Mount Pele'e Erupts

8 MAY
Of the 30,000 inhabittants of St Pierre, the capital of the Caribbean island of Martinique, a drunk in jail was the only survivor when Mount Pele'e erupted this morning. Shortly before 8 am the volcano threw out a cloud of glowing gas that engulfed the port within minutes. An eyewitness on a ship in the harbour stated that a "wave of fire was on us and over us like a lightning flash". Latest reports confitm that all the in the town have been destroyed.