Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-10-23
LATEST FROM THE WEST INDIES
Dreadful Hurricane at Dominica.

DreQuJW duTTICuNc ut Ao"HUQ.
By the Brig Eduard, Capt. D. B. SMITH, ar.
rived at this port from Barbados. whence she
sailed on the 5th, we have received files of Bar.
BADGES papers to that date.
The Islands generally continued quiet but
the LABoRERs were very lazy, and not inclined
to work when they could avoid it.
These papers give us an account oc a most
dreadful and destructive hurricane, which oc.
CURED on the night Of the goth September, on
the Island Of Dominica. The works on two.
thirds of the principal Sugar Estates were le.
yelled to the ground, the canes blown fiat to the
earth, and in many instances buried in the mud
and blown from the soil; every description Of
provisions above ground completely swept
away, and the face Of the country, which exh.
bited before the utmost luXurance of vegeta.
ton, changed to the appearance of general
conf1agration having passed over it. There are
not SO, 900 feet Of lumber in the Island nor 100.
600 shingles. Every vessel that was in the roads
at the time shared the same fate, viz: the slocp,
Dolphin and Antelope, and small soop from
Monserrat An American schooner was driven
on shore, bottom up on the south end of the Isl.
and opposite to Martinique. The Offices Bar.
racks and Hospital at MOrne Bruce, are mostly
blown down, and those standing in such della.
pidated state as to make them unsafe to occupy.
Every building on the garrison has either been
crushed to ruins or has suffered considerable
the spacious Hospital, lately built Oh an improv.
ed plan, has been partly unroofed, and the Bar
rack Masters and Adjutant's Offices have been
entirely destroyed, and it was with great diff
Guilty that the troops escaped without loss Of
life.-The left side ofthe Government House was
blown down. and the other parts OF the build.
ing partially damaged-The Office Of the Aux.
ing those premises, has been materially njur.
ed and great many of their original dOcu.
ments destroyed The new Commssarat
bui!ding--the Custom-House, the Cour-House
Market House--the Jail and the Protestant
Church, and almost every other building in
town, have suffered considerable injury from
the effects of the Hurricane The Mercantile
Houses Of Messrs. Thomas Laing & Co.
Messrs James Garraway & Co. and Thomas
w. Doyle, Esq. on account of their proximity
to the sea, have also experienced most heavy
losses
Throughout the whole island, and on every
estate, the most dreadful destruction took place,
the full account of which would fill a column
The northern part Of Martinique has suffered
severely, and many vessels have been lost. St.
Pierre did not escape, and considerable loss has
been sustained at Fort Royal.
Great fears were entertained that the people
Of Dominica would suffer for the want Of food
and measures were taken at Barbados and
elsewhere to send supplies to the suffering in
habitants
All accounts go to show that this has been one
Of the most destructive hurricanes ever exper.
enced in the West Indies.
Extract Of a letter from Barbados, recetredbya
commercial house in This place.
"The great measure ofemancipation is WORK
ing better than the warmest friends Of that law
could have anticipated; and from the neIghDor'
ing islands we continue to receive favorable &C
counts of the conduct of the laborers, with the
exception Of the colony of Demarara, where
great deal Of Incidence and apathy have pre-
vailed"