Volcanic activity in the 'bald mountain' high above St. Pierre, Martinique, usually not so important that many people ignored the smoke from the crater and several small earthquakes during April 1902. In early May, however, ash began to fall continuously, and the smell of sulfur filled the air around. Homes on the mountainside made uninhabitable, more than 100 fer-de-lances (nih-this kind of large and venomous snakes in the United-) start creeping invade mulat quarter of the population (a mixture of negro-tuh ma mulat Caucasian-) at St Pierre. 6-foot-long snake killing 50 people and countless other animals.
But eradication is just beginning, On May 5 avalanche of boiling mud spilled into the sea, followed by a tsunami that killed hundreds of people, three days later, May 8, Mt Pelee finally exploded, sending lava rocks white and deadly to the city. Within three minutes St Pierre was completely destroyed. Than 30,000 population, only two survived.
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