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1 •;'»?:: ~f 'fsi V w; ts** ;w<« fT^r i > ' • * < • » '. ; * * '^r '- /', v '*- "•' v& Onslaught of Fire and Poisonous •fl! Gas Overwhelmed Martinique Louis H. Ayme, United States con- 601® at Guadeloupe, sends the follow­ ing cable to the Chicago Tribune from Fort de France, Island of Martinique. I have just returned from St. Pierre. Th* desolation of the ruins of the city blasted by the fire and sulphurous fumes from the angry crater of Mont Pelre can only be inadequately pic­ tured. Not a half of the horrors to t>« seen there have been told. I left the Island of. Guadeloupe In a chartered steamer Saturday night. We approached the site of the once fair tropical city soon after 6 o'clock in the morning. The island with its lofty hills was hidden l>ehind a leaden colored haze. Enormous quantities of the wreckage of large and small ships and houses strewed the surface of the sea. Huge trees and, too often, bodies with flocks of sea gulls soaring above and hideous sharks fighting about them, were float­ ing here and there. From behind the As the steamer felt its way down the west coast of the island we could see that the whole north end of the island was covered with a silver gray coating of ashes resembling snow. Fu­ rious blasts of fire, ashes and mud swept over the steamer, but finally St Pierre was reached, or rather the spot where St. Pierre stood before that aw­ ful three minutes. For two miles along the water front and for a half a mile back from shore to the foothills at the base of the vol­ cano stretched the heaps of smoking ruins. Streets there were none. One could scarcely distinguish the sites of the large buildings that had been des­ troyed under the rain of fire, Java, mud and ashes. The still smoking volcano towered above the ash-covered hills. The ruins were burning in many places and frightful odors of burned flesh filled the air. With great difficulty a landing was m%t s Foe* mwiMQue VOLCANO MEAODrDuSr STOftnS AN{>£ ART* QuAKfl GMEUOPE BAsrt-m«£ wj-tvrvTCu ^TOT3To5rit5i5 STJCSFPN METPOMIMLCA M»TH(3UA«J*NO IMS LOST 4GC0C I iv'.i LOJTVfcY#* rjw'Tt _& etvpnon or INIQUt MCHT PtUZ VBBEA cJ£A ATIANTjC OCEAN: LOCAL VOLOWOHQUiEt DUST sn)Sn3MMTT&* IHfAT-XO LIVEi LOST THE SCWfwiEPE INACTIVE tPUPnON !6X) vrs beports® lost- LH'tSrucK Ldsr-»USIH£4S SUSPENDED ST.VTVCEV KMSSTOA'H DO* DU IT 5TOUW* man wu Prion on st:vi*ce"ntv«. BtCfSSIVt HEAT (DUST STOPMJ ravi FDrvmru fbom ruymoti o» STVIWMNT CRBUDA (From the New York Herald.) volcanic veil came blasts of hot wind mingled with others ice cold. At Le Precheur, five miles north of 6t Pierre, men and women frantic to get away begged for a passage on the little steamer. W.e had room for none, but managed to pick up twenty- eight half dead men, women and child­ ren, who were so badly burned that they had to be lifted over the steamer'B side. Of the twenty-eight, sixteen died on the boat before we reached Fort de France. Only- three or four of the others £re likely to live. The condition of these unfortunates Is no worse than thousands of refugees In the hills about Le Precheur. Hun­ dreds of them will die before relief can reach them. Thousands need med­ ical care, food, clothing, and above all, •water. affected. Not one house was left in­ tact. Viscid heaps of mud, of brighter ashes, or piles of volcanic stones were seen on every side. Here and there amid the ruins were heaps of corpses, almost all the faces were downward, as if the unhappy victims had rushed into the streets when the first shock of the catastrophe aroused them, only to meet a sudden and awful death that smote them to the earth as they ran. So many piles of corpses were to be seen that is is difficult to describe any in particular detail. In one corner twenty-two bodies of men, women and children were mingled in one awful mass, arms and legs protruding as the hapless beings fell in the last strug­ gles of death. From under one large stone the arm of a white woman pro­ truded. Most notable was the utter h silence and the awful, overpowering stench from the thousands of dead. The fiery stream which so completely destroyed St. Pierre must have been composed of poisonous gases, which in­ stantly sufTocated every one who in­ haled them, and of other gases burn­ ing furiously, for nearly all the vic­ tims had their hands covering theif mouths or were in some other attitude showing that they had sought relief from suffocation. All the bodies were carbonized or roasted. Through the middle of the old Place Berlin ran a tiny stream, the remains of the River Gayave. Great trees, with roots upward and scorched by fire, were strewn in every direction. Huge blocks and still hot stones were scattered about. •: The completeness of the catastrophe is evident when it is stated that, so far as known at the present time, no one save a handful of survivors picked up from the wrecked vessels in the harbor by the French cruiser Suchet, escaped. Even they are unable to tell what actually happened, so crazed are they from the experiences they passed through. It is certain, however, that the disaster came suddenly. On the morning of the disaster the inhabitants of the city awoke to find heavy clouds shrouding the Mont Pe- lee crater. All the previous day loud detonations from the volcano had been heard, so loud that the reverberations echoed from St. Thomas on the north to Barbadoes on the south. The fear­ ful crashing sound ceased and there be­ gan a shower of fine ashes, which fell like rain over the city. The inhabitants became alarmed, but Gov. Mountet, who arrived at St. Pierre the evening before, did everything possible to al­ lay the panic. They partly succeeded, but scarcely had the fears of the peo­ ple been allayed when there came the explosion, and in an instapt St. Pierre, its people, its houses, had been blotted but of existence. After a search of three hours in the ruins I found no trace of the American consulate. Consul Thomas T. Prentis, his wife and two daughters, are un­ doubtedly dead. That quarter of the city is still a vast mass of blazing ruins. Nor has any trace of James Japr the British consul, been found. Mi. Japp had a large family at St Pierre. From everything I saw I feel confi­ dent that 30,000 is not too great an estimate of the loss of life. Every one in the city perished, and suburban towns added thousands to the number of victims. Plantations and small villages have been devastated by the ceaseless rain of ashes and fire which has poured from Mont Pelee. These survivors have taken refuge in the hills, away from the danger of the lava flow in the valleys, but still menaced by the showers of fire. They must be relieved, taken to places of safety, fed and clothed. The work must be done quickly. Hundreds and even thousands of them must perish as it is before help can reach them. The work of exploring the ruins of St. Pierre, of bringing away the refu7_« gees in the hills in the northern part of the island and of burning the bodies of the victims is progressing as rapidly as circumstances will permit. Fort de France is crowded with refu­ gees and food is already so scarce that alarm is felt that it will be exhausted before supplies can reach here. As a result of the relief work the people who had fled to the hills be­ hind the village of Le Precheur, nearly 4,000 in number, have been brought here. They are in a most pitiable condi­ tion. Hundreds of them are frightful­ ly burned and in most urgent need of medical care. All the doctors and nurses in'Fort de France are working night and day among the injured and they are assisted by scores of volunteer nurses, many women of the wealthiest families of Fort de France giving their services. A number of steamers, including the government vessel Rubis, started from here for St. Pi&rre. They carried gov­ ernment delegates, a number of gend­ armes, a detachment of regular in­ fantry and several priests. The vessels also carried a quantity of fire wood, petroleum and quicklime, for use in the cremation of the bodies of the victims of the terrible volcanic outbreak. Large quantities of disin­ fectants and stocks of clothing for the refugees were also shipped to St. Pierre. The refugees had, as a rule, assem­ bled at Le Carbet and Case Pilote, not far from St. Pierre, and, it is reported, over a thousand of them have died since the fearful stream of lava poured down Mont Pelee. The sea for miles round was covered I with the wreckage of the vessels sunk Habitants. una.ble to esc».p«. «k.r© p^nic-stricken. ; off St. Pierre at the time of the dis- MONT GAKOV, ST. VINCENT'S DEATH-DEALER. ft Mrtftoi tnKftli °V.h,:i0lc^00," S,- Vlr^.e'?.t'\- wh'eh ~Jre«.dy ha. covered ORNAMENTS USED BY ARCHITECTS Cv m H»»d« Predominate Over Thot* of All Other Animal*. It was the city salesman who said: "If anybody with a few hours to throw : away will devote his tiipe to the study Of our big office buildings, h^ will find that much of the ornamental carving on pillars and cornices consists of heads. I have been spending some of my time in this interesting examina­ tion, and I have found that out of #very hundred heads that decorate the fronts of our great buildings at least ninety-five are lions' heads. I have looked patiently in our zoos and men­ ageries, but as a rule the search has been in vain. The face of the tiger ought to make an artistic trimming, •ad I'm sure nothing could be more « striking than an elephant's head and i tusks, but, strange to say, these mighty beasts have been ignominiously slight­ ed by the architects, as have most of the other denizens of the jungle. "Now and then, to be sure, a dragon Is seen perched up on the ledge of a tmth-ctory window and occasionally a |ma: lppf-eared hound is prusssi into service, but in the great majority of cases the animal chosen for a model is the lion. Whether the prevalence j of countenance is a tribute to the na-'i tive majesty of the beast, or is merely i an accident, I am not prepared to say, j but certain it is that lions, rampant and couchant, flourish as abundantly on the walls of New York's down-town buildings as in their tropical jungles." -Ne* York Times. BttUfled Anyhow. 'Maria," said the colored citizen, "1 feels lak my time hez come at las'; I is mighty low." "Ain't you been eatin' de kunnel's watermillions?" "Oh, yes." "Well, didn't you know he done plz- ened de las' one er dem?" "Did he plzen um?" "He Bho' did." "Dat settles me. But, Maria " "What you want?" "I wuz all day at um, en I eat nine befo' I quit."--Atlanta Constitution. aster, and ashore only a few trees; all bent seaward by the force of the vol­ canic shower, were left standing. When nearlng St. Pierre the' Rubis met a number of tugB towing lighters filled with refugees. The heat from the smoking, lavar covered ruins at St. Pierre was suf­ focating and the stench from the corpse-strewn streets was awful. Only a few walls were standing. The re­ port that the hospital clock was found Intact with its hands stopped at 7:30 was confirmed, as was the statement that the offices of the c^ble company had entirely disappeared. On all sides were found portions of corpses, which were gathered up by the soldiers and gendarmes and burned on one of the public squares. Not a drop of water was procurable ashore. The darkness caused by the repair ship Pouyer-Quartier and were brought here. As a result of his inspection, the commander of £he Suchet reports that crevices and valleys are constantly forming in the northern portion of the island, where the larfd is in a state of perpetual change. Fortunately, that part of the country was evacuated In good time by the Inhabitants, who fled to Fort de France. Lava continues to stream r, down the mountain side, accompanied by ter­ rific thunder and lightning. The stories of the survivors added to the awful details of the particularly harrowing account of the loss of the British steamer Roraima. C. C. Evans of Montreal and John G. Morris of New York, who are now at the military hospital of Fort <le France, say the vessel arrived at 6. As THE CABLE STEAMER "POUYER GUERTIER," OF HAVRE, WHICH BROUGHT 450 SURVIVORS TO PORTE-DE-FRANCE}. clouds of volcanic dust shrouded the town, and continuous subterranean rumbling added to the horror of the scene. The fort and central quarter of the town were razed to the ground and were replaced by beds of hot cinders. The iron grill work gate of the gov­ ernment offices alone was standing. There was no trace of the streets. Huge heaps of smoking ashes were to be seen on all sides. At the landing place some burned and ruined walls indicated the spot where the custom house had formerly stood, and traces of the larger shops could be seen. In that neighborhood hundreds of corpses were found lying in all kinds of attitudes, showing that the victims met their death as If by a lightning stroke. Every vestige of clothing was burned away from the charred bodies, and in many cases the abdomens had been burst open by the intense heat. Curiously enough, the features of the dead were generally- calm and reposeful, although in some cases terrible fright and agony were depicted. Grim piles of bodies were stacked everywhere, showing that death had stricken them while the crowds were vainly seeking escape from the fiery deluge. 'On one spot a group of nine children were found locked in each others' arms. The vaults of the Bank of Martin­ ique, at the head of what had been the Rue de l'Hospital. were found intact. They contained 2,000,000 francs ($400,- eight bells was struck a frightful ex­ plosion was heard up the mountain. A cloud of fire, toppling and roaring, swept with lightning speed down the mountain side and over the town and bay. The Roraima was nearly sunk and caught fire at once. The steamer Roraima had reached* St. Pierre that c^ay with ten passengers, among whom were Mrs. Stokes and her three child­ ren, and Mrs. H. J. Ince. They Bay they were watching the rain of ashes, when, with a frightful roar and ter­ rific electrical discharge, a cyclone of fire, mud and steam swept down from the crater over the town and bay, sweeping all before it and destroying the fleet of vessels at anchor oft the shore. There the accounts of the cat­ astrophe so far obtainable cease. "I never can forget the horrid, fiery, chol^Bs--whirlwind which enveloped me," said Mr) Evans. "Mr. Morris and I rushed below. We are not badly burned--not so badly as most of them. When the fire came we were going to out posts (we are engineers) to weigh anchor and get out. When we came up we found the ship afire aft and fought it forward until 3 o'clock, when the Suchet came to our rescue. We were then building a raft" "Ben" Benson, the carpenter of the Roraima, said: "1 was on deck amid­ ships, when I heard an explosion. The captain ordered me to up anchor. I got the windlass, but when the fire came I went into the forecastle and got my 'duds.' When I came out I HOW A VOLCANIC EXPLOSION IS CAUSED //,' CONt OP LAVA AN0'ASHES WHICH ACTS AS A STOPPER AND PREVENTS tfiWPTIONS wtsiuRe. UNOtR 0RDIN41Y WATBR Lt*/M OCEAN OCEAN yes FLUID OR SEMI-FLUID LAVA > A study of the above picture will show how t molten m»s« irk the mountain's Interior met the water and how the steam generated thereby, following the line of least resistance, blew otf the top of the volcano. Truth is the simplest of all virtues; it requires neither study nor art. PULSE BEATSJTHAT CAN BE SEEN Phyalclan Says Such Cases Are by No •y Means Uncommon. ^ "It is not such an uncommon thing, said a physician, "to find a person whose pulse beats can be plainly seen, and yet I suppose there are but few outside of the profession who realize the fact In most persons the beat of the pulse cannot be perceived, but the mere fact that the beating is percepti­ ble does not mean that the pulse is other than normal. I Jiave come across a number of cases where the throbbing of the wrist could be plainly seen, and yet the persons rarfely gave evidence of abnormality in temperature. They were rarely feverish, and wece In good physical condition generally. Pulses of this kind, from this view, which Is based upon actual observations of cases, do not indicate anything more than an abnormal physical condition in the formation of the wrist veins. "I have met with one case which was possibly a little extraordinary, in that it was plainer and much more distinct than any I had ever seen be­ fore. It ceuld almost be heard. TtM 000) in specie and other securities, which were sent here for safe-keeping. The vaults of the government treas­ ury are now being searched in the hope that a large amount of money and other valuables deposited by the principal merchants of the city may be saved. Nearly 4,000 of the refugees from the vicinity of the village of Le Precheur, a suburban village, were rescued bv the French cruiser Suchet and the cable artery would rise to a point almost as large as the ball of the little finger of a child, and would change from the white of the skin to a blood purple with each beat of the pulse. I found it easy to count the pulse beats with­ out touching the patient's wrists I could see plainly enough to keep the record, and, in order not to err in my calculations, I tested it in several ways and found it was correct and that there was no mistake in my counting with the naked eye."--New Orleans Times-Democrat. talked with Captain Muggah, Mr. Scott, the first officer, and others. They had been on the bridge. "The captain was horribly burned. He had inhaled flames and wanted to jump into the sea. I tried to make him tak,e a life preserver. The cap­ tain, who was undressed, jumped over­ board and hung on to a line for a while. Then he disappeared." Wo|ld Allow No Indecent Haste. Many stories are told of the conspic­ uous bravery of Field Marshal Sir Nev­ ille Chamberlain, who died recently, full of years and honors. In the Sikh war. Chamberlain, who then held the rank of colonel, called for volunteers to assist him In blow­ ing up a bastion. Three or four res­ ponded, and the colonel led the little party close up to the point where the mine was to be fired. As soon as the explosives were in place and the fuse lighted, the volunteers started to run, All is not lost that is In danger. in order to get out of the way of the explosion, no less than to effect as speedily as possible their retreat to the safety of the British lines. They had not gone a dozen yards before Chamberlain shouted: "Come back! There's to be no indecent haste, young man. We'll wa^lk." And walk they did, while the fuse slowly sputtered down to the waiting powder.--London Truth. What the Farrot Paid* The ancient whaling bark Kathleen, while cruising off the West Indies, was recently struck by an infuriated har­ pooned whale and so great was the damage done that the vessel immedi­ ately began sinking fast The cap­ tain's wife had barely time to get into a boat when the old bark went down. The sailors declare solemnly that the favorite parrot of the captain's wife, which she rescued, said plainly as he was being lowered over the side,' hard luck; that's what I say." A self-made man always worships his maker--hlmaslf. •f E, BACKACHE, DIZZINESS (PE-RU-NA CURES! PELVIC CATARRH.) "I am perfectly weU," says Mrs. Martin,. of Brooklyn. "Pedru^a . cured me." . Mrs. Anna Martin, 47 Hovt street, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "Peruna did so much for me that / Aeel it my duty to recommend It to otters who may be similarly afflicted. About m year ago my health was com­ pletely broken down, had backache dizziness and Irregularities, and life seemed dark indeed. 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