I'm searching for an eyewitness account by a British Naval officer who was on board a naval vessel anchored at St Pierre in Martinique on May 8th 1902. He wrote, in considerable detail of the horrific events of the day, when Mont Pelee erupted and the town of St Pierre was wiped out - some 29000 died. Now I know this acount exists. I came across it in a collection of material on volcanoes published in a folder around 1975 (??) I don't know who was the publisher, but I do recall that the name given to series (there were many such folders on a wide range of topics) was 'Jachdaw' Can you assist in any way? I've Googled, without success - but it's hard to know what to ask for! I write in hope Pat Ruddell

Pat, The London Times carried several items on this event. The one dated May 12, 1918 is very interesting and gives a great many details. There are 13 articles on the topic dating May 12-Nov 15. One of the items is a letter from an Arthur Whatman, who came with a relief effort (dated May 31). Regards.. Marj At 08:12 PM 5/4/2006, Pat Ruddell wrote: >I'm searching for an eyewitness account by a British Naval officer who >was on board a naval vessel anchored at St Pierre in Martinique on May >8th 1902. He wrote, in considerable detail of the horrific events of >the day, when Mont Pelee erupted and the town of St Pierre was wiped >out - some 29000 died. > >Now I know this acount exists. I came across it in a collection of >material on volcanoes published in a folder around 1975 (??) I don't >know who was the publisher, but I do recall that the name given to >series (there were many such folders on a wide range of topics) was >'Jachdaw' > >Can you assist in any way? I've Googled, without success - but it's >hard to know what to ask for! > >I write in hope > >Pat Ruddell > > >==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* >REMEMBER - Posts to the list and/or digest MUST be sent to: > TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*