"And then they founded one survivor, just one. A young thief supari who was in prison. The miracle of his survival is that he only survived cus he was a baddest guy in town. There were bout 60-70 prisioners besides him but he was the only one that behaved so badly, continually finghint w/ the wardens, so that as punishment he was placed in a underground solitary confinement. When the blast of the heat struck, he threw himself to the ground and suffered severe back burns. Later, he was exhibited as a sideshow attraction in an american circus. "
Monte Pelée's eruption (1902)
