, 1898-09-28

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reside in these districts collapsed before Tie
wind like 50 many paper houses rendering
% large number Of these people homeless and
destitute.
1t WAS also found that many lives he'd
heem,Iost anil - large number wounded by
falling hO lsrs. trees or telephone posts. A
walk through the city showed that whilst the
more substantial of the houses sustained little
damage, the fragile pine structures suffered
severely. md. as we have said, there is hard
Nv one Tree left standing. The roofs of many
Of the stores i'll Broad Street were injured,
with the result that the rain, which fell in
%lonents. damaged a large quantity of val
uable goods. The streets, TOO, were much
cut up, and traffic was blocked in several
parts by fallen trees.
With respect to the shipping we regret to
have to chronicle a tale of scr ious disaster.
When the hurricane re acI'cd here OH Satur
day night the following vessels we've anchor
I'd IN the bay Full rugged ship Loando,
TAG tons; baIque LiFland, $50 tons bar
quentine LOvdhal, $40 tons; aud barquentine
Gm,e LynwOod, 600 tons. These ull broke
their anchor chains and were blown ont to
sea. Information has since been received
that the ! oando, Lnplnnd and Grace Lynn
wood. have been totally wrecked on the
const of st. Vincent, but The crews have been
saved.
The Ioal craft berthed in the Cnleenoge
were the following :-Cnmpania, Elmo, Kate
Florence, Florence Il. Par, NoIlie Nj. john
sou, Aubrey. Evnngrline. Georgetown. Ocean
Traveller, Triumph. Orient, aud Swift. OF
these the Oampanin, Elmo, and Ocenn
Traveller broke their mo"linGS and drifting
on 10 the reef at the back of Thorne's
Manure Works, became total wrecks. The
Kate Florence, and Florence b.. Part also
broke their mooriugs and went out to s'a
aud their fate up to the present is I'M
known. The remainder rode out the gale
in safety.
The Water Departments water steamers
Ida and Florence broke their moorings. the
former fetched up back to 1horne's Works
and is stranded. Her hull cannot have
escaped serious injury but the machinery is
likely to DO saved. The Florence driited out
to tea and hAs not been heard of.
The Governments Steam Crane md
Dredgor and all the hopper barge" got loose
and went out to sea. Whether they will ever
DO heard Of ngOin is problematicpl.
Laurie and Co. coal hulk Rosa broke her
anchor Chain and drifted out to sea, but the
fins other hulk weathered the blow.
Messrs. Thorne'S Holetown schooner Wal:
colt was wrecked.
The SpeightStown schooner Catherine wRs
blown ont to sea after making three un-
successful attempts to reach her mOolings.
Besides her crew she had IA large number of
passengers on board for Speightstown.. and
there is much distress among the family and
friends Of these unfortunate people As 10
their fate.
Nearly all the Lighters mOorcd in the Upper
Basin of the Careenage broke loose and were
taken by the rapid running stream into the
open sen. A number broke Epon the reef
back Of Thorne's Manure Works nDd many
drifted away. The loss will be heavy.
And here we might refer to HE extra,
ordinary scene presented at the spot above
indicated where these craft c; me to grief.
At one end was the schooner CampaniA
lying on her right side with the left entirely
slowed in. Next came the water steamer
Ida bow on with her stern seemingly knock
ed away, then the Elmo lying on one side all
done up. Between these we've wedged heaps
of wreckage-broken up lighters-rhe whole
presenting n pitiable picture OF confusion
ard destruction.
The wharf suffered very much indeed.
The sea made assures in the walls and in one
~ OF, extending from the Custom House to
Thomas Daniel & Cos. stores. a large, deep
,haSm has been formed which has cffectually
bio, k,u all traffic for the time being. This
cboAm undermined the Custom House q