The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-25 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL

DISASTROUS HURRICANE. GREAT LO6B
OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
The Royal West India Mail packet, Teviot, Captert
J. Kivet, from the West Indies, arrived at Southep
ton yesterday, and landed her mails under the chaip
of Lieut. John Kiddie, R.N„ Admiralty Agent. is
dates are Vera Cruz, Aug. 15; Tampico, 11; Have.,
26; Honduras, 12 ; Jamaica, 21 ; St. Jag° de Cubs, 18;
Demerara, 18; Trinidad, 21; Barbadoes, 29 ; Antigua
31; Martinique, 30 ; Granada, 22 : Porto Rico, 27;
St. Thomas, Sept. 1; Bermuda, 5. The freight us
board counts of 341,414,40 dollars on merchant se
count; 23,670 dole. in gold; 7321. 17s. 9d. Bea
coin ; 3,260 five franc pieces; 14cr. Bdwta. gold bil,
lion; 471 doubloons; 191 oz. silver bullion.
A most disastrous hurricane took place is
middle of August, by which Antigua, St. Kitty, id
Nevis were devastated, St. Thomas also feeling II
effects. At Antigua and St. Kitts there had bee se
such loss of life and property for nearly 20 yolk
neither-the hurricane of 1835 nor the milliner
1843 being attended with such deplorable rude
Daring the latter part of the 21st August clouds.*
seen at Antigua gat)* tg from all direction., tail
hanging motionless ; the heat was terribly
eve, but, as the barometer did not indicate
particular, a little rain and thunder only wee se.
petted. The redness of the sky and eddies of vied
at sunset occasioned anxiety. In the night the
wind increased, and a storm was then ante-
pa.ted. Every preparation was rapidly mails to
mitigate its dire effects. At 11 pm. the
darkness was impenetrable and the tempest was
er
proaching ; up to this period the mercury had i!nly
fallen, however, one-tenth of an inch. At midnight
the wind raged furiously ; lightning and thuds
were incessant, accompanied by floods of rain. At
this time a severe shock of earthquake was felt, it*
tended by very heavy gusts. The gale continued to
increase until its force was perfectly terrific. By
half-past one the mercury had fallen four-tenths of a
inch, and the storm at this time was dreadful. By
two a.m. it had abated, and towards morning the day
dawned as calmly as if the elements had been !t
peace, and the spirit of destruction had not been do-
turbed, but on looking abroad on the 22nd, the
island which had been studded with neat structure
and populous villages appeared as a waste of rubbish
and rum. It is believed that the south and west eel
of the island experienced the wind much more Isse
the north aide. In the old road division the deusta-
tion was immeess. The villages of Dalzells sad
Johnson's Point were destroyed. The churches of St.
Mary, St. Luke, and St. Philip, were more or lei
injured ; some of the rectory houses were
The Moravian mission establishment at re
Sit.llet
Grace Bay, and Cedar Hall, more or lees suffered.
Some of the villages were completely destroyed. At
this part of the island they had early notice of the
hurricane by an extraordinary swell of the sea. Ilse
injury to plantation property has been ein•
tensely serious, particularly at Thebou wore.
Blubber Valley, Blalcanhill, Brecknock's, Dunning%
George Byam's Greencastle *Bodypondr, Stool*,
Russell's, Brook',/,' Glade's Bay, Ffrye's, Orange VA*
ley, Golden Grove, Bath Lodge, Stoney Hill, Tow
linen* Drew's Hill, Herbert's, St. Clair, Buckley's,
U me. sad Lower Wabroads, Tyrers, Barley's, Betty'.
Hops, Archbold's and Brown's, Hawes and Memel
Creek, Parry'. Cedar Hill, Breggin's Belmont, Nottil
Sound, Parham, E. L. Daniel's. In English Huber
the injury to public and private property is Terl,
serious. The governor has suffered a great los
CZ. In the dockyard all the buildings woo
Yed : soldiers' barracks were ruined, the Middle
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and Lady Grey's School were levelled, and Nionk's.hill
Barracks destroyed. Throughout the island 2,000
buildings are unroofed and 700 totally destroyed.
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