Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-23
RUIN WAS WIDESPREAD
Later Advices From St. Vincent Confirm
First Account of Cyclone.
Three Hundred Lives Were Lost and
Several Small Towns Were
Completely Swept Away.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, September %
Mail advices which reached here today
brought advices regarding the full extent
of the hurricane disaster at the islands of
St. Vincent, ST. Lucia and 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 de-
structon of shipping. The coast is strewn
with the wrecks of vessels, many of which
were from Barbados
The storm ragged from 10 o'clock in the
morning Sunday, September ID until 2
O'Clock in the afternoon, completely wreck
ing the island. At the capital, Kingstown,
fully two hundred houses were demolished
while the suburbs, Coxheath and Monte
bello, were obiiterated. Among the princi-
pal buildings destroyed are the Anglican
and Catholic churches, the fine new hospi-
tai and Fort Charlotte. All the other pub
lie buildings were more or less injured
Cloudbursts from the mountains swept
much of the ruins in the sea, as well as
several dead and injured persons.
Throughout the island the destruction
was on wholesale scale, nearly all the
estates and buildings being RACED and cul-
tivation being obliterated
Inc following towns or villages were de-
stroyed: Roseplace, Grande Sable, Amos
vale. Mount Pleasant, Argyle Wallilabo.
Barrouali1o, LayOn and Buccamet, and the
second city, Georgetown, was considerably
damaged.
No approximate estimate of the pecu-
mary 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, in the
center of the cane and cocoa cultiva ton.
were converted into lakes and party filled
with debris from the mountains, which
ruined the crops. while many plantations
elsewhere were wrecked. Serious damage
was sustained, especially at Mornetabao,
which precipitated avalanche three
miles long, covering the valley to the
width of a mile and overwhelming Ruby
and a couple of other estates. Similar av
alanches partly destroyed the Diamond.
Pearl and San Jacques plantations The
cities of Castries suffered somewhat, chiefly
from a tidal wave which swept over half
the town and wrecked portion of Bay
street. Thirteen lives were lost The full
extent of the damage has not been COM
puted. but it is incomparably less than at
st. Vincent.
The hurricane struck the Island of Bar
bados on the night of September 10, COM
pletely wrecking that fiat, exposed island
and sweeping away 10000 houses while
damaging thousands more. This left
three-quarters of the inhabitants homeless.
Over 100 people were killed, so far as
known. The city of Bridgetown was par
TALLY destroyed, and the suburbs. ST. Mi
chael and Belleville were entirely demol-
ished. All the shipping was wrecked or
blown out to sea.
In the country the desolation is awful,
owing to the destruction of the provision
grounds which the population depended.
While all the parishes suffered the great
est distress is in St. Michael Christ Church
and ST, Philip. All the sugar estates are
damaged and many of them are completely
wrecked. But, while the cultivation of
care has suffered considerably, the cane
has not been totally ruined as at first re-
ported, 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