The Day the World EndedStein and Day, 1969 - 306 pagini Two British journalists describe the explosion of Mount Pelée on the island of Martinique May 8, 1902, which resulted in the death of nearly 30,000 people. The authors made use of contemporary records and survivors recollections to show how the natural signs of coming disasters were ignored because of the need to keep the populace on hand for a coming election. |
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PROLOGUE | 1 |
FRIDAY MAY 2 1902 | 2 |
The First Victim | 5 |
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Albert Decrais Amédee Knight anchor Andréus Hurard appeared Ascension Day ash falls Auguste Ciparis balcony Blanche River cable Captain Thirion carried Cathedral of Saint centipedes Church cloud Colette Colonies crater Curé Mary dead deck Dominica Edouard L'Heurre eruption evacuate factory Father Alte Roche Father Roche fear feet Fernand Clerc fire Fort-de Fort-de-France France Gabriel Parel Governor Guérin hundred island James Japp Jaunville later lava Le Prêcheur Léon looked Louis Mouttet Martinique mass miles Morne Rouge Mount Pelée mountain mulatto quarter night Orsolina panic Paris party Pelée's Place Bertin political Pompeii Pouyer-Quertier Prêcheur priest prison Professor Landes Progressive Party Radical René Cottrell roadstead roaring rocks Roraima Roxelane River Saint Pierre Saint-Cyr Sequin ship side situation smoke Soufrière sound started stood streets Sunday Suzette Lavenière Thomas Prentiss threat town Vicar-General Victor Hugo villagers volcano voodoo watched water front wave wife yard