TERRIBLE UPHEAVAL OF NATURE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 111, 13 May 1902, Page 2

TERRIBLE UPHEAVAL OF NATURE.

THE DISCOVERIES OF THE LANDING PAETHS. THOUSANDS OF CHARRED BODIES. New York, May 12. Despite the engulfing of the Guerin factory, the Governor of Martinique issued a report reassuring the residents of St. Pierre, who were overwhelmed next day. Twelve English aboard the Ronatnfa were rescued. The landing parties found the fires still burning at St. Pierre, but gradually dying out. The whole place is a heap of ruins. No one is alive. The town is mutilated beyond recognition. Three thousand charred corpses, many naked,, were found on the sice of the Cathedral.. All had been asphyxiated, some while* performing their daily avocations. The wholesale cremation of the bodies will be imperative to prevent pestilence* . Many survivors were discovered 6iaA the hills. Four hundred and fifty were rescued. ; Great streams of lava from San Frier© separate the northern and southern parts. The St. Vincent bays were converted into steaming pits. A huge hill replaced a valley. Sixty were killed by lightning. Many refugees who escaped along the. coast in boats died of thirst. f The French Government, theßritisht authorities and the residents of West. Indies and. the city of New Orleans sent provisions and money for relief.