The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-11

San Juan de Porto Rico, Aug. ia
hurricane broke over the south coast at
! o'clock Tuesday morning and swept
northwest. There was no abatement for
nine hours. the greatest damage being
done between and 10 a. m. The wires
Were down and communication with the
interior was for a time impossible. 1t
is now chiefly carried on by couriers.
At San Juan four natives were
drowned in the harbor; eighty houses
were demolished and hundreds were
unroofed. The damage TO property is
estimated at 100000. Commissary
stores to the value of $4,000 were de-
stroyed.
y 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 ro
communication between the coast and
the city proper. The damage to the
port is estimated at S250000. Two ma
tives are known to have been drowned.
The records and the property If the
custom house are ruined and all The
vessels are ashore.
At Aibonito very little remains stand
ing except the cathedral and the bar
racks. -Four natives persisted and three
United States soldiers were badly in
jured. As the town is without pro-
visions government relief has been dis
patched thither.
FL Caney Is Leveled.
FL Caney was leveled TO the ground.
EGO 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. Che
loss on the property is 100000
At Bayamon a majority of the houses
We're destroyed and the rest were
flooded. Two hundred cattle were Killed
and the railroad was seriously dam
aged. The village of Carolina was liter
ally RACED. At Caguas four persons
We're killed. -
\ courier who has just arrived from
HumacaO. capital of the province of
that name. on the eastern coast of the
island. reports awful destruction. The
loss TO property is estimated at 100000,
but this is the least item in the disaster.
The courier brought an official report
from Captain Eben Swift of the Fifth
United States cavalry. who says:
"Humacao was totally destroyed by
the hurricane. FOrty-siX bodies have
been recovered. and there are many
more in the debris. Eight privates of
troop c were injured, two fatally. Ser
geant King of the Eleventh infantry
was injured. North. a discharged pri-
waite. is missing. At the port of Huma
Gao eighty-one bodies have been recov-
cred Eight hundred people are starry
ing here.
Heroism of a Sailor.
Three persons were killed at Las
Piedras and five at Junco- Couriers
from the other districts are anxiously
expected at the palace. The steamer
Slocum. Captain Thomas, en- route
from Manganese to San Juan, was
caught in the storm, but her passen-
gers and crew were saved through the
hernisn of Mr. Single. the first officer
The coffee crop is ruined and the loss
will reach millions. Very great injury
has been done also TO the orange crop.
No definite returns have yet been re-
cefv4d from the southern section of the
islaud. apart from Ponce. 1t is Ger
tain. however, that the food supply in
the stricken districts has been de-
s;roved. and in these quarters the
quantity Of government stores on hand |
is small Relief wagons viii be sent
tomorrow in various directions.
General George w. Davis, the gov
ernor general. has cabled To the war
department an appeal for assistance.
Ponce. Aug. 10-A hurricane struck
here at o'clock Tuesday morning and |
lasted until p. IN. The rivers over
flowed. flooding the town. 1t is esti-
mated that 200 persons We're drowned. /
The town and port are total wrecks. /
Il is believed the damage done will /
amount to over $500, 600 No news has
been received from the interior since !
the storm broke.