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SOLE SURVIVOR AMONG 30,000 VICTIMS -Ludger Sylbaris (1 June 1874– c. 1929, aged 55) was an Afro-Caribbean man who was one of the survivors in the city of Saint-Pierre on the Caribbean island of Martinique during the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on May 8, 1902. Saint-Pierre, known as the "Paris of the West Indies", was in the direct path of a pyroclastic flow, which destroyed the city and killed an estimated 30,000 people

Sylbaris later travelled with the Barnum & Bailey circus and became something of an early 20th-century celebrity. celebrity in the process, advertised as "the man who lived through Doomsday" or "the Most Marvelous Man in the World". He was the first black man ever to star in Barnum and Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth"

At 7:52 AM on May 8, the upper mountainside of Mount Pelée tore open, causing a dense black cloud to shoot out horizontally. A second black cloud rolled upwards as a column of ash and rock, forming a gigantic mushroom plume that darkened the sky within a 50-mile (80 km) radius. The initial speed of both clouds was later calculated at more than 670 km/h (420 mph). The vertical cloud plunged down the western slope of the volcano, raced down at 161 kilometers per hour, and destroyed Saint-Pierre in less than a minute. The area devastated by the pyroclastic flow covered about 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi), with the city of Saint-Pierre taking its full brunt. The cloud consisted of superheated gases and fine debris, with searing temperatures of over 1,000 °C (1,830 °F). All of the city's infrastructure was flattened, and almost the entire population burned or suffocated.

Four days after the eruption, a rescue team heard Sylbaris' cries from the rubble of the prison. Although badly burned, he survived and was able to provide an account of the event. According to his account, at about breakfast time on the day of the eruption, it grew very dark. Hot air mixed with fine ashes entered his cell through the door grating, despite his efforts in urinating on his clothing and stuffing it in the door. The heat lasted only a short moment, enough to cause deep burns on Sylbaris' hands, arms, legs, and back, but his clothes did not ignite, and he avoided breathing the searing hot air

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Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers :.

Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..

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Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers :.

Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..

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Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers :.

Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..

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Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers :.

Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..

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Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers :.

Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..

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Language quirks by Kay Harpa

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My books - my librairy

"He lowered his panties and in my esteem" - language quirks

The donkey says : what is the opposite of contrary ?

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Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..

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Two authors and an actress by Kay Harpa

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Books in french language (original or translated)

Doris, Virginia and Françoise Rosay (french actress)

Shiva by Kay Harpa

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My beloved books

Les Moulins qui Chantent, c. 1912 by Halloween HJB

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Sheet music from the "'The Singing Windmills', themes from the operetta by A. van Oost"

A poster for the operetta is here: flic.kr/p/2puzrsT

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Librairie by Kay Harpa

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Books in french language (original or translated)

a book shop in the Quartier Latin of Paris

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TAMAGNO, Francisco. Imprimerie Camis, Paris, c. 1898. by Halloween HJB

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Butagaz Poster by Creation Vox-Publicite by Eugeniu Cozac

vintage art print at poster.us.com

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Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..

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Groucho by Kay Harpa

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My books

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Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..

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TAMAGNO, Francisco. Liqueur Cointreau, Angers, c. 1898. by Halloween HJB

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The "blue" version is here: flic.kr/p/2ppjGQ4

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DEROUET & LESACQ. Loterie Nationale, Grand Prix de Paris, June 25, 1939. by Halloween HJB

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BESNIARD, P. Loterie Nationale, Tranche de l'Industrie, 1940 by Halloween HJB

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IMGL9033 by komissarov_a

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The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia; Don Carlos, Opera by Giuseppe Verdi; December 8th, 2016.

Большой Театр. Опера Джузеппе Верди «Дон Карлос», 8 декабря 2016.

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DENIS, Maurice. La Dépêche, Grand Format, 1898. by Halloween HJB

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