"MONT PELEE and THE TRAGEDY OF MARTINIQUE"

"A study of the great catastrophes of 1902, with observations and experiences in the field."

By ANGELO HEILPRIN -- President of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1905.

Pages 116 - 117, of the Chapter "After the Conflagration."

"The incidents connected with the escape of the negro prisoner from Saint Pierre form one of the most striking episodes in the destruction of that city, and furnish a personal experience which is of interest in the light that it throws upon the problem of the catastrophe.

"So unique a record is perhaps not to be found in all the pages of history, and even the from the lighter vein of romance it would be difficult to extract anything that has more extraordinary relations.

"From Thursday until Sunday Auguste Ciparis was lingering in the dungeon of the city jail, knowing nothing, beyond his own wounds, of the world's tempest that had rocked over him.

"He was burned to flesh and bone, but he knew not that others had been burned like him, and more.

"His cell was windowless, and all that could be seen of the outer world came by way of the grated aperture in the upper part of the door.

"No sound penetrated to his cell, not even the tread of the keeper's footsteps came to relieve the silence of this desolate abode."

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