Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I IMPRESSIONS OP MARTINIQUE
- CHAPTER II SAINT PIERRE AND ITS RUINS
- CHAPTER III THE CATACLYSM OF MAY 8
- CHAPTER IV DAYS OF FEAR AND TREMBLING
- CHAPTER V THE LAST DAY OF SAINT PIERRE
- CHAPTER VI VICAR-GENERAL PAREL'S CHRONICLE
- CHAPTER VII AFTER THE CONFLAGRATION
- CHAPTER VIII VESUVIUS AND POMPEII–A PARALLEL
- CHAPTER IX ACROSS THE ISLAND TO ASSIER
- CHAPTER X TO THE STORM-CLOUD OF PELÉE'S CRATER
- CHAPTER XI THE GEOGRAPHY OF MONT PELÉE
- CHAPTER XII PÈRE MARY, CURÉ OF MORNE ROUGE
- CHAPTER XIII CLOUDS OF PASSAGE
- CHAPTER XIV A SECOND VISIT TO MARTINIQUE
- CHAPTER XV BATTLING WITH PELÉE
- CHAPTER XVI A NIGHT OF ILLUMINATION, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF MORNE ROUGE AND AJOUPA-BOUILLON
- CHAPTER XVII THE SOUFRIÈRE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE AFTERGLOWS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE VOLCANIC RELATIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN
- CHAPTER XIX THE PHENOMENA OF THE ERUPTION
- APPENDIX
- NOTES
- INDEX
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I IMPRESSIONS OP MARTINIQUE
- CHAPTER II SAINT PIERRE AND ITS RUINS
- CHAPTER III THE CATACLYSM OF MAY 8
- CHAPTER IV DAYS OF FEAR AND TREMBLING
- CHAPTER V THE LAST DAY OF SAINT PIERRE
- CHAPTER VI VICAR-GENERAL PAREL'S CHRONICLE
- CHAPTER VII AFTER THE CONFLAGRATION
- CHAPTER VIII VESUVIUS AND POMPEII–A PARALLEL
- CHAPTER IX ACROSS THE ISLAND TO ASSIER
- CHAPTER X TO THE STORM-CLOUD OF PELÉE'S CRATER
- CHAPTER XI THE GEOGRAPHY OF MONT PELÉE
- CHAPTER XII PÈRE MARY, CURÉ OF MORNE ROUGE
- CHAPTER XIII CLOUDS OF PASSAGE
- CHAPTER XIV A SECOND VISIT TO MARTINIQUE
- CHAPTER XV BATTLING WITH PELÉE
- CHAPTER XVI A NIGHT OF ILLUMINATION, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF MORNE ROUGE AND AJOUPA-BOUILLON
- CHAPTER XVII THE SOUFRIÈRE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE AFTERGLOWS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE VOLCANIC RELATIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN
- CHAPTER XIX THE PHENOMENA OF THE ERUPTION
- APPENDIX
- NOTES
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Mont Pelée and the Tragedy of MartiniqueA Study of the Great Catastrophes of 1902, with Observations and Experiences in the FieldPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1903