The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-03
IT WAS GRAND AND HEARTRENDING
To See the sailors struggling to save
Their Vessels.
The City o. Carmen. Mexico. the
cyclones Last Victim.
meager Particulars OF Loss 10 Life
and Property.

Cry OF MEXICO, October 2.-Tbars is an
indentation in the State of Campeachy
formed by Laguna lake, which is separated
from the Gulf of Mexico by several islands.
the largest of which is the Isla del Carmen.
This island is populated, there being several
towns, perhaps the largest Of which is Car
men. The destructive cyclone that caused
the greatest loss to shipping along the At
lantic seaboard switched into the gulf and
lashed the coast of Campeachy as it was
never lashed before. The reports of the
great storm have been slow in reaching
news centres, owing to the fact that tele-
graph lines connecting with the peninsula
have been prostrated, and the news was
brought to Vera Cruz by sailing vessel yes
terday.
The vortex of the great cyclone struck the
coast of Campeachy on the 10th, gale ragged
from that date until the 21st with drench-
ing rain. devastated the seaboard Of the
peninsula for miles. What damage 1t has
known. The hurricane was so strong in the
city of Carmen that 1t pulled trees up by
their roots and deposited them upon houses.
which they crushed like egg shells. The in
habitants were terrified, and missiles OF all
kinds were flying about the streets, knock
and keeping the people from seeking safety
in the open air. The sub-tropical sea gem
Grated volumes Of vap0r, the very fuel OF the
cyclone engine, and upon thsi it fed until all
of the shipping in the harbor and about the
island had been wrecked. The scene among
the sailors In endeavoring to save their ves-
sells was in some instances grand In others
heartrending Vessel after vessel was driv-
ed ashore.
An inventory of the number of craft that
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were wrecked, some of them high and dry on
the beach, others partially submerged, and
still others with their masts sticking out OF
the water. Two steamships and 20 schooners
and many smaller craft complete the list In
Carmen harbor. The names Of the foreign
vessels have not been reported. The number
of lives lost still remains untold. 1t is ex-
pected that the government report OF the
great storm will soon be published, furnish
ing the only authentic news which Will ever
be obtainable of the work of the hurricane
Making Peace in Rotterdam.
ROTTERDAM, October AT another con-
ference today between the shippers and
representatives of the strikers, the shippers
accepted some of the demands Of the strikers
whereupon the representatives of the latter
to influence all the strikers to acquiesce in
this arrangement. 1t Is expected settle
ment will be effected tomorrow, with the ex-
ception of final arrangements in regard coal
and minerals
Another Slice Of the cliff.
QUEBEC, October AT an early hour
this morning large piece of rock became
detached from the face of the cliff immedi.
ately underneath the Dufferin Terrace and
went crashing down into house on Little
Champlain street. The slide took place
several yards from scene of the recent fatal
disaster No lives were lost. The whole
back of the building was wrecked.
Hurricane In the Black Sea.
LONDON, October "A hurricane Is rag
ing in the Black Sea, and large number of
Turkish vessels have been wrecked Great
loss of life is reported Hf
Ten Killed and Fifty Injured.
BERLIN, October 2.-Later reports from
tho railroad accident near Stuttgart yester-
day say ten persons were killed and 90 in
jured.
Foreign Notes.
Thornycroft & Co., London, have con-
ceded the demands of their striking laborers
and work will be resumed.
An internal machine was discovered near
the Royal palace in Genoa Tuesday just in
time to avert disaster.
The insurrection in Crete has been sup
nrpesnd