Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Thomas Theodore Prentis (1844-1902) —
also known as Thomas T. Prentis —
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., June 17,
1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Seychelles, 1871-80; Port Louis, 1880-94; St. Pierre, 1900-02, died in office 1902.
Killed in the volcanic eruption of Mount Pelée, when a
fast-moving cloud of ash and hot gases burned
about eight square miles, killing an estimated 30,000 people, in St.
Pierre, Martinique,
May
8, 1902 (age 57 years, 325
days).
Interment somewhere in Fort-de-France, Martinique.
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Joseph Henry Peirce (1870-1908) —
also known as Joseph H. Peirce —
Born in Messina, Sicily, Italy,
November
6, 1870.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Messina, 1900-06; newspaper
correspondent.
He and his family were among about 80,000 people killed during an
earthquake and tsunami,
specifically, when his house collapsed,
in Messina, Sicily, Italy,
December
28, 1908 (age 38 years, 52
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Sanford Cheney (1869-1908) —
also known as Arthur S. Cheney —
of Connecticut.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., October
4, 1869.
Physician;
U.S. Vice Consul in Reichenberg, 1906-07; U.S. Consul in Messina, 1907-08, died in office 1908.
He and his wife were among about 80,000 people killed during the
Messina Earthquake, specifically, when the U.S. consulate
building collapsed,
in Messina, Sicily, Italy,
December
28, 1908 (age 39 years, 85
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Hicks Cheney and Sarah (Austin) Cheney; married 1895 to Laura
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Max David Kirjassoff (1888-1923) —
also known as Max D. Kirjassoff —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
March
2, 1888.
U.S. Vice Consul in Yokohama, as of 1916; U.S. Consul in Taihoku, as of 1917-19; Dairen, as of 1921; U.S. Consul General in Yokohama, 1922-23, died in office 1923.
Jewish.
One of more than 100,000 people killed during the Great Kanto
Earthquake, probably in the collapse
of the consulate building or the fire that
followed, in Yokohama, Japan,
September
1, 1923 (age 35 years, 183
days).
Interment at Negishi Foreign Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan.
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Paul E. Jenks (c.1863-1923) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1863.
U.S. Vice Consul in Yokohama, 1917-23, died in office 1923.
One of more than 100,000 people killed during the Great Kanto
Earthquake, probably in the collapse
of the consulate building or the fire that
followed, in Yokohama, Japan,
September
1, 1923 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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