Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21
swept BY. A|| |. HURRICANE. .
Death and Destruction Caused BY
a Violent Stormin the Dam
ish West Indies.
HUNDREDS OF LIVES REPORTED LOST.
and in Starving Cond1t1on-
Kingston, the Capital City or ST.
Vincent, Destroyed-Brief Descr1p-
of the Stricken Islands.

St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Sept.
15.-According to 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 tre-
mendous rains. Numerous landslides
were caused, and many houses, bridges
and cocoa estates have been destroyed.
At least IL 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,
hundred miles west of Barbados, ar
rived Wednesday at the Island Of Gren-
ada, and reports that St. Vincent has
experienced the most violent and de-
structive cyclone ever known there.
Kingston, the capital of St. Vincent, is
totally destroyed. It 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
or being fed at the public expense.
London, Sept 15.-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 isla441s swept by Sundays hurricane
are the western picket posts of France and
| 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 Brtain's smaller Atlantic posses
| siOnS. Although having an of only
166 square miles, it is we'll settled, with a
population of 187,000 It has a governor
| general, with an executive council, and a
| legislature elected by the people. Educa-
tion is under care Of the government. and
there are more than 200 public schools and
a college. Practically the entire island
is under cultivation, 100000 acres out Of
106470 being devoted to agriculture. Sugar
| is the staple product of the island, and
| there are 466 sugar works in operation, with
Is rum distilleries. In the fishing industry
go boats are employed.
Guadaloupe, where 10 deaths are reported
as result of Sundays hurricane, is a
French possession with an area of 6SS
square miles and a population of 10000.
It's chief city is Pointe-a-Pitre, with II, 900
| inhabitants. The island is administered by
a governor and an elective council and is
represented in the home bly, by a
senator and two deputies.
St. Vincent, where the storm seems to
have caused the greatest loss to life and
property, is one of the Windward group
and is British possession. It's capital and
chief city is Kingstown, with population
of 4,5O0. The population of the entire is
land is 41,G00, Of whom but 2,400 are white,
the others being mixture of negro and
native races. It's chief products, like the
other islands of the West Indies, are sugar,
molasses and rum. The government pays
much attention to education and supports
| IS schools.
San Lucia, another British island, where
IL lives were lost, is the largest and most
picturesque of the Windward group. 1t
| has 233 square miles and population OF
45,90O. 1t is largely covered with noun
tains and dense forests. The chief city is
Castries. with a population of 7.000