
ana otnsr g. ~ 49, - -, 80
acton OF tns ure, m" Iu--Sl ~. ..-.
out u shape, cosns Ou'nsNl Suu 80
psrsonAl oFnAmen1 =, . nroo ~ SI ~. ~
and cham oiss on DrecrI uA ~ ~. 49, ~
wrought iron cAnuie-s'cA 10, -.
god IN betAres D.a-s "a ~. - .-aa..
witnsss 20 the Az. uL an - q. e.na' I'LL ssn
tho hot AIR seArchsa ne tO.n nAnIs
/ " driven ~ totcso oen' .sDusi
furnace, each P"o' ~'0" "u'S
tnssnento NOR: NJ. .--......,... l.. -,
hON coeio nun1n ~ $3.50 .,...1.... -,
atmosphere wnecn atnlos' MS a. m 1aI,,.a,-,y
chArred and dsseroyed an gopdwork.
melted the softer ms.s snI ~. ~
hardest hall tusen. olsssLeu anu or,so
and split BLOCKS o. nAr'g 80 sIA.ae. J.
40 We SOC tns,n spnt ns H. go $3.50 ..rss
and hundreds. 81 croacnea IN one direc-
tion. all with their useless arms lent
| across their faces
Before us an we land hes the Slue LaNed
street which runs s,ons sna aIae' "
the watsrtront. And there. says tbs
ships OGicer Who - my guide and co,ln-
whole Vest Indies. That ROW q houses.
pink and white. - the let' The reach
nature. yOu know. away Irosai inc re-
straints % home. with tAe Ignorance
and dOcility OG the blacks. IL - n had cOsn-
binati0n