St. Paul daily globe., 1891-08-22
THREE HUNDRED KILLED
And One Thousand Injured in the
Martinique Hurricane.

PARIS, Aug. 21.-Additional details
received here this morning from st.
Pierre, capital of the island of Mar
Unique. which was visited by terrible
hurricane on Tuesday night last, show
that the facts already published are not
only in no way exaggerated but that
they did not tell the full story of the
disaster. The number of dead was orig
inally estimated at sixty, with hundreds
of injured. The latest dispatches re-
ceived here announce that 218 people
are found to have been killed in the
coast towns alone, the towns in the in
terror not having been heard from as
vet. There is no doubt that the loss of
life in the interior towns may have been
as great, if not greater, than in the coast
towns, so it is impossible at present to
even make an estimate of the number
of people who lost their lives through
the cyclOnic disturbance which brought
so much ruin and desolatiOn to the UNI
fortunate island.
The difficulty experienced in forming
a correct estimate of the number of peo-
pie who lost their lives is greatly due
to the fact that the roads leading into
and from the interior of the island have
These roads are blocked in some places
for several miles by fallen trees and dis
placed earth and rocks. Several days
may elapse before the governor of Mar
Unique is able to give the home govern
ment a detailed account of the disaster
which has fallen upon the inhabitants
of that island. 1t Is known, however,
that houses, crops and trees from one
end of Martinique to the other have
been demolished oil flattened down be-
You'd hope of recovery. The loss to the
coffee and sugar planters will bev very
great.
At Ducos, it is now added, only four
houses remain standing out of the build
ings which formed the little town be-
fore the hurricane visited it. OF the III
habitants of Ducos, eighteen have been
killed and number are injured more or
less severely. The troops at the disposal
of the governor ana a large body Of
volunteers are busy at work in all di-
rections succoring the injured and
burying the dead. The physicians of
the island had hardly an hours rest for
the first forty-eight hours following the
hurricanes passage, and citizens Of all
classes are doing their utmost to succor
the sufferers and 70 repair,so far as pos
sible, the damage done.
At st. Pierre, according to the hrst
reports received here. there were five
people killed, ''but," it was added, "it
is feared that this number does not rep
resent the entire loss of life in the cap
ital." This fear seems to have been
we'll founded, for it is now announced
that at least thirty-four people lost
their lives at st. Pierre during the fatal
Tuesday night. The death list by
towns, as forwarded by Gov. Case up
date, is as follows: St. Pierre, "a;
Morne Rouge, %; Fondu st. GEMS, Z;
Precheurs, 6; Carbet4; st. Joseph, 20;
Marin, s; Vauchin, 10; Lamentin, 26;
Francois, %; Robert, %; Riviere Pilote,
z; miscellaneous, IS. But these num-
bers do not include the deaths IN isO-
lated places, interior towns, or upon
plantations, with which no eommunica-
ton can be had at present. Perhaps
rough estimate of 800 killed and 1000
injured will about cover the ground.