Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. POINDRRED AT MA. Probable Loss of the Vera
 Cruz Off the Coast of Florida. Wreckage Strewn all Along
 the Coast. AYOOB KAHN'S FORCES ROUTED. General Roberts Command
 in Hot Pursuit.
AYOoB kAHN's FORCES ROUTED.
NEW YORK.

red by the vessel were washed ashore. One
 mailbag contained letters tor Cuba and Mexi- 1 co, which had been posted in Paris, France, on August 18th, and another was found with ! the envelopes bearing the postmark, stNew York, August 18th" This indicated that the l lost vessel was mail steamer, bound for southern ports, and the surnise was that it must have been the City of Vera Cruz as
 she left New York on the day last named. | On closer examination of the mail matter 1 these suspicious were believed to be confirmed by the discovery of several bills of lading of 1 the City of Vera Cruz. On Saturday after noon large steamer, supposed to have been 1 the Vera Cruz, passed the brig Caroline Eddy, then about sixty miles from the coast, off St. l Augustine This brig was soon after struck ] by the hurricane and wrecked, drifting on 1 the beach near the place where the lost letters were discovered. At the time the steamer l was in sight she was headed south. The wind was then blowing very hard and 8 gale was rising. The City of Vera Cruz must
 have been struck by the hurricane and prob ably foundered on Saturday night or Sun I day morning. The body of lady and little 1 child were found yesterday on the shore near l St. Augustine. This makes already five I | corpses of unknown men; two from their dress are thought to be passengers, and the l other evidently sailor. The shore for more than forty miles south of St. Augustine is l strewn with cargo. A trunk was found marked ssHernandez." This corresponds
 with the name of lady on the passenger list l of the City of Vera Cruz. The people along the coast are very much excited by the dis coveries made, and several parties are out looking for the remains of the lost, and gagged in recovering the property washed i ashore.
 l The following is a passenger list of the City of Vera Cruz: Rafael Arrue, Mrs. R. Arrue, Walter Betchie, Adolfo Bosque, Miss l E. Burns, Miss A. Clark, George w. Cole, ] Miss Sadie Fay, General Forber, E. Fuenties, 1 ihof, John Gledhill, John Bombay. Felipe Hernandez, Mrs. s. Hernandez, E. Little field, Rodriguez, A. K. Owen, J. Ravens burg, Miss T. Rubio, O. P. silo, T. St. M. Welsh, Mrs M Welsh, = Welsh (child). The City of Vera Cruz was wooden yes- gel of 1874 tons register, and was built at Greenpoint, L. l., in 1874, by J. English. ! The was 8 screw vessel, 296 feet long, ! 37 feet beam and 26 feet deep, and had ! draught of 19 feet of water. She had l three decks, was brig-rigged and her motive power consisted of two compound cylinder ] engines. Her propeller was 15 feet inches ! in diameter, with pitch of 23 feet. Iron ! strips, four lncQeS WlQe ana uV0-61SnInS or an inch in thickness, doubled and diagonally laid, strengthened the vessel. She had commodations for 100 passengers, and was I finely furnished, being providS6 with electric bells.
 I No word was received up to 10 o'clock to- night by Messrs. Alexandre in regard l to the missing steamer Vera Cruz. Many relatives of passengers called at the Alexan- dre mansion in Twenty seventh street to-
 night and were much disappointed when no news in regard to the missing vessel was forthcoming. Captain Deaken, who commanded the Vera Cruz for two years, this afternoon considerably frightened i the fears of the relatives of persons on board ! who were waiting for news by saying conf dentially that the vessel could ride safely through any sea, and that he had no doubt ! whatever that she would come out all right. He knew the vessel, he said, and did not be- | lieve any storm between here and Havana ! could sink her. The hope thus held out was increased by the news that the steamer Nj ! agara, of Wards line, which sailed the day I after the Vera Cruz, had not yet been heard from and that no anxiety was entertained in ] regard to her safety.
 Hurricane and Earthquake-The Great l Disaster in nJamaica-Details of the Ca
 tastrophe.
 ! NEW YORK, Sept 3.-Full particulars of the hurricane and earthquake in Jamaica have l been r6ce1VoQ u0re A Olspdtcu says: DS- tween and g o'clock last night August Is, a hurricane broke over the city and lasted until o'clock next morning. Never in the ! memory of the oldest inhabitant in the city l has a catastrophe taken place so destructive l of the kind, and we are thankful to Divine Providence that we are spared to record the ] tale. The wind ragged with such fury at the beginning that the street cars had to cease running. It was battle between the wind l and the rain. Branches of trees were tossed l about, and with boards, shingles, etc., rip ped off by the force of the element, it was hazardous to venture out to view the disaster that prevailed. At s:3o the fury of the storm ! was at it's height. The missing, creaking
 whistling, roaring sound of the wind was fearful Vessels have been sunk and driven
 ashore, wharfs destroyed, roofs blown off, trees uprooted, and a catalogue of other dam ! ages sustained which it is impossible now to estimate.
 ! Every wharf has been blown away (save ! that of Messrs. McDowen Hankey in East street), including the Harbor Head wharfs The sea beach is strewn with flour, rice, fish and other articles of food. It is believed that several lives are lost, as many persons from the different vessels are missing. Those l who are saved from the shipping could not secure anything in the way of cloth inp or effects The heavy tiles which pave the Victoria Market wharves have been all { blown of, leaving the market mere skele- ton All the Penitentiary vessels have found cred. and those at Port Royal have sustained considerable damage. 9 The harbor presents dreadful appearance, as there is not sound 1 vessel or wharf to be seen. The damage I on land is roughly estimated at e100, 900. Cocoanut trees have all snapped in pieces Strong and substantial houses have
 fallen before the fury of the wind, l to say nothing of the tenements of the ! noorer classes. with whom we sincerely sym nathize in this their hour of distress. The streets and lanes are frightful to look at, huge \ trees. blanks, and all kinds of debris having I been strewn over them. The roof of the ! custom house is entirely bare, all the tiles having been blown of. The villages of All I man Town, Smiths Village and Fletchers T Land have sustained considerable damage. I The Iunatic asylum has suffered severely, as l also the general penitentiary. All the ! ehurches and chapels, more or less, have suf- fered from the destructive visitor. Three ! severe shocks of earthquake are said to have | been felt during the storm
 ! There is no estimating the number of l houses blown down. The catalogue is 8 long one. Every street and lane in the city shared fine fury of the tempest but the smaller tenements-the homes of the poor, suffered l the mots and it is wonderful that the loss of ! life is not great The churches and chapels,
 ] and the Spanish and Portugese synagogue suffered much damage.
 ssFrifzr Lodged in the Tombs
 NEw YoRK, Sept. 8.-Joseph K Emmet,
 the well-nown actor, who has been on a
 spree for week, was arrested this afternoon : and lodged in the Tombs. Officer Smith, of
 1 +ha F,roadvau anuad llefaiIed at the Park