The evening world. Newspaper, May 12, 1902, Page 3

| Late Cablegrams Give the First Clear Ac. count of the Ruin of the City of St. Pierre) —Capt. Roddam Tells! How Ships Were De-| stroyed. FORT DE FRANCR, May 12.—The Government vessel Rubis and other ships that left here Saturday for St. Pierre, ten miles up the coast, to res- cue such survivors as may be within reach and bury the dead, have re- turned for supplies and provisions, Those on board who have becn| among the ruins of St. Pierre confirm all the stories of horror that have been told, Ketukeen Are Dying. uing parties found the hered at Carbet and Case Pilote, close to the ruins of St. Pierre. Over a thousand of the refugees have died since the wave of lava swept down from Mount Pelee, Conditions along the coast were the survivors were encamped most as horrible as those pre in Lie ruins of the city. The Rubis carried a company of gendarmes and great quantities of ing wood, petroleum and coal tar to be | — used in consuming the bodies of the | dead. There was also a great quantity of quicklime and other disinfectants which were badly needed, as the Stench coming off shore was over- powering. Steady Rain of Ashen, The relief vessels fought their way for several miles along the coast through floating wreckage from the | eighteen ships that went down in the harbor last Thursday. Here and there bodies were seen | floating in the water. THERE WAS A STHADY RAIN OF ASHES and the sun was obscured. It was as dark as twilight in the up- ber latitudes. Through the darkness flashes of fire could be distinguished along the summit of Mount Pelee. Roars of thunder, audible miles out at sea, came from the dense cloud over- hanging the voleano, and at intervals lightning flashed as it does in a terri- ‘ie storm. THE BHARTH RUM- BLED AND COMPLAINED CON- TINUALLY, CAUSING GREAT WAVES IN THB ROADSTEAD and increasing the difficulty ef approach- ing the site of the destroyed city. Udor Overpowering. Nothing but the greatest effort made a landing possible. The heat from the shore was like the heat that blows from the open door of a furnace and the air was thick with choking ashes. Above all there was a sickening odor that grew almost overpowering as the shore was approached. A boat's crew with two priests were first ashore, followed by the gendarmes. ‘The scene of desolation that met their eyes moved them to tears. On every hand lay corpses, naked and scorched. All traces of the streets had passed away. In the lower town the houses had been flattened. In the upper town but a few walls ould be seen through the murky bare Deaths Inetant. | Reds of bot cinders to the depth of fen feet marked the spot where the | fort had stood. ‘The iron grille gate | of the Government House had with- @taod the fury of the flood of fire and Blood in position Close to the gale were found the bodies of severa! who had evidently heen stricken down while approach ting the Government House ‘They fell io thelr inacks, Kilied in @tantly, becwuee the expression on their taewe war poacetu! Aeerneed wiih Merron ‘This Wan true ie Bearly every cane Where the footunme were Mielluguiel bie Tenth came eo euddeouly that the wature af i) eee Bel eperent to eet of br vielen femeliouliy 6 ky ee cee ee LY ed eh DAMME! wh Mim ye Howl omen Mamie ees fee emt dliend & Maes moiety ter Shenae how Brel eek wee tonne the CY sae beer e . rer) tee fms aiaing of the a | seen. ee ee eee THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1902. AWFUL DESOLATION WROUGHT BY THE DELUGE OF FIRE DESCRIBED BY SURVIVORS FROM STRICKEN ST. PIERRE. a W St. Rrehr Rcot and outlines of the founds- tions of the larger shops could be The first report that the ho pital elock had been found int and that it stopped at 7.50 o'clock, was confirmed. ‘The bears mute witness to the exact minute when St. Pierre was buried," A glut of corpses was found in the \tuins of the lower town. Business was in full swing when the tornado of fire and ashes swept down from the volcano and the busy workers | were stricken down at their labor. It was here that the first work of cre- mation was attempted. All the Bodies Burned. The gendarmes piled up huge heaps of wood, which they saturated with kerosene ojl and coal tar. On these pyres were placed the bodies of the unfortunates. All were so badly burned as to be unrecognizable, and owing to the impossibility of caring for corpses it would have made no difference. To avoid pestilence so widespread as to be a menace to the whole Lesser Antilles bodies must be burned whether recognized or not. It was not until these funeral pyres flamed up and illuminated the semi-darkness that the full extent of the catastrophe became known to the visitors. In one spot the bodies of nine children were found clasped in each other’s arms. They were burned on the same pile of tar-soaked wood. Cash Recovered from Vault. The Bank of Martinique, which had stood at the head of what was} the Rue de Hopital, was wiped completely off the earth. Not a trace of it could be seen, nor was there any trace of the street, that had been the finest in St. Pierre. The searchers who had been dele- |: gated to find the ruins of the bank and explore the vaults were com- pelled to go by guesswork The cash in the vaults, amount- ing to 2,000,000 francs ($400,000), was |) found intact, Securities and other } valuable papers were saved and brought to thie place for safe keep | 1g The vaults of the Government | Treasury have been loc under emall mountains of lava and hot ashes and efforts are boing made to reoover the large amounts of im and valuables that had nr wr posited there by the principal mer chante of the olty Nearly four thousend refugees from the vielnity of the village of Preckur north of ML Pierre rescued by the Mreneh oruieer Gu Chet any the eablevepair ship Pou: | yorQuertion and were brought here | Be Veter om there There ie nel « drup af water ob talneble Os ehure th the wally of Oi Mere Vegetation op the iehad fear leet billed emely all at tie wat sale ate dead end & eoamiy ef taal ie edvwmny fehl Chetan be peel oo oud Wines felled wrrinee baaamethinbely Kee hawt I oe ee AF phewmtel the mabbbnettiee wre udberd tetmtale be sade Hs Hla whl agmhinnds wtead Nhe nab aneemthiane selmseibe homes y wot Hows some Bertin setwrtnval “ “ ow the maw ° Benes iekids ne Atandennthine (Os) pad! Mabie santantbsinminnss 66 wt eerie stupa ee ee ee Cathedray~— | olorgeltowl2: St Yincent~ AT LEAST SEVEN HUNDRED DEAD FROM ERUPTION ON ST. VINCENT. PORT CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May; There is a constant rumbling from ‘The island of St. Vincent |s hid-|the mountain, which is accompanied e a aft Hen ne 12 den by dense smoke and sparks arejat times by reports like artillery, od for scores of above Pelee is plainly visible miles Hie was engineer of the steamshh Bene tene edawe ran an anIY | ranting for miles in all directions,| which can be bh: away, Ree any Obe" to-day’ | preventing vessels from approaching | miles. The rain of ashes continues un-| —-— Li ciel Oink Ar tag UG not oa on a | abated, and the whole island and the) JERSEY CITY PLANS pa i he Seve e : ei " ling {t are shrouded in TO AID SURVIVORS he steamer Spheroid has arrived | St. Vincent with food and fresh ee andes le "here and reports that at least 700| water. There is no certainty that oad |pesons have been killed on St, Vin-| they will be able to reach their desti- has I- for nation, The last reports from residents of St. Vincent are that the weather was tolerably hot and that the mountain in eruption presented a magnificent Mavor Fagan, of Jersey City sued an appeal to the publi tributions to ald the surv volcanoes in Martinfque and § and has announced that he Jcent. This report is confirmed by other vessels, When seen at a distance the con- |figuration of the mountain is entirels SAD NEWS FOR MANY NEW YORK RESIDENTS. the} it Vincent | will take a il Ay) m) (Outeruridge lof) the “anenes and supplies le changed, Many estates in the vieinity | 1m craltion fea Steamship Company, whose steamer, the as aike ak for a mass-| Have been entirely wiped out ioe stouman Gave reporia that tall; Roraima, was lost in the bay of St Jd in the City Hall at l) hurches and chayels have been ing ashes w encountered at sea Pierre, Martinque, to-day received the| evening to dls°U88) buried under the molten lava 150 miles from St. Vincent. following cablegram from Dominica, Wks ate relat, 17 wens ioe neioe | At this meeting Mr Fagan wilt 9) LIVE STOCK LOST IN FIRE. LIBERTY FOR A MEAL. “Chief officer and assistant purser pend el soll = ee taken by Korona at Fort de Fran eondiary ‘Siartea n Mary Niles an Appetite bat No Outbullain, cabled yee | at Port di Museah and| MADE INSANE BY VOLCANO HORROR ® |: 7 Engineer Morris and names terday are left in hospital France seriously injured. Braun and all others dead | ot Muggah was captain of the Roraima Inrris Page f in woN 1 others referred to were members of | lowne Max * a | Anton Marauito, « » bulldings te ablegram to alos ying the ! ‘om hw ato city, waa veut | 1, N. dy, for nwo mis x “ Duvalion, dated narente ' " ws ' f J wo 4 ; his be house in Pat- | The ose, will, ex a Bite pr it tw Delleved Chat We ae be: | | by & ghopma ve about 7 Haliroad wan lant « th ia 0 = MRS. KENDAL WOK Sale of Lace Curtaims. INSIDE THE GROCERY On Tuesday, May 1 3th, Some acts Made Koown often thous ual 6 we will offer in our Upholstery department the following AGAINST h BAND. «: really have wery lt ne ee very attractive values “ “ Wenatssance Lace Curtains, $4 to $10 pair erly $6.60 t Theatre seacaataaal Didn't Te -i , _ Want Her to Talk, but Au , u Atte Liash / unt, Sy r $5.00 pair dience Did Throw Things wo woe - terme 6 at Obstruction it ted pall 1 vag f - Mstartbunted thew ‘iss lrabian Lace, $4.50, $0.00, $7. 50 pair Wren ae) Weere we a. ony dle | Lat abso me $6, 05, $10. 50 heen : : Cee Nottinshau Lace, 01.40 Cr 2.75 paw 5 “ aaa KMutlledMusiinCurtaims,F4 F 1 35 817 ope, ' Miusled Not ( uriawsa, Fs y Ae F “" ahve “ ot exquiss r . . ‘ J/vromch Crelans F ard ‘ ‘ fiat ddteod / lige “a ‘ a ed Lord «> / avlor, ites & oh | F ‘vench Gilt Frames, | | cabinet size, square and oval; also Locket Frames, in gun | metal an sizes, ee B.Altmans Go. For to-morrow (Tuesday): Fine Paris Corsets recently received, in new and desirable models, hand-gored and straight front; at exceptionally low prices. $3.90, 5.50 White Coutil, real whalebone; sizes 18 to 24; regularly $6,50 and 8,75, French Directoire Corsets especially adapted for golf, tennis, basket-ball and other athletic purposes. Sizes 18 to 24 1385 , Of White Coutil, and Of White Tulle, 7125 na Blue & White Batete, Sale of Frames, Belts & Buckles Imported Buckles, | Oriental enamelled, jewelled and some beautiful effects d gilt finish, threejin “D)Art Nouveau” on $1.00, | French gray and gilt finish, value $1.50-$2 each. 65¢., : Piccadslly Belts, value $1.25-$3.75 each, in all colors, Pi que Belts, . en. each. 50c. to $1.50. with marie ee Move & Satin Belts, ; Moire and Peau de Soie, with buckle back and front, $125. $1.00 to $5.95; Black and White Studded Elastic Belts, with cut steel buckles, $2.50 & $3.45, value $3.95 to $4.95. Also an endless variety of other Novelties, Lord & Taylor, Broadway and 2zoth St. B. Altmant@e. Will offer on Tuesday, May-{3th, Housekeeping Linens at reduced prices, as follows; Linen Table Cloths, size 2x 2 yard, . 2x2%“ ext, $2.40 “ 3.00 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 2x3 Dinner Napkins, to match, Also a complete assortment of Hemstitched Linen Sheets and Pillow Cases; Bed Spreads, Towels and Toweling, (Rear of Rotunda.) THE PEOPLES AND NATIONS or THE WORLD routed Among the injects in the m oo 7 1902 WORLD ALMANAG, “tele ALL yew want WHEREIS paw orem | 4 + ol