Isles of spice and palm . greater interest and give a better idea ofthe destroyed town than an actual visit. It is a sad sight to see, despite its ever-in-creasing mantle of green, and it is very de-pressing to wander through what were onceits teeming streets, but which are now thegraves of countless thousands. How manylives were lost on that awful day will never beknown. It has been estimated that from thirtyto forty thousand people fell victims to theclouds of cinders, hail of white hot stones,showers of boiling mud and tornado of blazing-gases which wiped St. Pierre from the faceof the eart
Isles of spice and palm . greater interest and give a better idea ofthe destroyed town than an actual visit. It is a sad sight to see, despite its ever-in-creasing mantle of green, and it is very de-pressing to wander through what were onceits teeming streets, but which are now thegraves of countless thousands. How manylives were lost on that awful day will never beknown. It has been estimated that from thirtyto forty thousand people fell victims to theclouds of cinders, hail of white hot stones,showers of boiling mud and tornado of blazing-gases which wiped St. Pierre from the faceof the earth. Perhaps this is an exaggeration,though few escaped from the accursed place,how many no one can tell. There is a popularbelief that there was but one survivor—aworthless convict who, burned, scarred andwounded, but still alive was rescued from hissubterranean dungeon. As a side show toBarnums circus this so-called sole survivorof the eruption was exhibited throughout theUnited States, only to return eventually to 102. The Odd Openwork Church Spire at Fort de France. Martinique
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