New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-19
THE MIURTTIES HURRICANE,
ArrALLrv9 FURY or TIE WIND.

From The London Times.
The following are extract, from the letter Of an
officer in Naufiius 70 h. father IN England
A. You viii have scen IL The telegram, before now.
Ne have been visited by one Of the most appalling
calamltc on the 29th Of April the hurricane bean,
ard ia finest crop Of cane known for and the
Other produce II the island We're complete wreck.
II all the devil, IN he'll had been let loose It
Every house Of the Indians IN the i,Iaut was blown
down. ian half Of The sugar min, and equal
The canes wcrc Gat,cucd the leaves wcr,. stripped
from tho branches. aud then the trees stripped
OF the branches a.o All The shipping with he rx-
ccpton Of four slip. va, driven ashore Between
Two ana thrco thousand people were Killed and
1000 wDundcd.
In ror, Lou, town Of 60 900 Inhabitants. one.
half Of tA' lr0sc' Tcrc lerelicl fiat. not wall lcf,
standing. The soldiers have Tor fonr day been
digging ont the dead. aHd hope never 10 have such
IN occupation npi'ln. for "a" stencil terrible.
The s"ldcTs worked spl'ndidly and II II had not been
{ r them must have had pc; lcnc" the island.
The halii;mis were utterly dcInorazci, and would
d noihng i)r Themselves. The Crccolc, especially,
were not only useless but bad and aggravated matters.
T va not In Port Louis the night Of the hurricane,
:cscainp, part Of the town fire. and mnny icopl,
burned IN the ruins. The cathedral Hgtc1 only by
few candcs, wa, fun Of 'hc diving. This cntincd for
three day, many were not rescued tin the third
day One Of The most remarkable things the
in The % eo T %" ~s' Fn Nra NJ dg min
fell down, aud yesterday four days after. In country
where You always bury the next day. lGI boAic, had
TO be buried. Al another place. cloc to hous", n
stable fcll and Killed sixty three Persons. Such things
vcog IA n everywhere orr hOu @ was On 4 h. frw
We had to % about with umbrellas. there being two
Inches Of water the floor The hurricane began alOnt
IL O'Clock and nj 30 II became dead calm. hut.
The bar, meter had gone down two inches, ! sus-
picous That IL might only be the calm ~ The centre Of
tho hurricane. s'ill. the birds and animals out
and i>gan 70 feed. went ont tO after servants.
whose houses had been blown dOun. After about an
hour we heard n roar and my wife and | had only
time Ia hurry home and get the hurricane shutters
closed when the wind cam" In opposite direction
Ia columns of air that destroyed every thing In their
WAY. We had pccphO!c I'm one Of Tie shutters and
the sight was weird In the extreme The grass on our
tennis lawn rather long and the wind shaved IL
Hike billiard table The rain, rather the sheets
OF water did not fall, bat slnncd up. The highest
velocity OF the wind was 1913 miles an hour about
dOublc that Of average hurricane. This went
on for three hours, and then began 81 calm.
Unless help Is sent from home the Island will be
bankrupt. Half tho Inhabitants. aud all the In
dlans hOusclrss, and the landlords have no
money 10 rebuild The Government has not the
money 10 repair the public buildings all the churches
in he island except the Protestant Cathedral are
DESTROYED. Many Of the inhabitants are starving
To-day l1G starving people Ia our hOuse and
glad Ia have food - give them | have
also sent to day 800 pounds Of rice 10 a nciglborlng
village where the people actually starving
and tomorrow | going down with a CARLOAD u,
rice 10 another place. II reach H. but tho roads
nrc blocked with trees.