Torsade Literary Space Catastrophe (part fifty)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part fifty) On the 9th, we resumed the rescue. At 11:30, we were moored before the cove of Belleville, 200 meters from land. A movement underwater occurred. Bubbles, swirls, turbulence. The boat carried three times around its anchor. Pods of […]
Catastrophe (part forty-nine)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-nine) XXXII The Observations of the Pouyer-Quertier The exact unfolding of the phenomena Now, the most precise observations, the best and clearest noted on the eruptions of Mount Pelée, and […]
Catastrophe (part forty-eight)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-eight) M. Le Bris, commander of the Suchet, coordinated observations taken on naval ships in the waters of Martinique, and collated them in his report to the Naval Minister, sent by the same mail steamer that […]
Catastrophe (part forty-seven)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-seven) Thus at the limit of the volcano’s action, people died of asphyxiation, not burns. An instantaneous death, as with all who were found mutilated, crushed, burned, carbonized, at the heart of this choking, explosive action. […]
Catastrophe (part forty-six)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-six) Letters, carried a by boat that left Saint-Pierre at six in the morning, and were received that day at Fort-de-France, prove that in other quarters, in houses on other streets than Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, many women had not slept […]
Catastrophe (part forty-five)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-five) XXIX An Observation of M. Muller The equipage of the doctor. Proof of instant death. Some who first saw the stricken bodies in the streets of Saint-Pierre, and notably, in […]
Catastrophe (part forty-four)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-four) On the 18th, an event more powerful, with detonations at the mountain’s summit, and the village ground quaking. They collected ash and sent this to Fort-de-France, where it was analyzed by M. Mirville. They warned the […]
Catastrophe (part forty-three)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-three) “The differences in burns are explained by the explosive action of fire on the muscles. The most powerful are contracted, which puts the limbs in flexion; the weakest are by force extended; the most exposed […]
Catastrophe (part forty-two)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-two) Warning! Today’s Catastrophe contains a graphic photo that may disturb some readers. XXYII Interview with Doctor Lherminier The wounded and their care. Their burns. The state […]
Catastrophe (part forty-one)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-one) Among the Experts XXVI A Guardian of Sanitary Regulations Protests All Down the Line A man truly no longer content, not at all, with the government and administrative […]