The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-24
DEVASTATED BY STORM
FURTHER DETAILS OF HURRICANE
HAVOC IN THE WEST INDIES.
Great Destruction of Property and
Loss of Life on the Islands of st.
Vincent, Lucia and Barbados.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 23.-Mail adj
vices which reached here to-day brought
melancholy relief to the suspense expert
! enced regarding the full extent of the hurri-
cane disaster at the islands of St Vincent,
st. Lucia and the Barbados, showing that
| the first accounts were not exaggerated. AT
| St Vincent about three hundred lives have
| been lost, not counting the loss of life
| suffered through the destruction of ship
| ping. The coast is strewn with the wrecks
of vessels. many of which were from Bar
BADGES.
The storm ragged from 10 o'clock in the
morning Sunday, Sept. ID until o'clock
| in the afternoon, completely wrecking the
island. AT the capital kingston fully two
| hundred houses were demolished, while the
| suburbs (Coxheath and Montebello) were
obliterated. Among the principal buildings
destroyed are the Anglican and Catholic
churches, the fine new hospital and Fort
Charlotte. All the other public buildings
were more or less injured Cloudbursts
| from the mountains swept much of the ruins
| into the sea, as well as several dead and in
| jured persons.
Throughout the island the destruction was
| on wholesale scale, nearly all the estates
and buildings being RACED and cultivation
being obliterated. The following towns or
villages were destroyed: Roseplace, Grande
Sable, Arnosval. Mount Pleasant, Argyle,
Wallibabo, Barrohallio, Layon and Bucca-
ment, and the second city Georgetown was
considerably damaged. No approximate
estimate of the pecuniary damage done has
been reached, but the island is practically
ruined.
st. Lucia suffered mostly from rain and
landslides, the deluge lasting ten hours. Cul
de Sac and Rousseau valleys, the centers
of cane and cocoa cultivation, were con-
verified into lakes and partly filled with
debris from the mountains, which ruined the
crops, while many plantations elsewhere
were wrecked. Serious damage was sus-
| tanned, especially al Mornetabao. which pre-
cipitated an avalanche three miles long, COW
ering the valley to the width of a mile,
and overwhelming Ruby and a couple Of
other estates Similar avalanches partly de-
stroyed the Diamond, Pearl and San
suffered somewhat, chiefly from a tidal
wave which swept over half the town and
wrecked a portion of Bay street. Thirteen
lives were lost. The full extent of the dam
age has not been computed. but it is in
comparably less than at St. Vincent
The hurricane struck the Island of Bar
BADGES on the night of the 10th, completely
wrecking its fiat, exposed surface and
sweeping away ten thousand houses while
quarters of the inhabitants homeless. Over
one hundred people were killed, so far as
known. The city of Brdgetown was partial
ly destroyed and the suburbs, at st. Michael
and Belleville, were demolished. All the
shipping was wrecked or blown out to sea.
In the country the desolation is awful
owing to the destruction of the food crops
on which the population depended. While
all the parishes suffered the greatest distress
is in ST. Michael, Christ Church and ST.
Philip. All sugar estates are damaged and
many of them are completely wrecked But
while the cultivation of cane has suffered
considerably, the cane has not been totally
ruined, at first reported, the damage not
exceeding one-fifth of the cane. The total
estimated damage, besides the loss from the
cane crop and provisions, is about 81 500 900
at Barbados.
Among the incidents at Barbados was the
narrow escape of Governor Hay and his
son from building, which collapsed. bury
ing them in the ruins. They escaped with
insignificant bruises. The house was the
Governors temporary residence while the
government palace was being repaired.