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 . ut I was told by astevedore of St. Kitts that he jumped overboard and got on a raftthat had been hurriedly put together and that he died there. Allthis time the sea was rolling like the heaviest kind of groundswell, Pelee was roaring, and the air was full of strange shocks. When I looked at St. Pierre the sight was terrifying. Thetown was gone and in its place was a long stretch of gray, smok-ing, flaming dust. All abo
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 . ut I was told by astevedore of St. Kitts that he jumped overboard and got on a raftthat had been hurriedly put together and that he died there. Allthis time the sea was rolling like the heaviest kind of groundswell, Pelee was roaring, and the air was full of strange shocks. When I looked at St. Pierre the sight was terrifying. Thetown was gone and in its place was a long stretch of gray, smok-ing, flaming dust. All about us the ships were sunk or aflameand between us and them and the shore dead bodies floated singlyand in groups. Some hours after, I didnt know how long it wasthen, but Ive since been told it was at 3 oclock in the afternoon, theFrench cruiser Suchet steamed in and rescued seventeen of usmore dead than alive. We were carried to Fort-de-France and putin the hospital. Further particulars of the dreadful catastrophe came on May12th from Fort-de-France : A landing has at last been made in the city of St. Pierre,and the work of exploring the ruins of the annihilated town has.
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