A VIVID PICTURE.
The following cablegrams vividly describe the- present terrible conditi6n of the stricken islands, which so recently presented a perfect picture of an earthly Paradise: — j - : '..-FortDe,' France, Tjdand of, Marttnique, May .20.— Mont Pelee is in active eruption, its outburst' exceeding, that which canted the ruin of St. Pierre. The display is awfnl in its grandeur. A severe inundation at
Basse Pointe, on the north-east coast of this island, at-2 'o'clock this morning swept, away 20 houses and 60 other buildings were damaged by the flowing mud, which has swept over' Vaile 1 De La Riviere. There was no further loss of.Jife>Basse,Pointe,he,ying been abandoned MveraU g»y» ago. Access to the ruins of-St.Tierre is still impossible.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10667, 11 June 1902, Page 1
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118A VIVID PICTURE. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10667, 11 June 1902, Page 1
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