Torsade Literary Space La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty-seven
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-seven) Thus, at the limit of the phenomenon’s action, the people had died of asphyxiation, not burns. And instantaneous death, as with all who had been found mutilated, crushed, burned, carbonized, at the heart of this asphyxiating, explosive action. […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty-six
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-six) Letters, carried by boat, which left Saint-Pierre at six in the morning, and were received at Fort-de-France, prove that in other quarters, in houses other than of this street, of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, many women had not slept during the night, and […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty-five
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-five) XXIX An Observation of M. Muller The equipage of the doctor. Proof of instant death. Some persons who have observed, from the first days, the fallen bodies in the streets of Saint-Pierre; […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty-four
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-four) The 18th, there was one more powerful, with detonations at the summit of the mountain, and quakings in the ground of the village. They collected ash and sent this to Fort-de-France, where it was analyzed by M. Mirville. And […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty-three
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-three) “The differences in burns could be explained by the explosive action of burning, of fire, on the muscles. Under this action, the most powerful are contracted, which puts the limbs in flexion; the weakest have been by force extended, and the […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty-two
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (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 of the corpses in the ruins. […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty-one
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-one) Among the Experts XXVI A Guardian of Sanitary Regulations Protests All Down the Line A man who truly is no longer content, not at all, with the governmental and administrative […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: forty
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty) XXV A conversation with former deputy M. Duquesnay An explanation of the phenomenon. And again, politics… M. Duquesnay is the deputy not reelected from Fort-de-France. He did not give me details on […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: thirty-nine
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (thirty-nine) They even itemized facts: They said that for the common man, the factory owner pressured by the weekly wage, the new management did not accept his documents, the receipts of deposit; the new order raised the objection, they said, that the […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: thirty-eight
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (thirty-eight) XXIV Interview with M. Peyrouton The Treasury. The Bank. Our former colleague, Peyrouton, who was director of l’Estafette, is treasurer of Saint-Pierre. Returning from leave, on the Canada, he was to have […]