Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-22
mARrINIoUR,s HURICANR.

Loss of Life Much Greater Than at First Reported-Two Hundred and Eighteen Killed in the Coast Towns A1one-No Commu nieatfon Yet With the Interior.
 PARIS, Aug. 21.-Additiona1 details re- ceived here this morning from St. Pierre,
 capital of the island of Martinique, which
 was visited by terrible hurricane on last
 Tuesday night, show that the facts al-
 ready published are not only in no way
 exaggerated, but they did not tell the full
 story of the disaster.
 The number of dead was originally es-
 timated at sixty, with hundreds of in-
 jured. The latest despatches received
 here announce that 21S persons are found
 to have been killed in the coast towns
 alone, the towns in the interior not yet
 having been heard from. There is no
 doubt that the lose of life in the interior
 CT than in the coast towns, as it is impos-
 sible at present to make even an estimate
 of the number of people who lost their lives through the cyclonic disturbances
 which brought so much ruin and desela-
 tion to the unfortunate island.
 Official dispatches received here admit that state of general consternation exists throughout the island of Martinique, and
 when this is admitted in official reports the real state of affairs may be imagined. The difficulty experienced in forming 6 correct estimate as to the number of per sons who lost their lives on Tuesday night is greatly due to the fact that the roads leading into and from the interior of the island have been rendered absolutely i'm passable. These roads are blocked in some cases for several miles by fallen trees and displaced earth and rocks. Several days may elapse before the governor of Marti- nique is able to give the home government a detailed account of the disaster. It is known, however, that houses, crops and trees, from one end of Martinique to the other, have been demolished or f1attened down beyond hope of recovery. The loss to the coffee and sugar planters will be very great.
 At Ducos, it is now added, only four houses remain standing out of the build ings which formed that little town before | the hurricane visited it. Of the inhabi- tants of Ducos, eighteen have been killed and number are injured more or less se- verely.
 The troops at the disposal of the govsr- nor and large body of volunteers are busy at work in all directions, succoring the injured and burying the dead. The | physicians of the island hardly had an hours rest for the first forty-eight hours | zens of all classes are doing their utmost | to succor the sufferers and to repair, as far as possible, the damage done.
 At St. Pierre, according to the first re- ports received here, five people were killed, ''but," it was added, Git is feared that this | number does not represent the entire loss of life in the capital" This fear seems to have been well founded, for it is now an- nounced that at least thirty-four persons lost their lives at St. Pierre during Tues day night.
 The death list by towns, as forwarded by Governor Casse up to date, is as follows: ] Denis 7, Frecheurs 6, Carbet 4, St. Joseph 20, Marin 8, Vauchin 10, Lamentin 26, | Francois 22, Robert 2S, riviere pilote 2, IS. But these numbers do l not include the deaths in isolated places, interior towns or upon plantations with | which no communication can be had at | present. Perhaps rough estimate of 300 | killed and 1000 injured will cover the l ground. The wounded people received l their injuries from being hurt by falling | buildings or falling trees.
 Much suffering among the poor has re- l suited from the damage done and its at tendant loss of life; in fact, it may be said that the majority of the inhabitants of Martinique are practically without any shelter but that afforded by the temporary huts which they have erected for them- selves upon or near the spots where their homes recently stood. The governor and the colonial authorities are doing every thing possible to relieve the sufferers.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-A cablegram to- day reports that among the vessels totally wrecked in the storm at Martinique were the American brigs Ned White of Belfast, Me-, and the Jennie Phinney of Portland, Me