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Mont Pelée, Martinique, in eruption, 1929. Halftone after a photograph by Underwood & Underwood.

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Lettering: Mont Pelée in eruption. A striking view of a grand column of smoke arising from the volcano. From stereo copyright by ... Underwood & Underwood. Lettering continues: Terrible as this eruption appears, it is nothing compared to the greater outburst of lava and volcanic ash [in 1902] which swept away the city of St Pierre and destroyed its 30,000 inhabitants in an instant.
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Title: Mont Pelée, Martinique, in eruption, 1929. Halftone after a photograph by Underwood & Underwood.
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Lettering: Mont Pelée in eruption.
A striking view of a grand column of smoke arising from the volcano.
From stereo copyright by .
Underwood & Underwood.
Lettering continues: Terrible as this eruption appears, it is nothing compared to the greater outburst of lava and volcanic ash [in 1902] which swept away the city of St Pierre and destroyed its 30,000 inhabitants in an instant.

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