Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-11

the island, apart from Ponce. 1t is
certain, however, that the food sup
plies in the stricken districts have been
destroyed, and, in these quarters the
quantity of government stores on hand
is small.
Relief wagons will be sent to-mor-
row in various directions.
Gen. George w. Davis, the Governor
General, has cabled to the War Depart
ment an appeal for assistance.
ST. THOMAS, August 10.-As later
advices come in from Montserrat it is
seen that the first reports conveyed
only faint idea of the suffering OF
the people and their deporable condl-
ton. The administration appeals for
help. At La Perte A Pitre, island OF
Guadeloupe, immense damage was
wrought and according to report not
vet confirmed, 102 persons were killed.
In the island of st. Croix, the largest
of the Virgin islands, the destruction
was appalling. 1t was chiefly wrought
at the west end, where the smaller
houses are tangled mass of wreck
age. Thirty persons were killed and
the inhabitants are in great distress.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, August H.
Hurricane bulletins report that the
eastern and northern districts OF Do
minica are damaged, and Guadalupe
has suffered slightly and that Mont
serrat and Antigua have suffered Sc
verely. Many of the inhabitants are
homeless. Cultivation is destroyed and
the plantations are wrecked. The Vir-
gin islands, particularly Tortola and
st. Croix, were the worst sufferers.
They report many fatalities and dis
tress among the survivors besides
the property losses.
FORT DE FRANCE, Island Of Mar
tinque, August 10.-The authorities OF
the island of Guadeloupe are still with
the interruption of the recent hurricane.
But other advices which have reached
La Pointe-a-Pitre say the coffee and
coacoanut crops have been nearly to-
tally destroyed. At La Pointe-a-Pitre
seven persons were injured and at
Moule the damage done was consider
IL Ii lnd
and wounded. At Petit Canal and
Port Louis several persons were kill
ed and a number were injured.
News which has reached the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent from the
British antilles says the island of Do
minica has not suffered from the hurri-
cane but st. Thomas and st. Croix suf-
fered lightly, that Antigua was serious
ly hit and at ST. Kit, 200 houses were
destroyed.
The hurricane passed over Porto
Plata and appears to have ravaged the
north of the Dominican republic. All
communication between Porto Plata
and the interior, not including San Do
mingo, is interrupted and it is impos-
sible to obtain correct estimate of the
damage done, although it is thought to
be important The railroad from Por-
to Plata to San Domingo is no longer
working.
Eventually the hurricane swept over
Cape Haytien, with less violence and
therefotH with correspondingly less
damage.
WASHINGTON, August 1O.-The
weather bureau issues the following
bulletin:
Noon.-Hurricane central north of
northwest and probably recurring
northward. South Atlantic and Cuban
shipping advised to remain in port.
WILLIAMS,
Acting Chief, Weather Bureau.
LONDON, August 10.-The Governor
of the Leeward Islands, Sir Francis
Fleming, confirming the despatch from
st. Thomas, d. w. l., to the Associated
Press, announcing the devastation
caused by the hurricane at the island
OF Montserrat, says IA deaths are al
ready known. He adds that q persons
were killed at the island of Nevis.
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