, 1875-11-06
/ HURRICANE,
at> ssaFhEcS III NJ. vlsIt:EtIt and other
Hi th:: 5trsi 1ntitck.

-. -. tinttht h.A pit.a 4a,,cr:nnceI more vio.
!nht Afhfna' h'li tEls ;.aIr wts ssmarEabIe from
~ having 'e'',l a"u'H. ,'el b: delngc Of raiu
| unprecedented e.e!, Ii, W. 1 liri an u,1.aip In
t"elFe hour. tLH alun.t fEiorcl,,'o d,iaut,.r nf
| Nearl1 IL inclts of e1io Tel. H., -ytns teshs
previously tue "e athcr ilal tran i4;s.ltr,v huL
n'.d Oppressive. ihe lo.s,cs1siru:d Sud .;l1in';
heat caused COOL deai Of aisrn /, hs ft 4
throughout tile Island. Wea.t.r- Wise Vest lu.It.
ai's Predicted ttiat tho 'i,usiAl gdttenaeh wa5 the
sure forcr1nncr Of et:A.r n hurricane " n,
earthquake. Tbs fr<'i'lg OF hns,u'y wnu assra-
| yated by tho report that Tie famous ,uua:tt;
mountain. tue 1Irlcre. which Ii situated n The
Horthcu extremity of The Island, lai ss.,w,,
soMo n7mptoms Of nueanitess. At tln.e4
ftrong smell OK SULPHUR w2a lol for Il l,n1; ui--
| tanco around tho mounta.tta. and wnA per::.ycd
by ships plssinx the inand 1T distance .! .llAny
fniltH. IL %aa recalled that = s.u,jAr pnripi ri
unusually Efeat n!1 suitry heal Il ii plccodcu tho
| H1e!llo:ablo eEuptlnn Df the Soulf!!eIe II lY!!,
which cauHc1 widespread hsv,,c covering tho
ea'lFc island with thick colr, Ut aslns, p;lry-
| M crops aud spreading rln fro;a which laan,
cstateh never Eecavered. 81 gtea: W., thu W.
Icnca of tho expo lon taa. tbs ie.aua Of j:arba.
doos, "hich lien W mlles 10 tho w.s.d .ynrd wns
| covered With layer nf aAhes 4aHefll stlche4
deep. 50 heavy, indcn1, wan The fall
that several hoars or t.,s day were tutucl
into total dafkness. Ituro in 1.Haa,l3 O Allons
bteezo 1loIn eas..northeass AlJwinE from N4ib4.
door. and all tllis imICcIIso iu3ss of nsss must
Lave been thrown INTO the air io height ni,ove
te range OF tho trade w,l'l. 1t is hlld that dur
! 1nE ttln eruption tho yoiro Of tho s;ouffrlere
Could Ue heAil Tor nearly ~ n1;,1lcA us III ni IL
| Eal tndots tue forts nil tuIslileI ,1,t'yas
thought ttat tklerh fnuat be e0nle great eugaps,
nent between host'lo tieets hut 10 terrible D.
1 came tho nllse that they s,nn "cro crnri:c:i
that it wsA TO no earthly artillery tneg !isieEeil
When tho news reached st. fnrant OF tho ea.,i,-
| quake which DESTROYED C.lcuta It i,.s aiso re-
tncnb0rcd that tue ernpan of la12 lsal Jc III I'M.
lncdiata1y preceded oy tresnehd u. earth quake,
| which IN ono minute. under c!oIl1!lha nv aud
aacorchng ann. hal auttee4 " destroy tue CITY
q Caraccas. mud bu.y AMID tn ru!us neary
10000 ptop!o.
At mldiay on the Stu tho thermometer ntooa
as o. degrees III tue shado, ui,!n1 tIu I'LL KIN:
| Of tho mercury. honGTet. couyeys no aIe. HATS
I ldea OF tho sitting ctuseneas Of tile weather.
Residents III tue iBIand for forty years darla.cI
that the had never bc!ora eSpollelccI 4eat i
trying aud prolonged. The great heat cout.nue.
durius tic day, sl,d at auusst ,Aere was a very
alSry s1r. cA eca!is 10 thu southwest. shortly
after sunset the Whole nky becuae very Iuniuous,
and this App2araaco lastai Tor a couple OF houlA
II was AlicIc etlel b, ntonHclv vivid nnd btatli-
lui bncns lghsniuc, which a. tines ap erred tn
| rneh in d toEront 0! tlamo from tho clou1n a.ri
shuued tho ~iols heaven to bs If strange uD-
earthly biuo color the sound Of di.ta!It thu.
III. smart gallo from tho hoHt1wes. 70:
in, driving bafora II deusa ,na4-es
Of lnky.elaek csouls. Tine dl,Eucas TO-
camo 30 great that 1t could almost b, lot and 4:
midnight tcrrifne thunderstorm burnt oyu. tha
i.!aua, accompanied by tremendous dowu.p,nr
of rain. slsos' waB ttopoaAbe, the noise Of tho
thuhieF wAa TO APPALLING. aud nea.ly I'll til: in-
hablt1n:s Ut st. 'incen: passed thu night wattl-
lng tho progress Of tho llur. u. Tue ra1u
seemed tu cutns down in QUO unt rtLtn sheet q.
WAter, bis tho dlsklfcsH wan ~ greAt that. cx-
cert daring the titfal glare OF thu tIElstuug, 1t
Maa imp ttstola to toe a yard. The no:y, Of tue
rivers. aho >rd ni,hu an hour tina: st1ena.g
7hirh tho parchlnE heat ilaI lett thru1;,e
and almost dual ur had become :osrlnS
torrents. 4 littte befoEe o'clock there WAS
hlidielcns light to SEQ tue ssa;a 1t lIa,r.,
lie streets OF tie toYu Of kinrB:o sn, the eap.-
tai Of tue lslan, we're ali ioolod 10 pats TO tue
de}'lh OF over 8 fet.. Tie market paco and L.
eE open spscea had b.come lakes, md all loN IT,
lnE Erouud WIS coTered With M1ier. Thp moi,tl-
tam streams which botoro midnight Elgt have
been crussou dEys.oJ. were now pounn, down
vast volumes Of muddy water, haEiu. In soMo
instances riaen oFer IL feel within the al1 huuts.
The douthWostoFiy mud had Increased. and y.
daybreak it VAS blowing whole GaEo OF wind,
OF tho ten vessels anchored in Hugs
town Bay seven had been driven
ashore uy tho yioloucs OF the sen,
and larse portion OF the landing-R,ago washed
sway. Tho rain shil continued 70 came dosu u.
torrents, but from daybreak iis violence scnably
aba!ed. Heavy }andaIips Here seeu on al The
bills around K'ngatoTn. doing great damage to
tho crops, as acros Of cultivated laud we're ear
red away at time. III Kinsstowp auHbcs Of
houses "ero WAahea away. aud two bridges torn
down by the fosco OF the water. Tho greater
portion Of tho 1tomAn Catholic graveyard Was
Carried away. aud 4 nllmher Of recently inferred
hodlea WaHlloo down to the sea. The rain fell
steadily uut midday, when il ceaucd for q tirno.
Much anxiety WAH felt HI to the condition OF
tho out DISTRICTS. but for tima lll coulmuuica-
tlon with them was cut or. Tho rivers had
ri6on to Huch hoig4t tlat It was impossible 10
ford tL0m aud all tho bridEeA hsl been swept
away, A Wcst Indian itool tubsidcY almost as
rapidly AZ 1t risos. md within c3nrto Of llonrs
the at1oatnH had lalIen FL much that they bo.
Jfrif
ward coast. two vessels wore driven ashore by
the storm. Tho damage done throughout tho
island to the crupH and eatate works. l.as bucn
very great. ln ttany places the ground presents
ourtti being rent tuto chhs,us ~ and oven .u
feet deep, aud ia some instances oyrr
1Uv fee. in length. Largo laa4H!iis oc-
Cured all over tbs island, and did
,itteea asrns Of canes wese this destroyed. Tho
roals throughout the isnnd have baGu almost
everywhere rendered inapasaahe. Many artoT-
root mills have been destroy sa which las calls-
ally Owned by negro cntiv.tors who are without
any means to rebuild them. To tho beautiful
Maria9us valley. one Of tho linest piece. Ut
ncenery in tho Most lipdies' tho populous VII
severely injured BY Tho tooda shat the it!1abi-
tants, numbering several hundreds, haye reBoly-
oa to migrate to another locality, abandoning
their former habltationa. In tAoau villages ever
tutELg ADubGa He&u hMttt &WhY Ill Rn H0Hr.
In quo Of there houses 4 wouau s.ausca
sanHcls, whose husband had very lc-
Gently died, lived With ler three cAldreu. Al
four OF thcm weEc drowned. l!y curious can-
csdonce. the riser-whlch Rushed In a torrent
through tho village graveyard, nl1d uprootad
nuiubor Ut oodi9s--casrted the collin Of tho nan
HAtnucls almost to tue very sput where ha N!to
4nd children had been swept away by tho iiool.
1n the Faa Of Dnccan.cnt, On tho Leaward Coast,
several petsous Lost their lives during tho lloyd
It tA yDk uncertain how litea ,yern 1nnt
Altogether; owing 10 the difficulty Of con,nuni-
casun reliable statistics cannot yet bo obtained,
From tue Intelligence W ynL rbcolEeu, thls
hurricane appears to I.aye exseulc.l uyar yury
largo portion Of tho West lnd1cs. and to bava
been severely felt Ut Barbados, Martinique,
Domlnioa, aud bt. Lucia. At Martinique IL Trad.
,us-sesasl oatlel the Codhal, belonging to st.
Vincent went down at her nlouriogs, :.Id al! her
crew, numbering twcnty hauds, wore lost.
Cul1rnd0,S Great Ranch.
The Omaha Herald, by means Of correspond
ent Traveller" Informs u that Mr.. J. w.