The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-06
FRUIrIN CUB4 RUINED.
Great Devastation Wrought by the Recent
tyclone-Many Lives Lost

NEW YORK, Oct 5.-Incoming vessels
continue to bring details Of the destruc-
ton wrought by the great cyclone which
originated in the West Indies. laying
waste vast tracts of land. ana PLAYING
havoc with everything allOat The steam-
er Tyrian arrived last night from C,ibar.
whittier she had gone Tor a cargo Of
bananas. None were 10 be had however.
The fruit plantations I'm Cuba have been
devastated Of the fruit. About 50O0m
punches Of the fruit have been ruined.
The vessel mauaLed 10 secure small
cargo of sugar and tobacco.
The steamer Panama. from Havana,
September Both, brought further informa-
tiOn. At Sagua, though the town is tWen-
" miles from the ocean, the high tides
caused the river Sagua 20 rise so high
that a third o. the towns D1uuIati1u
many sought safety on the slauting tops
of their houses The flood lasted forty
eight hours Rain poured I'm torrents for
three days having commenced Septem-
ber 2>ju. From such reports as were at
hand when the Panama sailed, IL was be
leVed that the loss of life in Cuba would
reach as high a. 2oJ while the property
damaged is estimated AT between two and
three millions OF dollars.
MoEa VICTIMS or TH2 HURRICANE.
KEY WEST, FLA, oct. 5.-Nearly
every day fresh information reaches here
from the keys surrounding this place
relative to the loss of lile in the recent
hurricane.
Mr. Plnder. who resides on East Mata-
Cumbic Key, was here to-day. lie says
that after September 18th TWO sailors,
who had drlfted ashore with life pre-
servers from the British bark Bran
don, of Quebec, from ship Island, Pasca-
gOula, for Liverpool, with cargo of
timber. which ran ashore on Crocls Reef
at 10 o'clock on the night Of September
10Th, and after pounding over the reet,
got into the channel and cdpsiZed. An
other Of the crew came ashore the same
night. There were seventeen in all on
board, and these are the Cny three that
have been heard from along the shore.
The captain, William Redford, had one
lex broken by a sea as soon as the
ship had struck the reef and a Norwegian
sailor had both legs crushed. a sea knock
ing him down by the pumps and throwing
a piece of timber across bOth OF mis-
EGGS, and while two of his shpmates
we're trying to relieve him. another sea
fitted the timber so they could draw him
lut. They then fastened life preserver
IN him The survivors think that he,
he captain. mate, steward and another
# the crew were drowned, as they We're
Ill In the cabin when the ship turned
bottom upwards The shore is full OF
louse. and three of her boats. all smash
d to pieces. Some few pieces OF hewn
imber from her deck are on shore. The
lames Of the survivors OF the British
ark Brandon, are; John r. Warren.
n Noolwich England: and Lennart Lax,
Russia.
The Norwegian ship Theora was lost
N Turtle Harbor, but fortunately ali
lands were saved. W. j. III. Taylor, the
English, Swedish, and French vice-con-
ul provided for the crew and looked I'm
very manner for their comfort.
On September 18th, Messrs Sam VIII
ans and Leonard Lowe discovered the
ody Of drowned man on the outside
{ Tavaneur Key. After informing some