Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-24
HUNDREDS ENGULFED.
Later Details of the Hurricane in
the West Indies Add to
the Horror.
RUMAN VICTIMS CARRIED TO SEA.

Three Hundred Dead in the Island of st.
Vincent, Alone, Besides Those Who Went
Down in ships wreeked-Nine Towns
Totally Destroy ed-Barbadoes Suffered
Terribly AIso-Deadly Mine Disasters in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Men Killed in One
and Three in Another.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. "a. = Nail
a6vices which reached here yesterday
brought melancholy relief to the sus-
pense regarding the full extent of the
hurricane disaster at the islands of st.
Vincent, st. Lucia and Barbados, show
ing that the first accounts were not ex-
aggerated. In ST. Vincent about 500
lives have been lost, not counting the
loss of life suffered through the de-
structiOn 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. Sept H. until
o'clock in the afternoon. completely
wrecking the island. AT the capital,
Kingstown. fully 200 houses We're de-
molished, while the suburbs-Coheath
and Monticello - were obliterated.
Among the principal buildings destroyed
are the Anglican and Roman Catholic
churches.
Dead and Debris Swept to Sea.
Clpudbursts from the mountains swept
much of the ruins into the sea, as we'll as
several dead and Injured persons.
Throughout the island the destruction
was on a wholesale scale, not only the
estates and buildings being RACED. but
cultivation being obliterated. The fol-
lowing towns and villages We're de-
stroyed: Rose place, Grand Sable.
Arnosvale, Mount Pleasant, Argyle,
Wallilabo. Barrouallio. Layon and Buc-
cament. and the second city, George
town. was considerably damaged. st.
Lucia suffered mostly from rain ard
landslides. the deluge lasting ten hours
Cul de Sac and Rousseau valleys. the
centsrs of the cane and cocoa cultiva-
ton, We're converted into lakes and
partly filed with debris from the noun
tains, which ruined the crops, while
many plantations elsewhere were
wrecked.
Avalanche Fills Up Valley.
Serious damage was sustained espe-
cially at Mornetabao, which preciptated
an avalanche three miles long, covering
the valley to the width of a mile and
overwhelming Ruby and a couple of
other estates. Similar avalanches part
ly destroyed the Diamond, Pearl and
San Jacques plantations. The city of
Castries suffered somewhat, chiefly
from a tidal wave which swept over
half the town and wrecked a portion of
Bay street. Thirteen lives We're lost.
The full extent of the damage has not
been computed. but it is incomparably
less than at st. Vincent.
The hurricane struck the island of
Barbados on the night of the 10th.
completely 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 Bridge
town was partially destroyed, and the
suburbs St. Michael and Belleville, were
entirely demolished.
Desolation in the Country Awful.
All the shipping was wrecked or
blown out to sea. In the country the
Oscillation is awful, owing to the de-
struction of the provision grounds on
which the population depended. While
all the parishes suffered, the greatest
distress is in St. Michael, Christchurch
and st. Philip. All the sugar estates
are damaged and many of them are
completely wrecked. But while the
cultivation of cane has suffered consid-
erably, the cane has not been totally
ruined, as 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 10000 at Barbados.
Among the incidents at Barbados
was the miraculous escape of Governor
Hay and his son from a building which
collapsed. burying them in the ruins.
They escaped with insignificant bruises
The house was the governors tenn
porary residence while the government
palace was being repaired.