Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-22
THE WIND DEMON.
Terrific Force of the Hurricane
at Martinique.
THREE HUNDRED ARE KILLED..
Ore Thousand Persons lnjured-lmmense
Damage to Crops and Forests.
Everything in Readiness for Decisive
Engagement at Valparaiso, Which
VIII Probably End the Long
Civil War.
THREE HUNDRED ARE KILLED.
A Fearful Hurricane.

PARIS, Aug Traditional details re-
ceived here this morning from ST. Pierre,
the capital of the island of Martinique,
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 originally placed at sixty, with
hundreds injured The latest dispatches
received here announce that 2lS people are
found to have been killed in coast towns
alone the towns of the interior not being
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 the
coast towns. so that il 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 10 the
unfortunate island.
The difficulty experienced in forming a
correct estimate as to the number Of people
who lost their lives on Tuesday night at
Martinique, is greatly due 10 the fact that
the roads leading 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 Martini
que is able to give the home government 4
detailed account of the disaster which has
fallen upon the inhabitants of that island.
II is known, however, that houses, crops
and trees from one end of Martinique to the
other have been demolished or tlattencd
down beyond hope Of recovery. The loss to
coffee and sugar planters will be very great.
At Ducos it is now said only four houses
remain standing out of the buildings which
formed that little town before the hurri-
cane visited it. OF the inhabitants of
DuCos eighteen have been killed and num-
Der are injured more or less severely. The
troops at the disposal of the government
and large body of volunteers are busy at
work in all directions SuccOrlng the in
jured ond 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 to repair so far as possible the
damage done At st. Pierre, according to
the first reports received here, there were
five people killed, but it was added it 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 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 Governor Case up
to date is as follows:
St. Pierre. "a
MOrnerougue, 5.
Fond Du St. Denis. I.
PricheurS, q.
Carbet, l.
ST Joseph, 20.
Marin. 5.
Fauchin, 10.
Lanentin, 70.
Francois, %.
Robert. IS.
Riviere Pilots. l.
Miscellaneous, 49,