True story of the Martinique and StVincent calamities ..including an account of the destruction of Pompei and Herculaneum and accounts of all the most noted volcanic eruptions . 1898, EV ROUrv W wui. , THEODORE ROOSEVELT GRAPHIC STORIES BY WITNESSES OF THE DISASTER. 177 when the flood of fire, lava and ashes came down from Mont Peleethese were among the first honses destroyed. In the season, whichbegan about June i, there were usually 4000 or 5000 persons atMorne Rouge. Probably half that number had gone out thisyear to open their villas. The people of St. Pierre were rather pr
True story of the Martinique and StVincent calamities ..including an account of the destruction of Pompei and Herculaneum and accounts of all the most noted volcanic eruptions . 1898, EV ROUrv W wui. , THEODORE ROOSEVELT GRAPHIC STORIES BY WITNESSES OF THE DISASTER. 177 when the flood of fire, lava and ashes came down from Mont Peleethese were among the first honses destroyed. In the season, whichbegan about June i, there were usually 4000 or 5000 persons atMorne Rouge. Probably half that number had gone out thisyear to open their villas. The people of St. Pierre were rather proud of their Pelee stood first as a point of interest for has always been plenty of evidence that life was not extinctin Mont Pelee but the easy-going inhabitants believed the volcanowas in its dotage, and its occasional weak mutterings only gave itadded value as a show place ; the manifestations were never takenseriously. Not since the end of the eighteenth century and againin 1851 had there been even weak eruptions. It is evident thatduring all the years the volcano has been gathering strength andthat mighty forces have been at work. Despatc
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