The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-11
TWO HUNDRED DROWNED
THE TOWN AND PORT ARE TO
TALLY WRECKED.
ISLAND OF MONTssRRAT DEVASTATED
Churches, Estates and Villages Destroyed and
Merry Hundred Persons Killed. Ter
rlble Il istress Among Those In
s,,saI ,nI Mr IL ncx,atan.
iured and Made Homeless.
THE DISASTER AT PONCE.

Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 10-A hurri-
cane struck here at 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning and lasted until D. m. The
rivers overfowed, flooding the town. 1t
drowned. The town and port are total
wrecks. 1t is believed the damage done
will amount to over $500,000. No news
has been received from the interior since
the storm broke.
STORM MOVING NORTHWARD.
Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 1O-Turks
island reports that the cyclone passed
during the night, after doing trifiing
damage. The centre of the disturbance
is apparently progressing northward to-
wards the American coast.
MONTSERRAT DEVASTATED.
ST. Thomas, ID. w. L.. Aug. 1o-The
Island of Montserrat, E. W. L., was
completely devastated by hurricane
Monday. All the churches, estates and
villages We're destroyed and nearly 100
persons We're killed. In addition many
We're injured and rendered homeless,
and terrible distress exists among the
sufferers.
THE CYCLONE At GUADAL0UPE.
Paris, Aug. 10-Advices from La
Pointe-aPitre, Island of Guadalonpe
says the cyclone did enormous damage
III the interior of that island number
Of coffee and cocoa estates being de-
yastated. lie Mourle, IA suburb, was
half destroyed. There were number
of fatalities.
ST. Jean advices say the cyclone
caused great destruction in Porto Rico,
whence it passed northward to Dominica
and thence to Cape Haytien aud the
eastern end of Cuba.
THE WORST CONFIRMED.
London, Aug. 10-The Governor of
the Leeward Islands, Sir Francis Flem-
ing. confirms the dispatch from st.
Thomas, ID. w. l., TO the Associated
Press announcing the devastation caused
by the hurricane at the Island of Mont
serrat, says "a deaths are already
known, he adds that II persons were
killed at the Island of Nevis.
The hurricane was not so severe at
Antigua. One death is reported there,
but many persons have been rendered
homeless. The other presdencies of the
Leeward Islands have not reported the
damage DONE
FURTHER RUIN WROUGHT.
Fort de France, Island of Martinique,
Aug. 10-The authorities of the Island
of Guadaloupe are still without news
from the interior owing TO the Interrupt
tion of telegraph communication as a
result of the recent hurricane But
other adyices which have reached La
Point-a-pitre say the coffee and cocoa
crops have been nearly totally destroyed.
At La Point a-Pitre seven persons were
injured and at Monle the damage done
was considerable and several persons
were killed and wounded. At Petit
Canal and Port Louis several persons
were killed and number injured The
villages Of Grippen and Lamentin have
been entirely destroyed, and the light
houses of Monroux and Foscilloz have
been overturned.
The town of ST. Louis de Marie Gal
ante has suffered considerably.
Governor Morachini arrived at Point
a-Pitre this morning on the French
cruiser Cecille and soon afterwards left
for Santes.
News which has reached the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent here from
the British Antilles says the Island Of
Dominica has not suffered much from
The hurricane. that ST. Thomas and st.
Croix suffered slightly; that Antigua was
seriously hit, and that at st. kits 200
houses were destroyed.
The hurricane passed over Porto
Plata and appears TO have ravaged the
north of the Dominican Republic. All
communication between Porto Plata and
the interior, not including Santo Do
mingo is interrupted. and it is impossible
to obtain a correct account of the dam
age done, although it is thought to be
important. The railroad from Porto
Plata to San Domingo is no longer work
ing.
Eventually the hurricane swept over
Cape Haytien, with less violence and
correspondingly light damage.
APPEAL FOR THE DESTITUTE.
Washington, August 10.-Ilhe Secre-
tary Of War today received tine follow
ing report from General Davis, COM
manding at Porto Rico, on the cyclone
OF last Tuesday:
San Juan. Porto Rico, Aug. o.
Hurricane of extreme violence pass
ed oyer Porto Rico yesterday. The