Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-11
echoes FROM
The HURRICANE:
Frightful Loss Of Life and Des-
tiuCtiOn of Life.
PORTO RICO DEVASTATED

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(Dy Telegraph to Nirginian Piloto
San Juan dc Porto Rico, Aug. l0.-A
hurricane broke over the south coast
at o'clock Tuesday morning ana
swept northeast. There was no abate-
mcnt for nine hours, the greatest dam
age being done between and 10 o'clock
n. M. The wires were down ana COM
municaton with the interior was for a
time impossible. 1t is now chiefly car
ried on by coulicrs.
DAMAGE AT SAN JUAN.
At San Juan four natives were
drowned in the harbor; eighty houses
were demolished anG hundreds We're
unroOfed. The damage to property is
estimated at $50o00o. commissnry stores
TO The value of $4,000 were destroyed.
PONCE ALMOST DESTROYED.
\ dispatch by cable from Ponce. sen,
at 10 o'clociI this morning. says the
town was almost destroyed. Almost al
the frame buildings are down. tic
bridge is ewopt away, and there is no
communication between the port and
the city proper. The damage To The
port is estimated at $2iO.OUO. Two
natives are known to have been browns
ed. The records and property OF the
custom house are ruined. ana all The
vessels are ashore
AT Aibonito very little remains stand
inE except the cathedral and the bar
racks. Four natives persisted and three
United States soldiers were badly in
jurcd. As the town is without food. gov
eminent relief has been dispatched
th.ther.
200 HOUSES DESTROYED.
FL Cayey was lcvelled 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 Company was ruined. The
loss on the property is $1,000
200 CATTLE KILLED.
a; Bayamon majority of tho houses
were destroyed. ana the rest were
flooded. Two hundred cattle were killed
and the railway was seriously dam
aged.
y VILLAGE RAIED.
The village OF Carolina was literally
RACED.
At Caguas four persons were killed.
y TOWN WIPED OUT
A courier who has just arrived from
llumacao. capital of the province OF
that name. on the eastern coast of the
island. reports awful destruction there.
The loss 10 property Is estimated "A;
100000. but Is the least item in the dis
aster. The courier brought an official
report from Captain Even swift. OF the
Fifth L. :. Cavalry. who says:
"HumacAo was totally destroyed by
the hurricane. i'orty-six bodies have
boon recovered and there are many
more in the debris. Eight privatcs OF
troop c were injured. TWO fatally Ser
gcamt King, OF the Eleventh Infantry.
was injured. North, a dischnrreG pri-
waite, is missing. AZ the port Of Huma-
Gao eighteen bodies have been recovor-
cd. Eight hundred people are starving
here"
Three persons were killed at las
Piodrns ana five at Junco.
Ccuriers from the other districts are
anxiously expected at the palace. Tine
steamer Slocum, Captain Thomas. en-
route from MayogurX to san Juan. was
caught in The Storm but her passcn-
gers and crew were saved through the
hcroIsm of Mn Single. the first Of
ticer
COFFEE CROP RUINED.
The coffee crop is ruined ana the loss
VIII reach millions.
Very great Injury has been done
also 10 the orange crop.
No definite returns have yet been re
ceived from the southern section OF the
island, apart from Ponce II is certain.
however that the food supplies in the
stricken districts have been daxiroyed
ana in these quarters the quantity Of
government stores on hand is small
Relief wagons will be sent out to-mor-
row in various directions
General George w. Davis the govern
or general, has cabled to the War De-
partment an appeal for assistance.
TURKS ISLAND.
Kingston. Jamaica. Aug. 1O-Turks
Island reports that the cyclone passed
during the night, after doing tri.iing
damage. The centor Of the disturbance
is apparently progressing nortiiward to.
wards the American coast.
GUADALOUPE.
Paris. Aug. 10.--Advices from To
Poynte-A-Piire, island Of Gaudaloupc
says the cyclone did enormous damage
In the interior of that island, a mum
Der OF coffee and cocoa estates being
evastated. lie Mourle. q suburb was
haf destroyed. There were n number
of fatalities
INTERIOR OF GUADALOUPE.
Fort Dc France. Martinique, Aug. 10
The authorities Of the Island o. Guada-
loupe ar. sim without news from The
interior OWING 10 the interruption ol
telegraph communication as 81 result
of the recent hurricane. Bot other adj
vices winch have reached La Pom. 4
Pitle say the coffee and cocoa crops
have been nearly totally destroyed. a.
La Point y Pitrc seven persons were
killed and injured Al Petit canal auc
Port Louis several persons were killed