The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-09-21
swept BY A HURRICANE.
Death and Destruction Caused by
Violent Storm in the DAN
ish West Indies.
HUNDREDS OF LIVES REPORTED LOST.
and I'm Starving Condition.
Kingston, the Capital City of 81.
Vincent, Destroyed-Brief Descrip-
ton of the Stricken Islands.

st. Thomas, Danish West Indies. Sept.
15.-According 10 the latest reports
from ST. Lucia the storm which broke
upon the island Sunday night developed
almost unprecedented violence, being
accompanied by tidal wave, and ire
mendous rains. Numerous landslides
were caused, and many houses, bridges
and cocoa estates have been destroyed.
At least 10 lives have been lost. Guada-
loupe, the French island in the Lee
ward group, has experienced very
heavy weather Nineteen deaths are
reported. and there have been destruc-
tive landslides.
The Capital City Ruined.
A boat from the Island of ST. Vincent,
a hundred miles west of Barbados, ar
rived Wednesday at the Island of Gren-
ada, and reports that ST. Vincent has
eaharienced the most violent and de-
strkctive cyclone ever known there.
Kingston, the capital of st. Vincent, is
totally destroyed. 1t is estimated that
500 lives have been lost in that island.
and that 10000 people are homeless.
The bodies of the dead are being buried
in trenches. Thousands are starving
or being fed at the public expense.
London, Sept l5.-Advices were re-
ceived here late Wednesday night say
ing that terrible hurricane has swept
over Barbados. in the Windward
group of the Lesser Antilles. Two hun
dred persons have been killed and thou
sands rendered homeless.
The Stricken Islands.
The isia.,s swept by Sundays hurricane
are the western picket posts OF France ana
the British empire in the Atlantic. Barba-
does, lying TO the eastward OF the Wind
ward islands is the headquarters for the
British troops in the West Indies Here
are located some Of the largest barracks
factories. banks and civic institutions In
Great Britain's smaller Atlantic posses
sions Although having an area OF only
166 square miles, II is we'll settled, with a
population OF $4,000 1t has governor
general, with an executive council, and
legislature elected by the people Educa-
ton is under care OF the government. ana
there are more than 200 public schools and
a college. Practically the entire Island
is under cultivation, 100000 acres out or
06,470 being devoted 10 agriculture. sugar
is the staple product of the island, and
there are Acc sugar works in operation, with
is rum distilleries. In the fishing industry
go boats are employed.
Guadalupe, where l9 deaths are reported
as result Of Sundays hurricane, is a
French possession with an area Of 6SS
square miles and a population Of $4,000.
It's chief city is Pointe-a-Ptre, with 1000
inhabitants The island is administered by
a governor and an elective council and is
represented in the home assembly by a
senator and two deputies.
ST. Vincent, where the storm seems TO
have caused the greatest loss 10 life and
property, is one Of the Windward group
and is British possession. It's capital and
chief city is Kings town, with a population
Of 1850. The population Of the entire is
land is Al 200, OF whom but 2400 are white.
the others being a mixture OF negro and
native races. Its chief products, like the
other islands of the West Indies, are sugar.
molasses and rum. The government pays
much attention 10 education and supports
AZ schools
San Lucia. another British island, where
u lives were lost, is the largest and most
picturesque of the Windward group. II
has 233 square miles and population OF
1880. II is largely covered with noun
tains and dense forests The chief city is
Castres, with population Of 1000.