The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11

Mou4d suggest public notice in the United
S'd.es 10 the effect that contributions of
Iood, clothing and money for the destitute
WOula be received with the greatest graft
9ue . ana VIII be applied strictly to relief of
uestl'ute. Have appointed a board TO su-
pervise destitution. There are MANY thou
sdnus OF families who are entirely homeless
anu very great distress follows.
Davis, Commanding"
Ponce Total Wreck.
Ponce, Aug. 10.-A hurricane struck here
at O'Clock Tuesday morning and lasted
untl clock p. m. The rivers overhowed.
flooding the town
1t Is estimated that 200 persons were
drowned The town and port are total
wrecks. 1t is believed the damage done
VIII amount to over s500OO0
40 news has been received from the in
terror since the storm broke.
Crops Totally Destroyed.
Fort de France, Martinique Aug. To-
Inc authorities of the Island of Guada-
loupe, are stll without news from the
interior owing to the interruption of teie-
Sraph communication as a result of the
recent hurricane But other advIces
which have reached La Pointe-a-Pitre say
the coffee and cocoa crops have been
nearly totally destroyed.
Al La Pome-a-Pitre seven persons were
injured and at Moule the damage was con
siderable and several persons were killed
and wounded
At Petit canal and Port Louis several
persons were killed and a number iniur-
ed.
The villages of Grippen and Lamentin
nave been entirely destroyed and the light
houses of Monroux and FosciEoz have
been overturned
The town of st. Louis de Marie Galante
has suffered considera bly,.
Pltre this morning on the French cruiser
Cecllle and soon afterwards left for
Sanntes.
Great Damage on Antigua.
News has reached the Associated Press
correspondent here from the British An
TILES saying the Island of Dominica mas
not suffered much from the hurricane;
that st. Thomas and st. Croix suffered
lightly; that Antigua was seriously hit,
and that 200 houses We're destroyed
The hurricane passed over Puerto Plata
and appears to have ravaged the north of
the Dominican republic. All communi-
cation between Puerto Plata and the in
terror, not including San Domingo, is in
terrupted and it is impossible TO obtain
a correct account of the damage done al
though it is thought to be important. The
railroad from Puerto Plata to San Do
mingo is no longer working.
Eventually the hurricane swept over
Cape Haytien, with less violence and cor
respondngly Hight damage.
Report From GuadaIOupe.
Paris, Aug. 10-A dispatch from La
Pointe-a-aPitre Island of Guadaloupe
says the cyclone did enormous damage in
the interior of that island a number of
coffee and cocoa estates being devastated
LIE Mourie, suburb, was haf-destroy-
ed. There were number of fatalities
ndy thn
great destruction in Porto Rico, whence
it passed northward to Dominica and
thence to Cape Hayien and the eastern
end of Cuba.
Many Drowned on MOntserrat.
st. Thomas, D. w. l., Aug 1O-The ISL
and of Montserrat, D. w. l., was com
pletely devastated by a hurricane -Ion-
day.
All the churches, estates and villages
were destroyed and nearly 100 persons
were killed.
In addition many were injured and rem
dered homeless and terrible distress exists
among the sufferers.
As later adyices come in from Mont
serrat 1t is seen that the first reports
conveyed only faint idea of the suffer
ings of the people and their deplorable
help
At La Pointe-a-Pitre, Island of Guada-
loupe, immense damage was wrought and
according to a report not yet confirmed
102 persons were killed.
In the Island of St. Crolx, the largest
of the Virgin Islands, the destruction was
appalling 1t was chiefly wrought at the
west end. where the smaller houses are
a tangled mass of wreckage. Thirty per-
sons were killed and the inhabitants are
in great distress.
Report Is Confirmed.
London, Aug 10.-The Governor or the
Leeward Islands, Sir Francis Fleming
confirms the dispatch from ST. Thomas
Danish West Indies, to the Associated
Press, announcing the devastation caused
by he hurricane of the Island of Mon ser
rat and says that 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 An
ugua. One death is reported there, hut
many persons have been rendered home
less. The other Presidents of the Lee
ward Islands have not reported the damage
done.
Storm Moving Northward.
Kingston. jamaica Aug. 1O-Turk's
Island reports thai the cyclone passed
during the night, alter doing trifing dam
age
The center Of the disturbance is appar-
emily progressing northward towards the
American coast.
Hurricane bulletins report that the east
ern and northern districts Of Dominica
are damaged. that Gaudaloupe has suffer
ed slightly. and thai Montserrat and An
tigua have suffered severely. Many of the
inhabitants are homeless cultivation is de-
stroyed and The plantations are wrecked.
The Virgin Islands, particularly Tortola
and St. CrOix, were the worst sufferers
They report many fatalities and distress
among the survivors, beside property loss.
our Vessels Arc All Safe.
Washington, Aug 10.-No additional
news Of the West Indian hurricane was
received al the navy department this
morning. All our ships N the West Indies
are undoubtedly safe.