Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-11
Was the Result Of a Hur-
TiCane in West Indies.
TOWNS WERE DESTROYED
And Bodies are Continually Being
Taken From the RuinS-The Storm
Lasted for Nine Hours The People
are in Great Need.

San Juan de Porto Rico, Aug. 1O.-A
hurricane broke over the south coast at
l O'Clock Tuesday morning and swept
northwest. There was no abatement for
min hours, the greatest damage being
done between s and 10 o'clock a. m. The
! wires We're down and communication with
the interior was for a time impossible.
1t is now chiefly carried on by couriers.
At San Juan four natives were Drowned
in the harbor, so houses We're demolished
and hundreds We're unroofed. The dam
age to property is estimated at $500. 600.
Commissary stores to the value of $5O.0O0
We're destroyed.
A dispatch by cab 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 communica-
ton between the coast and the city
proper. The damage to the port is esti-
mated at $3.50. 900. Two natives are known
to ave been drowned. The records and
the property of the customs house are
ruined and all the vessels are ashore.
At Albonito very little remains stand
ing except the cathedral and the bar
AtNASs AoeA XIV ~ ohA"
United States soldiers We're badly injured.
A government relief boat has been dis
patched thither.
Ell Caney was leveled to the ground, 200
houses being demolished. Two United
States soldiers were injured there and
many cavalry horses killed. At Catano
the entire plant Of the Standard Oil COM
pany was ruined. The loss of the prop
erty is 5000, 900.
At Bayamo a majority of the houses
We're destroyed and the rest We're flood
ed. Two hundred cattle were killed and
the railroad was seriously damaged. The
village of Carolina was literally RACED. At
Caguas four persons were killed.
A courier who has just arrived from
Humacao, capital Of the province of tina
name ON the eastern coast of the island,
reports awful destruction. The loss to
property is estimated at $500, 900, but this
is the least item in the disaster. The
courier brought an official report from
Captain Chen Swift of the Fifth United
States cavalry, who says: "Humacao
was totally destroyed by the hurricane
Forty-slx bodies "a been recovered and
there are many more in the debris. Eight
p~rivates of Troop c We're injured, two ia
tally. Sergeant King of the Eleventh in
fantry was injured. North, a discharged
private, is missing. At the port of HUI
macao 80 bodies have been recovered
Eight hundred people are starving here
Three persons were killed at Las Pie
dras and five at Junco. COuriers from
the other districts are anxiously expected
at the palace. The steamer Slocum, Cap
tain Thomas, en- route from Mayaguez to
San Juan, was caught in the storm, but
her passengers and crew were saved
through the heroism of Mr.. Single, he1
first officer.
The coffee crop is ruined, and the loss
will reach millions. Very great injury has
been lone also to the orange crop. No
definite returns have yet been received
from the southern section of the island.
1t is certain that the food supply in the
stricken districts have been destroyed,
and in these quarters the quantity OF gov
m stores on hand is small. Relief
wagons will be sent tomorrow in various
directions.
/ General George w. Davis, the governor
general. has ca bled to the war depart
ment an appeal for assistance.