The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-22

the Late Tempest In the CIribbean-Im.
meuse Damage g Property.
HAVANA Nov. Is. 1887.
We learn from passengers that left s. Thomas and
Porto Rico Two days after the late disasters that
not hurricane which occurred there. but huge whirl
wind or rather tornado Of unusual violence and long
duration; and II ID even asserted that accompanied
with shock Of earthquake The tempest does mot
appear 70 have local. some Of the gave
as to understand We and by advices from Porto Rico
that the captain Of the Spanish mail steamer Principe
Alfonso had some forsbodings Of it His steamer wss
whole day close to st. Johns, and the captain had
70 put back, by which he avoided the effects Of
the tempest which commenced the 30th uh,
q four O'Clock p. NJ, while the wind blew
from the northeast. At half-past seven O'Clock
r NJ 1t increased. and nvo coast,ng schoonsrs
were lost besides several government boats and bargea
Tho barometer stood At $780, but II rose later.
Tho wind veersd TO tho at half past nine. whom
the storm diminished and the wind finally settled
At east northeast Many Of the houses unroofed
and some Of the and tombs in the cemetery
were hurled down. The fields and coffee plana-
lions have sustained considerable injury The Spanish
papers contain the relation OF heroic the part
OF d. st. Martin, tho mate or the French steamer
Cacique, who, seeing some Spanish mariners OF the
vasco Nuncz do Balboa In imminent danger during the
FURY OF the tempest. ordered the OF boat With
four mon to save them In which they succeeded. But
shortly after an immense wave rushed the boat Of
young Martin. which submerged, and all save one found
wa,ery grave. Tao bodies OF the rest were Afterwards
found floating near the anchorage.
In Mar nique there was also violent tempest be-.
tween the night Of tho 7h and morning OF the sth Of
october. occssl,ned BY the violent winds from the
SOUTH Tie official cunts Of the disaster stao that
Fort de France tho ship La Meanie stranded the
loss of her rudder and boat the steamer LIE Rene
driven ashore and several smaller craft m0ored AZ tho
factory OF Point mon, were completely broken up.
French brig Cehro, OF Marseies, Captain Banc laden
with oae hundred and ATTY hogsh ads sugar; British
cocoa; French schooner Rahis. Captain Darachsr, IL
ballast British schooner Dart, Captain Aonpiaisr in
ballast, and all tie smaller craft completely destroyed.
Many thu xhsrvcs were also destroyed but no loss
Of lie has been reported
roRTo RICO
The tempest experienced tho Both ragged most
violently ia the southern an eastern parts OF the ISLAND
More than three thousand sx hundred families we're
More than two h"nirsd narona hv. Mon found dod
In Porto Rico alone.
The magnificent coffee crops wero totally d stroved
Sugar houses msahiaery aud everything on The p;anta
tons in the eastern dIstric woro lost
vsrsi influential firms 10 ST. Johns have pe,itioned
otn prime Articles OF necessity TO in duty free
for two months.
Tuere were no particulars received yet Of the dis
asters in tho central part OF the island.
After having suffered long and painful money crisis
and gen raj postration OF trade nothing could havs
fallen more severely on Porto Rico than hurricane,
which has been by lar violent than the tem,ests
OF 1925 and 1897 The objects have been severely felt
all over The island. AZ least fifty towns ha eyp3r.
enced the horrible Effects all with less inten-
sitv The injury sustained has boon general.
Many OF the dead have been buried beneath tho
ruins and not 4 few droa ned II Is feared that
many more victims " II be found The number OF par.
sons wouadcd and laceralcd proportionateiy sma
Nearly me thousand n0lsca upetey In ruins,
aud more than throo thousand scfious, damaged
There are towns where entire streets have disappeared
rs rs the case in Naranjito.
ln the 1eds the misery has been far greater. All
tue butts and other hight buildings, ilied tn poor
people, have been blown down with violence, the
poor victims have thus been deprived OF both TODD and
shelter.
Too loss OF cattle has been intellectually Iarao because
the force aud intensity Of the pest such
never ict BEFORE aud tho rivers 0vernpwcd pro
digonsly and speedily that 1t totally mpossDlo 10
save horses any other animals.
The coffee and other crops which had beon gathered
weo lost as vol as those not yet harvested Tne fury
OF the w:nd nurled down and cut all the sugar
pieces and the heavy Gu rents swept them away At
iew points, where the wero still standing,
Impossible to cut them, owing TO tue large trees and
tho rubbish boing brought by tho waters into the
fields lhere Is nothing ett OF corn, rice panaius.
Potatoes aud he other tubsrculous productions
are also lost The majestic cocnanut and palm
rooted up; the simple Yagua palnettos used FOR
house roofs have disappeared
The moment the Havana authorities had o1lcal notice
OF the foregoing dsa Porto Rico the wspaper
editors asked Tor their cooperation In raising
scrrtons for tho early relief OF tho sufferers the
ecclss astic, civs, naval military aud her authorities
were also Invoked 70 give IL their powerful aid.