Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-11-14
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
Appalling LOSS OF Life In the AMT
daman Islands.
More Than Two Hundred Persons Perish
in tho Great storm-Mnny Vessels
Wrecked and an Enormous .Ssl
W. Amount of Property De-
stroyed.

LONDON, Nov. 11.--Further particulars
received here from Calcutta show that
the cyclone which swept over the An
daman islands Ia British convict settle-
ment) in the Bay OF Bengal, on Monday
last, caused a very much larger loss of
life than was at first reported and that
the damage done was far in excess OF
the amount first telegraphed here. In
addition to the drowning of nearly all
the crew of the English ship Enterprise,
the steamer engaged in conveying the
convicts to and from the settlement, by
which seventy-eight out of eighty-three
men lost their lives, it is now officially
announced that the total loss of life Is
addition were severely wounded.
The Andaman islands form group OF
islands in the Bay of Bengal, about 1s0
miles southwest of Cape Nograis, a
headland on the coast of British Bur
nah. The great and little Andaman
islands compose group and they are
separated by Duncan's Passage, where
a number of native coasters and fishing
boats foundered or were driven ashore
during the cyclone. Port Blair, on
Chatham island, is the headquarters of
the convict settlement and the most i'm.
portant industrial center of the islands.
1t was at Port Blair that the greatest
loss of life occurred, and is believed
that when the final returns come in it
will be seen that considera BILE over 200
and possibly 800 were victims of the
cyclones fury, for. the population OF
Port Blair is over IA, 900 souls
The convicts who were not in con-
finement ran panic-stricken here and
there, seeking places of shelter, or fall
ing prostrate upon the ground they re-
signed themselves to their fate and pre-
pared to die. With the convicts in con-
finement the situation was much worse.
The shrielSing cyclone, the fearful thun-
der and lightning and the shouts of
warning to be heard on all sides, spread
such terror among them that they
| ragged like wild beasts in their efforts to
free themselves and at least meet death
or liberty.
Then came the sound of falling build
| ings, of crashing roofs and shrieks OF
agony as scores ofhelpless people were
crushed beneath falling beams and top
| plluS ludCllueTy. VII dlt SiucS was WIG
air filed with the yells of agony or de-
spair, and mingling with the fearful
sounds of the cyclonic fury these Lam
entations caused scene which rarely
if ever has been equaled in that part of
| the world.
While this was going on ashore, at
sea off the coast matters were nearly as
bad. Every small craft, without appar-
emily single exception, caught at sea
by the cyclone, was either swamped or
swept ashore and then dashed to pieces
amid the surf. A number of natives
not included in the present estimate lost
their lives in this manner.
The crew of the steamer Enterprise
Jared no better than the natives. In
spite of their utmost endeavors the
steamer, dragging anch ors, was forced
ashore and soon after she began pound
ing upon the rocks She broke up so
quickly that but three or four out OF
her crew of eighty-three people were
| soyaI