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Colonial Hospital de Sante Ruins, Saint-Pierre, Martinique
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At 8:00 am on the morning of May 8, 1902, Mt. Pelee erupted sending a pyroclastic cloud of hot gases and ash on the city of Saint Pierre on the Caribbean island of Martinique. The city was destroyed and over 30,000 people were killed instantly. The ruins show the destructiveness of the pyroclastic cloud.
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