The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-14
ARE NUMBERED IN THOUSANDS
DEATHS WE'RE MANY IN THE
PORTO RICAN HURRICANE.


Particulars AttainabIe-MaIzes n
FIen for Food and SuppIies-StOry
of the Great Destruction Wrought
secreatary Root Preparing to Send
ReIief-Citizens VIII Be Asked to
Aid in the Work.
Washington, Aug. 13.-Two dispatches
from Governor General Davis of Porto
Rico. giving additional details of the fear
fuI havoc wrought by the hurricane of last
week, were received at the war depart
ment to-day.
They were sent Immediately to Secre-
tary Root, who already has taken meas
ures for dispatching relief to the people
oi the island. The secretary expects that
the transport Mcpherson, with a large
quantity of rice and beans, will leave
New York tomorrow, and this will be
followed by other vessels as fast as ar
ransements can be made for sending sup
plies.
He thinks il is the duty of the govern
ment 10 make provision for feeding the
people until the aid voluntarily given by
the citizens of the country reaches them,
and he will exhaust every means at his
disposal to this end
The secretary contemplates supplement-
ius The appeal made last week to the
Mayors to assist in raising subscriptions.
and tomorrow will issue an appeal to the
Governors of the states, with a view to
arousing general interest in the relief
work. The dispatches received from Gen.
Davis were sent to the President at Lake
Champain tonight.
The following are the dispatches received
by the war department from Gen. Davis
to-day:
Great Damage Done.
san Juan Porto Rico. via Hayti. Aug
B.-Ihe true state of affairs throughout
the island is not yet known because of the
total destruction of all telegraphic connec.
tons and great destruction on all roads
Not more than onc-fourth of the towns
nave yet been heard from, but enough is
known 90 warrant the statement that one
fifth Of the dwelling i'm the island are to-
tally destroyed and their owners are with
ont any shelter whatever, or any food be-
yond what has been saved from the debris.
The coffee crop and most of the trees
are rWucd, and thus reliance for support
IS gone. Fully one third of the people SUB
Sisf entirely on fruit and to a small de-
sree on tubas. All the former is destroyed
and much Of the Latter are rotting in the
ground A great many thousand of cattle
are drowned, and The debris carried down
10y the rivers is strewn over the ocean
with the wreck Of the storm and the dead
bodies Of animals.
The deaths from falling walls and
CROWN will number more than a thou
sana, and may be seNeral times this num-
her The STATE of distress is very great.
aud when green fruits saved from the de-
n wi hn
very great.
What t,a Des+itutc Mood
,,
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are reau@rcd
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