Dead at St. Pierre First Estimate of Thirty Thousand
A first estimate places the death toll near thirty thousand at St. Pierre in the disaster. Officials and witnesses recount the scale of the destruction and ongoing rescue efforts in the aftermath.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
2
Ruin of St Pierre After Mont Pelee Eruption
A dramatic account from Fort de France describes the Mont Pelee eruption near St Pierre on Thursday killing about 30 000 people. The city vanished in ten minutes as fire and mud engulfed streets and structures while ash covered the north coast and sailing waters filled with wreckage and corpses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort de France
Mont Pelee
St. Pierre
The Rescued and Aftermath at Martinique
The Danish cruiser Valkyrien rescued 500 refugees from Martinique north and northeast coasts. The French cruiser Lutivet rescued 2000 people, and the Pouver Quertier saved many more from the volcanic outbreak. All survivors were brought to Fort de France. One prisoner escaped St Pierre during the lava flow. The stench from unburied corpses remained intolerable. French bank funds reportedly moved to Suchet prior to the catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
Valkyrien
Martinique
Lutivet
Pouver Quertier
Fort de France
St. Pierre
Mont
Suchet
United States approves 500000 relief for Caribbean crisis
Senate action increases aid to 500000 including 200000 previously allotted to aid the French West Indies and St Vincent. Separately reports from St Vincent and St Lucia note 700 deaths from the Soufrerie volcano eruption and 1600 deaths on St Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
D. W
Island of St. Vincent
Soufrerie
Castries
Island of St. Lucia
Island of St. Vincent B. W
Morgans White Star Dominion Vessels Kept British Registry
In the House of Commons the president of the board of trade said after review of the Feb 4 agreement between the Morgans and the White Star and Dominion lines the vessels involved would not be precluded from retaining their British register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Board of Trade
Morgans
White Star
Dominion Lines
Relief for St Pierre Appropriation Passes Congress
Congress approves 200000 for relief of West Indian volcano disaster victims with a House vote of 196 to 9. A substitute bill totaling 260000 places distribution under the president. Debate cites private contributions and a call to address French West Indies needs. In the Senate discussion on the Philippine government, Foraker argues orderly restoration and stable rule before withdrawal. The Senate backs the House relief amendment for the French West Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mr. Cullom
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
French West .Indies
St. Vincent
House
West Indies
House Committee On Appropriations
United States
Hemenway
Indiana
Underwood
Alabama
France
Messrs. Burgess
Texas
Clayton
Gaines
Tennessee
Lanham
Moon
Snodgrass
Tate
Georgia
Williams
Mississippi
Foraker
Ohio
Denver News
Patterson
Colorado
Philippines
French West Indies
Race War Erupts Near Braggs Oklahoma
At Braggs in the Muskogee district a race riot breaks out with five black residents and one white man shot and a stabbing reported. Seventy five black people attempt to attack the white settlement of fifteen families as whites secure arms and appeal to the U.S. marshal for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscogee,i. T
Braggs
Muskogee
Tragedy in Austin as Deputy Shoots Escaping Prisoner
In Austin on May 13 Richard Brooks 21 a Black man was killed by Deputy Sheriff Monroe Fox. Brooks supposedly tried to escape from custody at the courthouse after being sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and leaped the fence. Fox fired a warning shot and Brooks threw a rock prompting the fatal shot through the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Richard Brooks
Monroe Fox
Brooks
Th District Court
President grants court of appeals review for Rathbone case
Washington May 14 The president directs Secretary Root to confer upon the court of appeals the right to review Estes G Rathbone's conviction for complicity in Cuban postal frauds with authority to take additional evidence if desired This authority will be immediately conferred
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Court of Appeals
Estes G. Rathbone
Man killed by premature dynamite blast on railroad cut
In Denison Texas on May 13 a laborer working blasting for the Arkansas and Choctaw railroad at Bokehito I T was instantly killed when tamping a third dynamite stick caused an explosion. He was a Kansas native and relatives asked operators to ship his remains for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Hig Rewarus
Buria
Alarming Situation Reported From Port au Prince
Alarming reports from Port au Prince say supporters of several presidential candidates clashed on Monday causing an election halt. Gunfire was heard in the streets. details remain sparse and the district appears poised to take up arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Haitien
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Support Grows for Frimin Candidacy Across Regions
General Nord and the government delegates back General Frimin. Northern and northeastern departments along with other areas show strong support for Frimin’s candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Nord
Frimin
Prohibitionists Push County Election Date
Hillsboro Texas May 13 A petition for a county local option election was filed with the commissioners court with 1250 names on the list and claims by J B Bounds that names could reach beyond 1500. Prohibitionists urge the court to set June 14 as election day but no action was taken yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Tex
Commissioner's Court
Bounds
Prohibitionists
Marshal James Jett Dies After Front Street Shooting
Orange Texas city marshal James Jett was shot on Front street Monday afternoon and died about 40 minutes after the injury. An arrest was made in connection with the affray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Tex
Front Street
James Jett
Women and Jewels and Health Benefit
An advertisement extols jewels as a major wish of women while warning that health is often sacrificed to obtain them. It promotes Dr. Boschee's German Syrup as a remedy to arrest coughs colds and bronchial troubles and claims it can drive the disease from the system. The ad notes G G Green remedies available at Wilson Jenkins Drug Co Bryan and mentions a Green almanac.
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