The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-14
Destructive HuI ricane at Ant1gua-Groat Loss
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Destructive Hurricane At AntiguaLGrcat Loss
OF LEe and Property.
From the Baltimore American, Sept. IL
The editors Of The .amsricsn indebted to .
mercai friend for copy OF the Antigua O6sereer, OF
structive with which that island was visited
the 2lst OF that month. The storm fenced
the afternoon Of that day. and increased in force until
two o'clock the next morning. when 1t sensby abated
The account then proceeds to say
Our tranquil Island, previously studded with neat
structures and populous villages in this brief interval
shrivelled to waste of rubbish an ruin As the
day advanced. accounts of calamity came in from all
drections and it soon bebams evident that the
ootn OF lie and property, was worse than had
In the Old road division the devastation Is mme nse
PROSTATE; and the cottsgers and children,
are for the quartered the cellar Of the
ry and schoolroom The village Of Johnson's Point,
comprising some $50 or 200 dwellings, is almost ami
hilated-there being but three good houses standing
AT this place three persons, woman and child,
were crushed and miserably destroyed "a woman
escaped with a fractured leg; another with a frac
tured arm; and another otherwise injured, and who
has since died. The Moravisn school room has been
converted into complete hospital for the wounded
The parish church of ST. Mary received but slight
ipJury-which circumstance is attributable to the
chapel Of ease ALSO did not receive very material in
jury, though two thirds of the windows burst
open, and the roof the transept slightly perfo.
| rated The rectory, however presents one mass OF
ruins greater part Of the Rev Mr. Curtin's furni-
ture broken up and dispersed about the adjoining
also nearly destroyed, and his clothing, linen, SC,
blown entirely away such az has been since disco
vered having been found reduced to shreds. The pa
IRISH records with difficulty preserved. The line
Of road between the church and chapel presents
riss of ruins and the continuation 60 windward,
account of the fallen trees
The greater part of the window shutters. and
destroyed, and the roof very much shaken. Several
braces were also sprupg and the three glass windows
to the east were broken in The school and teachers
room at Brecknock's were completely ruined
The rectory Of st. Philips, with the out offices and
the teachers house. has received little DAMAGE but
the church is unroofedthe greater part of the gava
nized IRON the rafters ceiling, sc broken shivers
and the burial yard and rectory yard strewn with
to tie depth of three or four feet and large
section Of the church roof together with piece Of
pitch pine scantling 20 feet long g. with numerous
lodged in the yard
The newly erected church of All Saints district has
Of small dwellings, In the immediate Vicinity, have
been scattered into fragments and swept away. St.
BarDabss is also destroyed.
The distinctions to the Moravian establishments
may be briefly summed as follows -
The settlement of Grace Hill has been seriously tried
and the dwelling house much injured. E200 will
scarcely repair the damage done.
Grace Bay, near Old road, has suffered very much,
being exposed to all the fury of the tempest rsm the
southeast. One end Of the dwelling house nearly
taken off the roof very much injured nearly all the
outbudngs destroyed and part of the roof of the
schooi taken on ESQ will scarcely repair the damage
done.
The villages in the neighborhood are nearly all de-
cane most severe they had early notice of its
approach by extraordinary swell of the sea which
b. gan on Monday morning about 10 O'Clock and came
The Training School lately erected on Jennings's
etatel has been utterly destroyed The house ON the
resident missionary alone left stsnding-a part of the
roof with the gallery has been torn from that $500
sterling will scarcely repair the damage done The
Teachers house at Lebanon has been destroyed and
many houses in the neghboring village in ruin
The injury to plantation property has been serious
in the extreme Our brief space will only permit us to
mention thos eetates from which have received
| counts hastily, as follows
Tbibou's works almost entirely destroyed.
Blubber Valley, managers house RACED to the earth
and the whole Of his househould effects destroyed
Blakes Mill stripped, boiling house and mill house,
with lott and stables, completely down.
AT Brecknock's, the only vestiges Of buildings
part Of the great house. and tower and tall Of
mills, several head Of stock killed substantial dwell
ling erected since the earthquake, in the occupancy
Of John Bennett, Esq, was blown entirely to frag-
mens and the greater portion of the remnants scatter
ed over cane piece opposite Belvideres some five
six hundred yards distant-fur Sc, scattered
| and destroyed.
At Cummings not building has been left standing
OF George Byams, the fragments of the dwelling is
only remaining. Mr.. James Ath the proprietor. re-
| ceived considerable personal injury
ponds Sawcots Russell together with ali the estates
in that direction, have received very considerable in
jury. Brooke's, Cades Beg, Ffrye's, Orange Valley,
Golden Grove, Bath Lodge, Coolies and Stoney Hill
have also suffered
North Sound Plantaron-O verseers House lifted mn
IN TIE ar, and thrown upside down 25 yards from its
foundation. The overseer much hurt. In the house
was N infant and its mother who escaped mi ured
From English Harbor the accounts embrace details
OF serious injury both to public and private property
DOW HI; the country seat OF His Excelency the
Governor. has suffered exceedingly His Excelisncy
mas been the loser Of large amount in private pro-
Pety and two excellent carriage horses belonging
him were killed In the dock yard the oicerss quart
ers are fat the Commissnrat store is totally ruined
and the Capstan house destroyed. The Soldiers's
barracks are also ruined and Middle Ground Build.
ipgs blown into the sea. The soldiers qusrtersd
The loss to II NJ Government In Ero,;sb uorhor;s
estimated at f25,0O0
The Wesleyan Chapel and Lady Grey's school is
the sashes broken. Numerous dwelling houses also
completely destroyed
At Monks Hill barracks entirely demolished, and
flag staff down. Several houses down at Falmouth
Out buildings of ST. Paul's rectory destroyed
From the above hastily compiled record Of disasters
in the rural districts toleraby correct idea may be
gathered Of the extent Of the devastation There
probably many estates, which have not me toned,
which have equally suffered and several, it is pre-
sumed, have escaped unp ured but of these we have
received no direct accounts. The information
have given has been received from the most reliable
sources and the statement be regarded in the
main correct Compared with these details, the de-
structon in the city of st John appears slight and
for the greater part is confined to the property of the
1t is supposed that throughout the island there have
been two thousand buildings unroofed and seven hun
cred totally destroyed By far the larger portion Of
these are the cottages Of the aboring classes.
The damage to the shipping appears inconsderable
been at the time but very vessels in the harbor
and to the good holding ground of the anchorages
OF the entire loss of life there are various rumors
The number is said to exceed So but authentic state
ments only give us informant of lS-chiefy we be-
Beve Of the Isboripg classes Immense numbers of
cattle and stock Of all kinds have been destroyed
The general destruction life and property
supposed to lie greater than the Losses occaoned by
the earthquake 1s43. by the hurricane of 1885,
AMERICAN BOARD OF MIssIoNs.-The American
board OF commissioners for foreign missions con-
veped in fremont Temple, Tuesday, Sept. Il, at 4
o clock, NJ Hon. Theodore Frelipghuysen presi.
dent, In the chair The attendance was large CON-
ptisng members Of the board, clergymen, strangers
and ladies. Prayer was offered by Rev Dir. Thomas
Smell OF n. Brookfeld From the report read by the
teSretary, we derive the following statistics: The
board have under their direction "a missions % sta
tons, l52 ordained missionaries licentiates phys
clans not ordsined JO4 female assistants nd I3o ma