The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-11

SAN JUAN DID PORTO RICO, Aug
IA hurricane broke over the south
coast at / o'clock Tuesday morning and
swept northeast. There was no abate-
ment for nine hours. the greatest damage
being done between and 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The wires were down. and communication
with the interior was for time impossi-
BILE.
1t is now chiefly carried on by courers.
At san Juan four natives We're drown
ed in the harbor. eighty houses were de
moiished. and hundreds were unrooied'
the damage To- property is estimated at
S5O00ll Commissary -aores 10 the value
OF $4,000 were destr0sed.
PONCE ALMOST DESTROYED.
a dispatch by cable from Ponce sent at
10 o'clock This morning, says the town
was almost destroyed Almost all the
frame buildings are down. The bridge
is swept away and there is no commu-
nication between the port and the ciiY
proper The damage TO the port is esti-
mated at $4,000. Two natives are known
to have been drowned. The records and
property of the cust0m-house are ruined
and AN the vessels are ashore.
AT Aibonito very little remains standing
except the cathedral and the barracks.
-Four natives persisted and three United
States soldiers were badly injured As
the town is without food, government re-
Lief has been dispatched thither
El Cavoy was leveled to the ground,
two hundred houses beig demoi shed.
Two United States soldiers were injured
there and many cavalry horses killed
AT Catano. the entire plant of the
Standard OH Company was ruined. The
loss on the property is S200Jo
Al BayamOn ca majority of the houses
were destroyed ana the rest were flood
cd. Two hundred cattle were killed and
the railway was seriously damaged.
The village of Carolina was literally
Iazed
At Cayugas. four persons were killed a
courier who has just arrived from Huma-
Gao. capital OF the province of that name,
on the eastern coast Of the island. re-
ports awful destruction there. The loss
tO PROPERTY ls estimated at $500 600 but
this is the least item I'm the disaster
A TOWN DESTROYED.
The courier brought an official report
from Captain Eben Swift OF the Fifth
United States cavalry who says:
HumacaO was totally destroyed by the
hurricane; forty-siN bodies have been
recovered and there are many more I'm
the debris. Eight privates OF Troop g,
were injured TWO fatally. sergeant'
King. of the Eleventh Infantry, was In
jured North. a discharged private, is
missing At the port Of HumacaO. eight
bodies have been recovered. eight hun
drel persons are starving here"
Al Las piedras. I'VE persons were kill
ed. Coursrs from other districts are
nms fDu.lN gxn.rf4l al Tho uafu4a
The steamer SlOcum. Captain Thomas.
en- route from Magucz % san Juan was
causht In the storm bat her passengers
and crew We're saved through the hero
ism of Mr. Singleton, the first officer.
The coffee crop is ruined and the loss
will reach millions Great injury has
been done also TO the orange crop.
WILL SEND RELIEF.
No definite returns have yet been re
ceiycd from the southern section OF the |
island apart from Ponce. II is certain, |
however that the food supplies in the |
stricken districts have been destroyed, |
and in these quarters the quantity Of |
government stores on hand is small Re |
lief wagons Will be sent out Tomorrow |
Ia various directions
General @. ". Davis. the governor
cabled 90 the War Department an appeal
for assistance
PONCE. August l0-A hurricane struck
mere at o'clock Tuesday morning and
lasted until r. NJ
The rivers oyerhowed. flooding tho town.
1t is estimated that two hundred persons
were drowned The town and port are
total wrecks
II is believed the damage done will
amount % over $4,000
No news has been received from the in.
terror since the storm broke
COMING THIS WAY.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, August 10
Turks Island reports tha; The cyclone
passed during the night after doing trining
damage The centre of the disturbance IS
apparently progressing nOrthWard 10. |
" ards the American coast.
ONE HUNDRED KILLED
ST. THOMAS d. W. l., August 10
The Island Of Montserrat British West
indies. was completely devastated by a
hurricane Monday
All the churches. estates and Villages
were destroyed and nearly one hundred
persons were killed.
In addition many were injured and rem.
iered homeless, and terrible distress ex-
SITS among the sufferers.
WAS UNDERESTIMATED
As later advices come In from Mont
'errat II is seen that the first reports
conveyed only faint idea OF the asuner-
ngs OF the people and their deplorabie
The administration appeals
or help
AT la Point-a-Pitre Island OF Guada- :
oupe. immense damage was wrought. and
20 a report not yet confirmed
02 persons were killed.
In the Island OF 81. croix, the largest /
4 the Virgin Islands. the destruction
vas appalling. II was chiefly wrought
I rhe west end, where the smaller I
ouses are a tangled mass Of wreckage. J
'htrty persons were killed and the in ,
abitants are In great distress
MORE DAMAGE.
PARIS, Aug. l0.-Advices from La I
Island OF Guadaloupe. :
ay me cyclone did enormous damage in r
he interior OF that island. a number OF
offee and cocoa estates being devastat- Z.
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