The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24


KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 2S.-MaIl
advlces which reached here to-day
brought the melancholy relief to the
suspense experienced regarding the full
extent Of the hurricane disaster at the
Islands OF ST Vincent, St Lucia and
Barbados, showing that the tirst ac-
counts were not exaggerated. At ST
Vincent about 800 lives have been lost,
not counting the loss Of life suffered
through the destruction of shipping. The
coast Is strewn with the wrecks OF yes
sells, many OF which were from Barba-
does.
The storm ragged from 10 o'clock in the
morning Sunday, September ll) until
2 o'clock in the afternoon, completely
wrecElng this island. At the capital,
Kingston, fully 200 houses were demol-
lshed, while the suburbs. coxheath and
Montebello were obliteratsd. Among
the principal buildings destroyed are the
Anglican and Catholic churches, the
fine new hospital and Fort Charlotte.
All the other public buildings were more
or less injured. Cloudbursts from the
mountains swept much OF the ruins in
the sea, as well as several dead and In
1ured persons.
Throughout the island the destruction
was on Wholesale scale. nearly all es-
tates and buildings being razed and
cultivation being obllterated.
AwEuI Dsstrurtlom.
The following towns or villages were
destroyed: Roseplace, Grande Sable,
Arnosvale. Mount Pleasant, Argyle,
wallllabo. Barroualllo, Layon and Buc-
cament, and the second city, George
town, was considerably damaged. No
approximate estimate of the pecunlary
damage done has been reached, but the
island Is practically ruined.
st. Lucia suffered mostly from rain
and landelldes, the deluge lasting ten
hours. Gu de Sac and Rousseau val
leys. the centers OF the cane and cocoa
cultivation, were converted into lakes
and partly filled with debris from the
mountains, which ruined the crops, while
many OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES were wreck
ed. Serious damage was sustained es-
peclally at Mornetaboa, which precipi-
tated an avalanche three miles long,
covering the valley to the width Of a
mile and overwhelming Ruby and a
couple of other estates. Similar ava
lanches partly destroyed the Diamond,
Pearl and San Jacques plantations. The
city Of Castrles suffered somewhat,
chiefly from tidal wave which swept
over half the town and wrecked a por-
tlon of Bay street. Thirteen lives were
lost. The full extent of the damage has
not been computed but 1t Is lncompara-
bly, less than at st. Vincent
The hurricane struck the island of
Barbados on the night OF the 10TH
completely wreCklng that Nat, exposed
island and sweeping away 10000 houses
while damaging thousand more.
Seonra Of DesOIation.
This left three-quarters Of the inha6i-
tants homeless. Over 100 people were
killed 30 far as known. The city Of
Bridgetown was partially destroyed and
the suburbs at St. Michael and Belle
Vile were entirely demolished. All the
shipping was wrecked or blown out to
sea. In the country the desolation Is
awful owing to the destruction of the
provision grounds on which the pnpula-
tlon depended. While all the parishes
suffered the greatest distress Is In st.
Michael, Christ church and 81. Philip.
All the sugar estates are damaged and
many Of them are completely wrecked.
But while the cultivation OF cane has
suffered considerably, the cane has not
been totally ruined as at first reported,
tho damage not exceeding one-atth OF
the cane. The total estimated damage,
besides the loss from the cane crop and
provisions Is about Il,5OO,OOO at Barba-
does.
Among the incidents at Barbados was
the miraculous escape OF Governor Hay
and his son from building which COLI
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.
ROOSEVELT BARRED
As a CandIdatS-GOvSFMor Black Plays
AQUeer Technical Card.