Evening star., 1898-09-15
Disastrous Effect Of the Terrible West
Indian Hurricane.
MADE HOMELESS $4,000 PEOPLE
The City Of Kingston, on St. Vin-
cent Island, Destroyed.
HIPS LOST AT Sc

LONDON. September IJ-Latest advices
show hat the terrible hurricane that swept
over tr~ West Irdies Sunday night
killed .,r PEOPLE al ST. Vincent, AS at
EarhatL,-. l. At st Lucia and 10 at Guada-
lyupe. and rendered Iomeiess f'.p0 at Bar
badps and : ,.EsI at 81. Vincent.
II wa- probably the worst storm ever ex-
p, rieuc,d there. and on no previous oCca-
SION has th.- loss of life caused by hur-
rlcare in the Caribbean sea been SO great.
and it is feared that when the numerous
other i-lau..s in the area over which il
swept with such deadly fury are heard
from the list viii he swelle1 to still greater
dimensions only d small number Of these
is auls ar. connected by the cable.
NIu- of them could have escaped dam
axe. and if th,. loss OF life in them he not
great the injury To properly = sure to ne
extensive. since hurricane that couli
W TX -uch havoc in such Islands as 81. Vim
cent aui Harbadoes that are well provided
with buildings specially planned Tor SucA
emergencies. must have been The most Ter
rifle on record.
\ Tidal Wave
According To- the latest reports from St
Lucia. th, storm developed almost unpre-
crd,rted violence being accompanied by d
tidal way- .nd tremendous rains. Nulner-
Gus Iaud~Hde- were caused, and many
houses. bridges and cocoa estates were dc
~tr1y,d At iy.,st twelve lives We're lost.
Ga.uIs.lnup.- one IF the French islands IN
tEe Le,w.srd group. eXperit need very heavy
weather. Nineteen deaths are reported and
there w-~, destructive iaEcNldes
\ boat from the island of St vincent
hundred miles W-~L pt Barbados. mas ar
rived al tho Island Of Grenada and reports
that 81 Vincent experienced the most vio-
lent and destructive hurricane ever known
there.
totally destroyed. The bodies OF the dead
ar. byiu.. buried in trenches Thousands
are starving or being f.d at the public cN-
pru~--
The amount of property destroyed in St
Vincent cannot Yet bs estimated. Every
small house is down and many large ones
have been destroyed. The demolished build
iuSs include churches. stores and almost all
tho estate buildings. Three large ships are
ashore on the windward coast and many
smaller vessels arc stranded
Approach OF the storm.
on MONDAY Il dispatch from ST. T'cmas.
Danish West Indies. said that advicas had
been received there late on Saturday even
Ing Indicating that hurricane Wa ap-
preaching. bur shortly after cable c"nmu-
nicadon Vas Interrupted probably hy the
hurricane.
Tn- most disastrous hurricane Of recent
years in tue West Indies occurred i tn
Ist, sixties aj tEe time when The l-Iit-d
States were treating with Denmark for 1H
purchase Of H.r possessions Down 'hero.
=. Thomas auH Santa 'rUz both "f viii ii
ar- within forty miles o. Porto Riru. sCt-
Tered severely 'E-u- bur F..-tp Riro @g.iu
,~aaHsl with Is-ls cor TO dams g. Til" loss
r. life 1, -al- occasion il all the islands
swept hy tle hurr-raae al not exec"
u
F-i-HefHI damage. however. was done 10
shipping 5a f-s gfuua~ IJr1"rS. ana T. v-aS
tH- Fru..a-.- u+ thc Crews ot those
uE-.E.T -stE Particularly ~waIleI The liz
r- -,-G-st-.--
Taar- .y,a- er1-Hg~ serious blow n 1871.
CF--1 many years ..ap=a without a hIrri-