Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR co.
ATLANTA, GA.
HURRICANE KILLED MANY.
The West Indies Suffer from Terri
fic Storm.


San Juan De Porto Rico, Aug. 10.
A hurI icane broke oyer the south coast
at | o'clock Tuesday morning and
swept northwest. There was no abate-
ment for nine hours, the greatest dam
aye being done between and 10 o'clock
"A IN. The " Tres were down and COM
muuiration with the interior was for
TIME impossible. II is now chiefly car
ritd on by couriers.
At San Juan four natives we're
drowned in the harbor, 80 houses were
demolished and hundreds were un-
rooted The damage to property is es-
timated at 100000. Commi ssary
stores TO the value of $4,000 were de
Sroyrd
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
communication between the port and
the city proper The damage to the
port is estimated Mt $250,000. Two ma
tiveS are known TO have been drowned.
The records and property of the custom
house are ruined and all the vessels
are ashore.
Al AIbonito very little remains stand
ny except the cathedral and the bar
racks. Four nat yes per shed and three
United States soldiers were badly in
iured. As the town is without food,
government relief has been dispatched
Ihither.
r Cayey was leveled to the ground
200 houses beng demolished. Two
United States soldiers were injured
there and many cavalry horses killed.
Al Catano the entire plant of the
Standard Oil Co. was ruined. The loss
on the property is 100000.
Al BayamOn majority Of the houses
were destroyed aud the rest were Hood
ed Two hundred cattle were killed.
and the railway was seriously dam.
aged.
The village of Carolina was litera Is
razed. AT Caguas four persons were
killed.
A courier who has just arrived from
Humacco, capital of the province of
that name, on the eastern coast of the
island, reports awful destruction there.
The loss to property is estimated at
$500, 900 but this is the least item in the
disaster. The courier brought an Off
cial report from Capt. Eben Swift of
the 9Th United States cavalry. who says
"HumacaC was totally destroyed by the
hurricane. Foity.six bodies have been
recovered and there are many more in
the debris. Eight privates of troop
&. were injured, two fatally. Sergt
King of the 1lth infantry was Injured.
North, a discharged private, is missing
At the port OF Humacao Is 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 ex-
pected OF the palace. The steamer
SlOcum, Capt. Thomas, en- route from
MapagueZ To- San Juan, was caught in
the storm, but her passengers and crew
were saved through the heroism of Mr..
Single, the first officer The coffee crop
is ruined ard the loss will reach millions.
Very great injnly has been done also to
the orange crop.
No definite returns have yet been re-
ceived from the southern section If the
island IL il certain. however that the
food supplies IN the stricken districts
have been destroyed and in these quar-
ters the quantity of government stores
on hand is small. Relief wagons will
be sent out tomorrow in various direc.
tons
Gen. Geo. w DAYS, the government
al. his cablcd To the war Il pa Gment
I'm appeal for assist ne.