, 1893-10-28
THE AVIS
C&rtsttaRated, Sc. Creix,
saturday, 18th October 1893.

saturday, 18th October 1893.
The European mails were brought by the
T%igilont ysslsrd morning. Rumour h1s it
that ons of tie ten Of news which the mail
brings IL the appointment Of Captain
Hedemahn OF the Royal Engineers, as Gov
ernor Of the Danish West India Islands.
Since the last mail left we had some vel
come showers, amounting in most places to
from rs 10 oyer30 lines.
The New York papers received by the
MQdidnG enable uS to trace the course of the
great cyclone that passed to the north Of us
about the 7th INST. The Ai{sa. on her way
10 Jamaica, steamed into it on the 9th. On
the 18th it was reported of the coast Of
Florida. Tbs same night it struck George
town, South Carolina, aud on the 18th and 14th
was making its way Up through the eastern
States, doug mach damage n the neighbours
hood of Ihar.es.own, at Philadelphia, Wash
inston and other places. Several lives were
lost for example three boye took refuge in
ain clubhouse, tha soof blew of and thsn the
walls fell in and crushed them. A great
storm, ~ narently the same cyclone. crossed
this great lakes On Tie 18th and caused tie RI
bie d4strrct,o1 an Sg The shipping and great
loss II lie.
The eastern s.atss have suffered to an
unusual degree from the West Indian hutri-
ca1rs Of the season now closing. Of four
cyclones originating in the Atlantic, and
passing among or near these islands, only the
first, that WHICH came so near to us in Santa
Cruz Oh tbs 10th of August, spent lis fury on
the open ocean, the others have all gone ashore
in the cas-; ern States and have all done iu@
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originating neor the Bahamas apparently,
ard passing up the Gulf Of Mexico
went ashore in the southern States and caused
great destruction Of life and property at New
Orleans and elsewhere. The INDIANA WAS
in a Cuban port while the last mentioned
cyclone was passing, and remained in port
FIVE days after she had finished loading, so as
to allow il tine to pass fairly out Of her
route, r@e7 delay. Even in tho States,
however, tie hurricanes have brought some
compensation; for the weather of the past
summer has been hot and dry, and the rains
which the hurricanes have brought with them
have been very welcome, and, at least in
some degree, have compensated for tbs bslm
done by the wind.
A cricket match was played at Prosperity,
near West End, on Wednesday, between a
iiStAdAlSGS0 NAdO3 AS Ill 1 HA4N -
Frederiksted eleven, who styled themselves
The Composition Eleven" having been
composed of players from various local clubs.
The Invincibles" so far upheld thir title.
for thsy came of victorious. The score has
been sent to us and shall be published in our
next.
The Ocean Traveller sailed for Turks
Island on Sunday afternoon, to call at San
Juan, Porto Rico, for which place Mr.. & Mrs.
Best and Miss E. Liggett were passengers
Our old friend the Tovner arrived here on
Tuesday afternoon after a quick passage "a
days, not Ia as we first stately from New York.
IN her last vOl age to the States she suffered
serious damage from two severe hurricanes.
Since then she has been repaired and rugged
as a schooner.
Mr.. John Armstrong writes us that the
Wariel will be at Frederiksted positively Oh
the morning of the 28th inst. (this
morning), and that the Oaribbee will leave
New York or the 26th or 3lst. He also
informs us that the Company has purchased
onotbnr stoemar the PsughroEbshiTe for their