The Day the World Ended The Mount Pel?e Disaster: May 7, 1902【電子書籍】[ Gordon Thomas ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The true story of a horrifying natural disasterーand the corruption that made it worseーby the ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞?bestselling authors of ＜em＞Voyage of the Damned＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ In late April 1902, Mount Pel?e, a volcano on the Caribbean island Martinique, began to wake up. It emitted clouds of ash and smoke for two weeks until violently erupting on May 8. Over 30,000 residents of St. Pierre were killed; they burned to death under rivers of hot lava and suffocated under pounds of hot ash. Only three people managed to survive: a prisoner trapped in a dungeon-like jail cell, a man on the outskirts of town, and a young girl found floating unconscious in a boat days later.＜/p＞ ＜p＞So how did a town of thousands not heed the warnings of nature and local scientists, instead staying behind to perish in the onslaught of volcanic ash? Why did the newspapers publish articles assuring readers that the volcano was harmless? And why did the authorities refuse to allow the American．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る