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Desolate St Pierre Destruction After Mont Pelee Eruption
A Chicago Tribune cable from Fort de France reports St Pierre’s destruction by Mont Pelee. Survivors reach Fort de France as thousands perish. ships wrecked, corpses litter the streets, and relief work rushes to the hills for refugees in need of water, food, and medical care.
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Louis H. Ayme
United States
Guadeloupe
Chicago Tribune
Fort
de France
Martinique
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
Island of
Kalinda
le Precheur
Ren
Fort de France
Berlin
Suchet
Mont Pelee Crater
St. Thomas
Barbadoes
Gov. Mountet
Thomas T. Prentis
James Japp
Rubis
Gend‘armes
le Carbet
Case’Pilote
Mont ‘Pelee
St.Pierre
Pouyer-Quartier
C.C. ‘Evans
Montreal
Tohn Qi Morris
New York
Military Hospital
Fort’ .de France
Bank of
Rue de Hospital