Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-29
A TERRIBLE STORM.
Many Lives Reported Lost on the
Island of Martinique.



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Official advices received in Paris, announce
that The terrible hurricane which swept the
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India Islands, is TIE most severe since the
wear 1917. The disaster is said 10 equal the
fan,o,s cvclo,e ybicb svent over The Island
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OF Antigua ~ io'i' - lal as eau " iea'aieu
there have been nearly, if not quite, sixty
deaths as result Of the hurricane's visitation,
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OIL the disaster is known.
At Forte de France alone there have been
tuelve lives lost and in both Forte de France
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districts, there have been large NUMBERS OF
neonle ;niured
Al y pisrre five nersnns ara known IN
bs,,a Loen LiIle1 INT II l. feared that This
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hummer uoes not represent ''ie e"''te iosS VI
life IN the capital
As tho reror.s from tho various sections
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extent OF the hurricane ueVastauohs mas NOT
been much exaggerated. Destruction Of prop
ertv and loss ~ life is rc,oyted fron all narts
Oh tne coast
The latest report received at s.. Pierre
from Lamentin shows that the hurricane
counts ten victims in that place alone, IN al
dition to q large number of injured.
At Francois there have been sixteen per,
sons killed and large numbers injured, and
at Riviere Pilote there have been two or more
deaths, and so on from oil parts of the island
come the tale of woe and dissolution.
La Trinite sends in the list Of its dead at III
and numbers of more or less severely IN
jured.
The damage done to shipping and property
may safely he classed as stupendOus About
two fiiths of the island was under cultivation
and the mountain slopes were covered with
forests. All the cultivation and all the forests
in the path OF the hurricane appear to have
been swept away. The numerous sugar, coffee
cotton aud encao plantations which nave ieit
the force of the tornado seem TO have been ut
terly destroyed. Houses and barns store,
houses and stables have been crdshed out OF
existence and considerable period must
elaIse before the island RECEIVERS from IT'S ter
ri6le visitation.
Every hour adds TO the INST OF horror al
aS1LS ,ous ~ ,f io 6ayc last tbei,
I 'uu III NJ IA 81 pnnber al
~ ricbor nlonters
All ,be yreSsnis at MARTINIQUE were lost dur.
inc, bc hurricane AZ is VIII known Fort de
Fssn r,,c AMI ~ pierre arc imnortnt norts q.
Tho ssser Antilles Tbey are NOT only ports
oTdarti,,.,., e.. lar,,o ,,,,n,hcr III vessel.
o., m ,,,r,s 81 tho ,rorId nut are norris al
call for hnndredy III otbers MARTINIQUE lies
;n s,,ch rasitia,, tbot !, i liabIe NJ receive
,ba f,,iI toroe Of tbe Jrsadfnl golcs Thai pre.
vail in tbnse Iotitndes durinp The hurricane
season Tbis last bnrricane must have been
If terrific f,rcc for of iii The shipning there !,
4 renorted ,bat not single vessel was allie IA
ride ont The Gale and every one of them wa
dr;ven ashore
it,;s renarted that tbe Havtian warshin
Tonssa;nt iOnverture which was at Mar.
tHu;one vas iost IN he hurricane at that
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