The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-11
Hundreds Of Lives Believed to Have
Seen Lost,
WiiIs Great Destruction to Property Was
Caused BY the Hurricane.
Porto Rico and Montserrat Islands
Suffer Most Severely From the
Storm, the Reports Estimating
the Loss Of Life at Ponce Alone
at Two Hundred.

| at Two Hundred.
PONCE, Aug. 1O.-A hurricane struck
| lasted until 3 p. m. The rivers over
| flowed, flooding the town. 1t is esti-
mated that 200 persons were drowned.
| The town and port are total wrecks.
It is believed the damage done will
amount to over $500,00O No news has
been received from the interior since
| the storm broke.
! ST. THOMAS Cd. w. -, Aug. 10
The island of Montserrat, British West
| Indies, was completely devastated by
hurricane Monday. All the churches,
estates and villages were destroyed and
nearly 100 persons were killed. In addi-
| ton many were injured and rendered
homeless, and terrible distress exists
| among the sufferers.
| LONDON, Aug. 10-The Governor Of
| the Leeward Islands, Sir Francis
Fleming, confirming the dispatch from
ST. Thomas, D. w. l., to the Associated
Press, announcing the devastation
caused by the hurricane at the island
of Montserrat, says seventy-four deaths
| are already known.
| He adds that twenty-one persons
were killed at the island of Nevis. The
hurricane was not so severe at Antigua.
One death is reported there, but many
persons have been rendered homeless.
Other Presidencies of the Leeward ISL
| ands have not reported the damage
| done.
| PARIS, Aug 1O-Advices from La
Pointe- al itre, island of Guadalupe,
says the cyclone did enormous damage
| to the interior of that island, a number
of coffee and cocoa estates being devas-
tated LIE Mourle, suburb, was half
destroyed and there were a number of
fatalities.
| ST. Jean advices say the cyclone
caused great destruction in Porto Rico,
whence it passed northward to Do
minica and thence to Cape Haytien and
the eastern end of Cuba.
KINGSTON (Jamaica), Aug. 10
Turks IsianSSai eports that the Cyclone
! passed during the night after doing
trifiing damage. The center of the dis
| turbance is apparently progressing
northward toward the American coast.
WASHINGTON Aug 10. - The
Weather Bureau has issued the follow
ing bulletin:
"Noon-Hurricane central north of
the eastern extremity of Cuba, moving
northwest and probably recurring
northward. South Atlantic and Cuban
shipping advised to remain in port.
| CIVILIANS,
Acting Chief of the Weather Bureau"
THE HURRICANE IN GUADA-
LUPE.
FORT DE FRANCE Qsland of
Martinique), Aug. 10.-The authorities
| in the island of Guadalupe are still
without news from the interior, owing
| to the interruption of Geographic COM
munication due to the hurricane. But
other advices which have reached
| Pointe-a-Pitre say the coffee crops
have been nearly destroyed. At La
Pointe-a-Pitre seven persons We're in
| jured and at Moul the damage done
was considerable and several persons
were killed and wounded. At Petit
Canal and Port Louis also several per-
! sons were killed and a number in
| jured. The villages of Grippon and
Lamentin have been entirely destroyed
and the lighthouses of Monroux and
! Fosilloz have been overturned.
The town of ST. Louis de Marc
Galante has suffered considerable. Gov
ernor Morachini arrived at La Pointe-
a-Pitre this morning on the French
! cruiser Cecille, and left soon afterward
! for Saintes.
! News which has reached the ASSOci-
ated Press correspondent here from the
| British Antilles say the island Of I'll
minica has not suffered much from the
| hurricane; that ST. Thomas and st.
Croix suffered lightly; that ST. Antigua
was seriously hit. and that at st. Kits
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 inn
| possible to obtain a correct account of
! the damage done, although it is
! though to be important. The railroad
from Porto Plata to San Domingo is no
| longer working.
Eventually the hurricane swept over
Cape Haytien with less violence and.
therefore, with correspondingly less
damage.
| GENERAL DAVIS ASKS FOR RE-
LIEF FOR PORTO RICO
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-The Secre-
tary of War to-day received the follow
| ing report from General Davis, COM
| handing in Porto Rico on the cyclone
| of last Tuesday:
"San Juan porto Rico), Aug. 8. = A
| hurricane of extreme violence passed
| over Porto Rico yesterday The princi-
pal military loss at San Juan was one
| temporary company barrack, wholly
destroyed. and some Quartermaster
property damaged. No personal in
iuries are yet reported, but all wires
are down. No injury to shipping here
| save two small local schooners sunk
and two sailors drowned. San Juan
lights are temporarily disabled Cable
reports from Ponce say all the ship
ping there Is ashore. the custom-ho
sheds badly damaged, as also the goods
stored therein. Messengers from two
interior posts tell of barracks unroofed
and considerable property damaged.
The Toss by the inhabitants is very
great and extreme suffering must re-
Gulf Tho last hurricane &c covora "a