Martinique and St. Vincent
By Editor
Martinique and St. Vincent.—This week we print the first of two articles upon the fearful calamities which have befallen the islands of Martinique and St. Vincent. The Boston Press Bureau and the Boston Herald sent a special commissioner to the islands, Mr. Samuel R. Honey, who left for the islands on the government cruiser Dixie, returning June 14, the first of the government expedition to reach this country. The Signs of the Times, by special arrangement with the Herald, secured reports concerning both islands with photographs taken at the time. Mr. Honey penetrated to all parts of the city of St. Pierre, even to the base of Mt. Pelee. "It is impossible," he tells us, "to coin words which will fitly describe the extent of the disaster at St. Pierre. The destruction is unparalleled in human history. The place is a veritable city of the dead. A great bare patch, as desolate as the ruins of an Aztec town, is all that is left to mark the once pretty city. The streets are filled with debris, and beneath the debris and the dust lie over 30,000 of its population. Just how many perished will probably never be known." The article will be found on page 8. Next week we will publish an article on St. Vincent, and other articles on kindred phenomena.