The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
With AWFUL EFFECgI'
WEST INDIAN ISLANDS WE'RE
SWEPT BY THE RECENT
HURRICANE
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST
Thousands of Dollars Worth of
Property Wrecked, Demolished
Swept Into the Sea-F1rst
Reports of Casualties and DAM
age Done Were Not Exagger-
Rted,

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 23.-Mail
advices, which reached here today,
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,
showing that the first reports were not
exaggerated. At ST. Vincent about 300
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, Sept. II, until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, completely Wrecking the ISL
and. At the capital, Kingston, fully
zoo houses were demolished, while the
suburbs, Coachete and MOntObeO, WEI e
obliterated. Among the principal build
ingS DESTROYED are the Anglican and
Catholic churches, the fine new hospital
and Fort Charlotte. All the other pub
lie buildings were more or less in
jured Cloudbursts from the noun
tains swept much of the ruins into the
sea, as we'll as several of the dead and
injured persons.
Throughout the island the destruction
was on a Wholesale scale. the estates
and buildings being RACED and cultiVa-
ton being obliterated. The following
places were destroyed: Rose Place,
Grand Sable, Mount Pleasant, Agyle,
Wallibo, BarrOualli, Layon and Buci-
mente and the second city, Georgetown,
was considerable damaged. No ap-
prCximate estimate Of the damage done
has been reached, but the island is
practically ruined
RAIN AND LANDSLIDES.
st. Lucia suffered mostly from rain
and landslides, the deluge lasting ten
hours. Cul de Sac and Rosseau val
leys, the centers Of the cane and cocoa
cultivation, were converted into lakes
and partly filled with debris from the
mountains, which ruined crops, while
many plantations elsewhere were
wrecked. Serious damage was sus-
tanned, especially at Mornettabao,
which precipitated 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 partly destroyed
the Diamond, Fear and San Joaquin
plantations The city of CastrOs suf-
fered somewhat, chiefly from a tidal
wave, which swept over half the town
and wrecked a portion Of Bay. street.
Thirteen lives were lost. The full eX-
tent of the damage has not been COM
puted, but 1t 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 ten thou
sand 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 partly de-
stroyed and the stores were all de-
molished. The shipping was wrecked
or blown out to sea. In the country
the desolation is awful, owing to the
destruction of provision stores on
which the population depended. AL
though all the people suffer, the most
restitution is at ST. Michael, Christ
church and st. Philip. The sugar
estates are damaged and many OF
them completely wrecked
The total estimated damage besides
the loss from the cane crop and pro-
visions is 100000 at Barbados.
Among the incidents at Barbados
was the miraculous escape of Gov. Hay
and his son from building which col
lapsed, burying them in the ruins. They
escaped with insignificant bruises The
house was the governors temporary
residence while the government palace
was being repaired.