Devastation of Martinique After Mont Pelee Eruption
Louis H Ayme reports from Port de France detailing St Pierre’s ruin by fire ash and poisonous gas. He describes ships wrecked shores strewn with corpses and refugees fleeing Le Precheur after the volcano’s blast. Dozens suffocated or roasted as relief efforts loom.
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Louis H. Ayme
United States
Guadeloupe
Chicago Tribune
Port de France
Martinique
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
Island of
Place
Berlin
le Precheur
Suchet
Pouver-Quartier
Fort de France
C. C. Evans
Montreal
John C. Morris
New York
Stokes
H. J. Ince
volcanic disaster at St Pierre rocks Mont Pelee aftermath
Eyewitness describes St Pierre wiped out by Mont Pelee eruption with ash rain scorched ruins, hundreds dead, consular losses, and mass refuges. Relief runs from Fort de France as 30,000 lives feared lost while ships flee and cargo burned.
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Mont Pelee
St. Thomas
Barbadoes
Gov. Mountet
St. Pierre
Thomas T. Prentis
James Japp
Japp
St Pierre
Fort de France
le Precheur
le Carbet
Case Pilote
Increasing Use of Salt Water in Medical Operations
Progressive physicians report salt solution injections save lives and reduce shock during operations. The method, once venous only, now often occurs beneath the skin as tissue absorbs it rapidly. Normal serum aids antisepsis and cleansing, with careful use highlighted by a cautionary tale of misuse and lingering ethical concerns.
Grand Japanese Flower Party at Tokyo Royal Palace
An English girl in Yokohama reports on the empress of Japan hosting two annual chrysanthemum and cherry blossom parties at a Tokyo palace. The chrysanthemums disappoint compared to London standards, though one bush boasted 120 blooms. Empress and suite appeared in European dress, while locals wore native attire only if timely.
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Tokio
Yokohama
Japan
London
Empress
Age of the Urnas Band and the evolution of brass
Harvey Sutherland notes in Ainslee's that antiquities include the brass band, recounting how the inventor died in 1894 at eighty, horns existed before Adolphe Sax, the first brass band formed in 1935, and 1783 saw a British regimental band with two oboes two clarinets two horns two bassoons, tracing how modern 42-piece bands evolved.
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Urnas
Adolphe Sax
Tennyson
Harvey Sutherland
Ainslee
McCreary of Kentucky in Washington Gaffe Tale
Senator elect McCreary, visiting Washington, was praised as a versatile campaigner who mingled with Kentuckians and even stayed overnight with a farmer. A humorous episode recounts him rejecting warm coffee, preferring it cold, and the farmer’s wife joking about saving coffee for breakfast.
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McCreary
Kentucky
Washington
Congress
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Orencre
Cambrean
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Ique Meen
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Eae
Atari TG Obeam
The
New York Herald
Montgarov
ST. Vincent’s
Bank of
Rue de l'Herspital
Muggah
Scott
Ile
Gus
Francisco Angelo
Angelo
Joseph Beckles
Mr. Evans
Morris
Abe
Hen” Benson
Jtoraima
Quorhet
SS Pierre
Irrine
Krina
Haya
Pouver Guertier
Havre
Porte-De-France
SLU
GRAND
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