The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-07
JAMAICA CYCLONE.
A SAD PICTURE OF pEsoLATIoN
over Forty vessels Completely
wrecked or Damaged - The De-
stiuction complete - Coffee
Plantations, Cocoanut Groves
and sugar.Cane Kuined--
Details of the Destruc.
ton other Damage
From storms.

Steamer America arrived here yesterday
from Kingston, Jamaica, bringing papers
the details of the terrible cyclone
which swept over that island on the 18th
ultmo. Capt, Wallace, Of the American, co.
scribes the destruction as complete lie says
there were about fortydve vessels of all
kinds lying in harbor ut Kingston, Jamaica,
when tho storm occurred, his own and
a German bark being the only ones that es'
capped damage or destruction. The daily
steamer of August lst, giving the details,ssys,
the treeless, battered city as shrouded In the
gloom of a murky morning, presented atruly
desolale and depressing appearance. II Is
next to impossible to calculate the damage
done to private houses of all classes in Kings
ton. AS we have already stated, sea,i lie
residerc es ara wrecked without exception,
and gentleman occupying No.
|, East street, near the sea, states
from personal observation that the damage at
the wharvss was done between 10 p. m. and
II u. m. on Wednesday, when tho wind
blew in one furious rush from the southeast.
The soa was an awful sight as 1t rose, foaming
in the moonlight, The ordiuary high mark
/. some forty yards below the house, above
which he sea Carried small boat twenty
wards aud strand, d il, The following Is the
entire damage TO shipping in Kingston, AT
Kingston harbor the schooner We're, packet,
landed high and dry. At Mitchell's beach, is
severely damaged; the schooner G. @. B, is a
total wreck; she is consigned to j. @. TegAr
q 60, apl Ian a1
high and dry. No others are damaged. Henry
Huggs wharf was destroyed. Three
buildings on the wharf premises were
blown down. One hundred and ninety tur-
Ties eseaped ana limited the loss to six hun
dred pounds. A life was nearly lost, but the
party escaped by q rope being attached to
the wharf This saved twenty Ave turtles.
The schooner Resistance was lying high and
dry at Feretodas Tanrery beach; no other
dsmaes was sustained. The Santers wharf
was completely washed away, only the piles
remaining. The lookout part of the roof Of
the wharf premises was all blown away
The schooner Early Bird, owned by H. nj.
Cooyd, was blown from Eastbury, and 10 now
high md dry at the bottom OF East street.
No other damage is asc rtained rs yet. The
Fenctodas company, @. Coy Il Co.'S, Messrs.
ArNc, Davidson, Colthort " Co.'S, and
LYONS wharves were totally destroyed.
The Bergantine and Oaroni are alive and the
Water Witch sunk alongside the Anne. and
the Empress is total wreck The Market
wharf flooring was destroyed and all the tiles
uprooted. The schooner Dauntless, loaded
with salt, sunk off Market wharf Mellow.
ell and Hankey's wharf WAS destroyed. The
"a An Ia In
the mud off Market wharf The schooner
Sisters, from Nassau is, damaged. She can be
repaired. A. Il. Malals ~ Co.'S. wharves
we're completely destroyed. The bark Ener-
heard, detained discharging lumber, is 0
total wreck. Adsmson's wharf WAS destroy
cd. The schooner Mannola was
driven into store on tie wharf
premises. The southern wave j
high and dry. Adamson's and Central
wharvss we're totally destroyed. The Bent
and Lamrr 10 high and dry. The Twilight IL
| a total wreck. AT Atwood's wharf the Spray
| is high and dry. At Princess street the Ord
nance, Deshols and Government wharve'
were totally destroyed. The Moselle Is higt
and dry on Ordnance beach. The Victoria,
and Adventure are total wrecks. The slooT
Jane 10 high and dry at West street Tn,
schooners Sesters and Goodwill are slight,
damaged. The schooners Josephine, Bristol
Mercellina and the sloop Quack are high AM
dry. The Crane, lately erected in Eustam'
wharf, Is sunk. Robinson u Co.'S wharfan
store houses are completely destroyed, ant
/ the root Of the battery !, alcwn of. Tn
steam launch Thetist, with her engine on
of order, Is ashore, and the. sloop Emil,
with her cargo, Is total wreck. The bari
Abar, lying alongside Princess wharf,
ashore. Schloss' wharf with an old lighte
alongside, is totally destroyed. The HI
Cobue. bridge Is twisted sixteen inches out Q
place from the force Of tho river line. Other
wise she is all right.
The body Of the mAte Of the sunke
schooner Dsuntlesa was recovered ths morn
ing alongside the steamer American, on
was taken to the mortuary.
The reading OF the barometer was as TO.
lows S;l5 p. m, 20, II, 81; p. M, 20, 90
s.34 p. m, 20, So; $40 p. m. 20, 81, 8:42
M, 20, 30; $50 p. M, 20, SO, ll:2O p. m.
30, 81.
Reports from points all over tee island tel
the same sad story. Coffee plantations ar
utterly destroyed and cocoanut groves yield
| ing thousands Of nuts fell like so many corr
stalks. At Morant Cay houses were torn from
their foundations and broken like matcbe
by the wind. The canes everywhere are flat
tened on the ground.
Advices concerning Port Royal which,
gathered from several places, are truly dis
tressing, and only tend to increase the SAD
picture of desolation. Covered ways 70 Goa
houses IS we'll % roofs, both wood and iron
have been blown away, leaving thousands Of
lots of coal exposed to the effects Of The at
mosphere. At st. Anne's bay nearly every
building sustained some damage. The post
office narrowly escaped falling. Cocoanul
trees were blown down, and roads blockec
upon on ell sides by huge trees and rubbish
II is impossible 70 get mails up yet, Al
telegraph lines arc interrupted. In six hour
the barometer fell from $3.50 to 2966' :.
Reports from st. james are that nearly al
the houses have been laid TO the ground ane
covered up with trees and earth: ,,.,,
A correspondent at Constitution Hill write'
that In his region the storm began aoou
twelve, noon, on Wednesday, and ragged unit
Thursday morning. He sends list OF some
so persons In the August Hill district whose
houses are gone. The banana cultivation il
ruined, and there are no manloes, nc
vans, no pears to be seen. The cane fields
and coffee plantations suffered also, and 1t i
feared that the ppople have little or no food,
and the tidings from New Castle are Of grave
import. Out Of eighty houses some twenty
were leveled to the ground, anc the
wreskage was swept away from the noun
tain side. We are informed that soldier
| ,,os L;liad ;nstantlv n hell falling across hi