The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1902, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1902. FERTILE REGIONS OF ONCE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY ARE LAID WASTE BY THE FIRES + Continued From Page Eighteen. it could nct land on account of the terrific fire, which was accom- panied by loud explosions. Not a living soul appeared ashore after the boat had waited for two hours. Fire and ashes fell all over the steamer! Late advices say that some of the inhabitants of St. Pierre, tak- ing warning, fled to Fort de | France, capital of Martinique, and a few came to St. Lucia. But almost all of these refugees were women and children sent away by their husbands and fathers. These are now left destitute and |ing first, then the Quebec liner | Roraima. - Captain Muggah of the latter waved his hand in fare- well to the Roddam as his vessel sank with a terrific explosion. Baffled by Fire. The British Royal Mail steam- is, which were badly burned the ray of fire which kept fall- on the ship for miles after she Beyond burns all over his body the captain is safe, as is also the ship’s agent, though he is badly scorched. er Esk, which called off Mar- Plissono is believed here to be | tinique at 10 o’clock last night, the sole survivor of the 25,000 | reports standing off shore five inhabitants of the town, and all | miles, sounding her whistles the shipping in the port has been | and sending up rockets. She re- utterly destroyed, the West In-|ceived no answer. The whole | sea front was blazing for miles. dian and Panama Telegraph Company’s repairing vessel go-|The Esk sent a boat ashere, but got under way. | | An every- day suit for $7.50 To-day, to-morrow or any day that you decide to. buy a svit, just come here and we can show you with the merchandise itself that we sell better clo hes for the same money or the same clothes for less money than any other store in San Francisco. Were you to come in to-day we would show yon a suit at $7.50 which for out and out value is the best thing we have offered for many a day. We don’t believe the clothes can be duplicated for a cent less thar $10 when sold on the maker-to-m:ddle- man-to-wearer plan. L Our maker-direci~to-wearer prica is $7 50—a clear, clean-cut saving of twenty-five per.cent. The materials are cheviots and tweeds in lightweight summer mix- tures and also solid blue lightweight serges. Every bit of the goods is all wool and each suit is fully guaran- teed by our liberal guarantee. One week special in youths’ suits This sale began last Friday morning and will last until this coming Saturday | night, \ The wise mother will bring her son down and buy one of the suits, while there is a chance to effect an appreciable saving. The suits orizinally sold for $10; the special price now is $6.65. The reduction is made to clear the cuits out. The facts of th2 case are these: While the goods are light pat- terns—just the thing for summer wear— the weight of the cloth is a trifle heavy; but this makes it more durable; the suits are all right for San Francisco weather, where it so often becomes cool on sum- mer evenings. Up to Saturday night the suits will be sold for $6.65 The ages are from 12 to 19 years and the coats come in single and double breasted styles, Special sale of shirt waists and blouse waists. Shirt waists, light and dark colors, detach- abe be!.ls with riveted buttons; ages 4 to 12 yEaTS. Blouse waists, light and dark colors, with or without shieids; ages 3 to 10 years. Special price of either siyle waist, 20C A glance at our win=- Out=of-to dows wi!|a|waysprove S. . OOD filled. Wr:;'e' S:d:z: interesting, whether I~ anything in men’s or youf nee.ih cilothcs, hats boys’ clothing, furnish- n, . or furni 1gs. 718 Market Street. ings or hats, —— e desolate. Thousands of persons are flocking into Fort de France and famine faces these survivors. Terrible Desolation. Animals zre dying all over the island, and all fodder growing crops are destroyed. Bodies of men and cows and horses are found dried by the rain of ashes,’ miles from the scene of active de- struction. Other islands are sending assistance, but they are without guidance as to the nature or the extent of help required. Food stuffs of all kinds are ur- gently needed for the relief of Martinique and St. Vincent, as well as in zddition to the suffer- ing refugees already in St. Lucia. It is not even possible to ascer- tain whether the configuration of the country has been greatly changed, although it is said that the whole top of the mountain has been blown off, for volcanic masses were scattered for a dis- tance of at least a dozen miles. DEAD BODIES CHOKE ROADS AT ST. PIERRE ORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, May Fm_—’l‘he volcano of Mont Pelee, near St. Plerre, had shown since May 3 alarming symptoms, vomiting ashes and mud. There was, however, little ex- citement and few families left the place. On Thursday, May 8, at about 8 o’clock in the morning, a terrible volcanic erup- tion occurred, the effect of which was felt all over the island. At Fort de France stones fell weighing from seven to ten and even up to fifteen grammes. Thick clouds of ashes obscured the sun and filled the atmosphere. Panic seized the population. The sea receded a distance of fifteen meters and rushed back with great force, afterward resuming its normal level. The French cruiser Suchet left here, followed soon by all available steamers, towing lighters and' carrying rescuers and provisions. Thelr return was awaited with great anxiety. An hour after they left a steamer arrived and announced that St. Pierre was overwhelmed; that the town was in flames, as well as the settle- ments along the shore; that the ships in the harbor were on fire and the sea great- ly disturbed. The Suchet returned here about § o’clock in the evening, bringing thirty persons, who were frightfully burned. Nine of these succumbed while they were being taken to the hospital here. Night came on and the searchlights of the Suchet lighted up the wharves where the work of debarkation was being carrled on. It is estimated that 30,000 persons per- ished at St. Plerre. All the roads leading out of the city are choked with dead bodies, according to the repoyts reaching here. A second relief expedition was sent out, and brought back some of the inhabitants of Corbet. They were crazed with terror and dying from hunger. The expedition succeeded in reaching St. Plerre, which is’ reported to be en- tirely destroyed. The dead bodies found were entirely nude. The houses seem’ to have disappeared as though they had been swallowed up in a great pit. Immense | iron columns were found twisted and bent over in the direction of the sea. It is believed that M. Mouttet, the Governor of Martinlque, is among those who have perished. Hlis wife went to St. Plerre on the eve of the disaster. ) TERRIBLE DIN DURING THE RAIN OF DEATH OINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe, May 10.—The morning of May 5 Guade- loupe learned that the Mont Pelee Voicano, in Martinique, had been in a state of eruption since Saturday, May 3, throwing out ashes. The same day vio- | lent thunderstorms began here. Tuesday a very heavy storm occurred and loud detonations were heard. At noon came a rumor that lava was flowing from Mont Pelee and that 300 lives had been lost at St. Plerre. All that day were heard here loud nolses, like the discharge of heavy artillery far off. It is not .known that these noises were from the Martinique volcano, In the afterncon the cable con- nections with Martinique all disappeared. A very heavy thunderstorm then broke over Guadeloupe and lasted for a consid- erable time, and rumors were current that the Souffriere volcano was more actlve. The earth was trembling and voleanic rumblings were heard. The first mate ol tne Roraima thus de- scribes the disaster at St. Pierre: “Between 6:30 and 7 o’clock in the morn- ing on Thursday, without warning, there came a sort of whirlwind of boiling mud and fire, which suddenly swept the city and the roadstead. There were some eight- een vessels. anchored in the harbor, In- cluding the Roraima, the French salling ship Tamaya, four larger sailing ships and others. All five vesscls immediately canted over and began to burn. The Tamaya was a bark from Nantes, Captain Maurice, and was on her way to Pointe- a-Pitre. All the boats except the Roraima sank instantly and the same moment. . “Bvery house ashore was utterly de- stroyed and apparently burned under the ashes and burning lava. An officer who was sent ashore pepetrated but a short distance into the city. He found only a few walls standing and the streets Ii.. erally paved with corpses. The Governor of the island, who had arrived only a few hours before the catastrophe, was killed, Both the English and American Consuls with their families were reported to have perished. It Is certain that no more than forty out of the 25,000 could have es- caped.” The cruiser Suchet was here yesterday buying provisions for the survivors in the outlying districts. She sailed for Fort de France last night wtih a large quantity of stores, which were immediately put | under military guard. Negroes are flock- ing in vast numbers Into Fort de Franco from the surrounding country, demanding food. A telegram from Fort de France says that hot mud and cinders have been fall- ing all night throughout the island ang | still ccntinue, doing great damage, and. AND SURVIVORS NEED PROMPT RELIEF 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 a number of survivors from her sister ship, the Roralma. The captain of the Kcrona says the eruption at St. Pierrc was apparently from a new crater, and that accompanying the eruption there seemed to be a tidal wave, which over- whelmed the shipping. ST. VINCENT SRR O ) OINTE-A-PITRE, Guadaloupe, May P]o,—A message from the island of | St. Vincent says: The Souffriere has ! been in a state of eruption for nine | consecutive mornings. On Thursday morn- ing the day broke with heavy thunder and lightning, which soon changed into a continuous, tremen- dous roar. Vast columns of smoke arose over the mountain, becoming denser and denser, ‘and the scorfa-like hail, changing later to fine dust, fell upon all the adjacent estates, destroylng a vast amount of property. At Chateau Blair the ashes were two feet deep in the streets. In Kingston they were fully an inch deep, and many large stones fell in the parish ef Georgetown. The earth | shook violently, and at 4 o'clock in the | afternoon a midnight darkness came over the country. Thirty people are known to be killed, and the damage to property in the Wind- ward district was very heavy. The storm roared about Souffriere all night without cessation, but on the following morning | it became intermittent and fainter. 1 A report from Barbadoes says that on the 7th 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 a great quatity of vivid dust fell and continued falling until a late hour. LONDON, May 10.—The following cable- gram was received this morning at the | Colonial Office from Governor Sir Mitchell | Hodgson of Barbadoes: ‘“The Souffriere volcano on St. Vincent, B. W. 1, erupted violently yesterday. Loud reports, resembling artillery fire, | were heard at Barbadoes at 3 o'clock in | the afternoon. At 5 o'clock there came | darkness and thunder, accompanied by | a strong downpour of dust, which con- | tinued until night. Barbadoes Is covered several inches deep with dust this morn- ing. .Have telegraphed Sir Robert B. | Llewellyn, Governor of the Windward Is- | lands, offering him all assistance.” { Thirty deaths are reported to have oc- curred at the island of St. Vincent, ac- | cording to a telegram received at the Colonial Office this morning from Gov- | ernor Llewellyn, forwarded from St. Lu- cla yesterday evening. The Governor adds: “Information incomplete. The eruption continues. I am endeavoring to get back to St. Vincent.” The direct West India cable company recelved this afternoon a cable dispatch from St. Lucia dated to-day saying: “Sloop just leaving for St. Vincent, pre- | sumably with the object of ascertaining what has happened on that island. Pos- | sibly took Governor Llewellyn.” | SIX THOUSAND | PEOPLE PERISH IN GUATEMALA ALT LAKE, Utah, May 10.—In a let- let to the presidency of the Mormon Church, dated April 23, from Paul 19 DR. KILMER’S SWAMP-ROOT. DO YOU GET UP - WITH A LAME BACK? i B e 18 ’{///{ I TN Have You Rheumatism? Do You Have Bladder or Uric Acid Trouble? 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The mild and the. extraordinary effect of the world-famous kidney and_bladder remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, is | soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distress- ing cases. A trial will convince any- one—and you may have a sample bottle | free, by mail. Backache and Urinary Trouble. Among the many famous cures of Swamp- Root investigated by The Call the one we pub- lish to-day for the benefit of our readers speaks @n the highest terms of the wonderful curative properties of this great kidney remedy. i DR. KILMER & CO., Binghamton, N. Y. | GENTLEMEN: When 1 wroté you last March for a sample bottle of Swamp-Root, my | wife was a great sufferer from backache, rheu- matism and urinary trouble. After trying the sample bottle she bought a large bottle here at the drug store. That did her so much good she | bought more. ' The effect of Swamp-Root was | wonderful and almost immediste. She has felt | no_return of the old trouble since. Oct., 1901. F. THOMAS, . 311 Northampton St., Buffalo, N. Y. Lame back is only one symptom of kid- Henning, elder and representative of the church in Gautemala, further detalls are given of the disastrous earthquakes | in that country. ‘\ “The whole northwestern region,” says Mr. Henning, ‘‘one of the richest in Cen- | tral America, is in ruins. On the even- | ing of the 18th (April) about twenty min- ! utes after 8 o'clock the first shock was ' felt. This lasted from thirty to forty seconds and caused the wildest phnic. ' There was no loss of life in' Gautemala ; city, and the property damage was less than at first feared, though walls were cracked all over the city and many old houses were tumbled in ruins. Ever since then the shocks have continued with more or less violence. The worst damage was done in the city of Quezal- tenar.go. the second largest in the coun- 4ry. Here It is estimated that from 5000 to 6000 people were killed. At the time of the first shock a violent thunder and ramn storm was raging. The electric lignting plant of the city has been dis- abled, and when the people, panic-strick- en by the, rumbling and shaking of the earthquake, rushed from their houses, it was only to meet death. Stumbling and fuliing fn the narrow, winding streets, in tetal darkness, save ‘when the lightning lit ui. the crumbling city with an unear - 1y glare. the people died by thousands un- der the falling walls, while other thou- sands were caught like rats, only to die of suficcation or drowning. The quaking and ruir kept up continually ‘or three days. This made it almost impossibl: to do any effective relief work, and as a con- sequence, now that the hot weuther again prevatls, the stench from the thousan ls ot budies buried in the ruins i1s unbe=r- able. and fears arc entertained of an epi- Cem:e. Hundreds of bodies probably never will be recovered, REFUGEES ARE RESCUED BY A CABLE STEAMER EW YORK, May 10.—The French N cable company's offices in this city | were advised to-day that their re- pair steamer Pouyer Quertler has | rived at Fort de France, having rescued | persons from St. Pierre, She returned immediately to the scene 8f the disaster to search for further survivors. W. P. Lough, a member of the New York Produce Exchange and E. F. Darrel] & Co., about whom great anxiety was felt and who was supposed to be on the steamer Roddam, has been heard from. His firm received the following message from him this afternoon, dated Dominica: “Fire has consumed everything on the Roratma. Think it advisabie to duplicate ordgers.” v Mr. Darrell said he did not regard it as unlikely that this message was sent from St. Lucia by boat to Dominica and from there forwarded to this city. Another firm which was greatly con- cerned about the real condition of things in St. Plerre was the American Trading Company. Henry C. Demedull, who man- ages the French West Indies business of this firm, has a sister and brother in the city, and he made vigorous efforts to get news from them and from the business houses of St. Plerre, in whose welfare he was especlally 1n(er=atee. It being impossible to obtain any .in- formatifon from St. Plerre or Fort de France, cablegrams were sent to France, In response to an inquiry cabled to Bor. deaux this message was received to-day: “‘Successive cables announce that sey- eral fumilles that took refuge at Morne Rouge are safe. deaths of the Caminades and Louls Hayot.” Tie Caminade Brothers were members of one of the oldest and mos families In Martinique. Their names were Gaston and Raphael. They owned large stores in St. Pierre, a bakery, several dis. tilleries and sugar plantations. The firm of Middleton & Co.. this city, also was very much Interested in the fat of these two brothers and a message was sent to Paris to-day inquir! about them, ‘zio dwhm\‘ came the brief reply: *Ail ead.” t important Charles Testart of 51 New street. thus They announce also the |- ney trouble—one of many. Other symp-| Swamp-Root is what you need, you can toms showing that you need Swamp- | purchase the regular fifty-cent and one- Root are, obliged to pass water often dur- | dollar size bottles at drug stores. Don't ing the day and to get up many times at | make y mistake, but remember the v night, inability to hold your urine, | name, Swamp-Root, Dr, Kilmer's Swamp- smarting or frritation In passing, brick | K | Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. dust or sediment’ in the urine, catarrh| Y., on every bottle. e ——————————————————————————————————————————— city, is a son of the United States Vice [a word of the shin had been heard. The Consul at St. Plerre. Amedee Testart.|ship was chartered hy the American Young Mrs. Testart also has a sister in | Trading Company and had a cargo of that city, Mme. de Messini. Te;}z{;l s;urli | about $30,000 value. to-day that from reports which had| Members of the firm of L. W. reached the city he feared that the mem.- | ypiedners of the firm of I. ¥ m,‘;m}" bers of his family there had been killed. | o¢ their ship. the Talisman. They were A repart reached this city to-day, pur-| gjj under the bellef, however, -that the porting to have come by cable from Fort | Sul, under the beli s de France. that General Manager Jella- | So35¢ Was af Barbadges and that she had radrt of the French Cable Company at| St. Pierre had been burned to death. At the office of Foulke & Co., the owners of the barkentine L. W. Norton, which is supposed to have gone down in the harlmr‘ of St. Pierre, it was said to-day that not For Additional Details See Page Twenty-One. Largest Drug Co. in the World. 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