Cy-Paris:
The Louis Cyparis Story:
credit: en-martinique.com
Louis Cyparis
credit: earlham.edu
"It was a very different time in Martinique during the year 1902. In St. Pierre, the capital city of what was still a colony not far past the times of slaves and masters, Louis Cyparis stood before the courts accused of a heinous crime: stealing sugar canes.
May 8th 1902, Mt. Pele began to erupt, spewing lava, ash and rock into the air. It devastated St. Pierre. In fact, there was only one survivor. He survived because the stone cell that he occupied by himself was so thick it could actually withstand the heat from the disaster.
Many wondered why he shouted "injustice" when he was released into the city of ruins. The reason was simple.
It was not he who stole the sugar canes. It was his daughter.
To protect her, he accepted the accusations, stood trial, was found guilty, and was imprisoned for 3 months without a word. It was impossible for him to know that just days into his sentence Pele would unleash itself.
The initial blast from the volcano released 40 times as much energy as the that destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima some 43 years later. It killed every living thing in it's vicinity.
Including his young daughter, Coralie Cyparis."
This site is in memory of Coralie Cyparis.
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