Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-08-16
THE HURRICANE.
Ponce, P. r.. Almost Destroyed, Near.
ly All Frame Houses Down.
Damage to the Fort Estimated ut $3.50, DOE
There Was Awful Destruction OF
t.operty tho Eastern Coast-
Large Number OF lives Loaf

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE weather
bureau issues the following hurricane
bulletin: "Hurricane centers apnnrep.
" approaching Nassau. Bahama. Storm
will increase in intensity uron re,cb.
ing the Gulf stream. and will probably
reach the South Atlantic coast towns
OF the United States Friday night.
SAN JUAN DE PoITo EICs,. Aug. -
A hurricane broke over the south
coast at o'clCck Tuesday morning and
swept northwest. There was no abate-
ment for nine hours the creates. dam
age being done between s and 10 a. m.
Ihe wires were down and communion
s>tion with the inferior was impossible.
1t is now chiefly carried on by couriers.
ltis now said that 500 persons lost
their lives ut PONCE Outing the hurri-
cane. Terrible distress prevails there.
pArreyo. on the south coast has been
destroyed, sixteen lives were lost there
ND the town is stiil submerged in wat
er.
At Guayamo the houses are still stand
: ing. Seven persons were killed there.
"A number of houses were piilaped.
squads of soldiers were unable TO
maintain order and starvation threat
ems the population.
AT Abonita very little remains stand
ing except the cathedral and barracks.
-Four nat YES persisted. and three Unit
ed States soldiers were badly injured.
As the town is without food. rovern-
ment relief has been dispatched
thither
FL Cayey was leveled to the ground,
200 houses being demolished Two
L nited States soldiers were injured
there and many cavalry horses killed.
At Catano the entire plant of the
Standard Oil Co. was ruined. The loss
on the property is 5000 600
AT Bayamo "a majority of the houses
were destroyed and the rest were
flooded. Two hundred cattle were
killed and the railway was seriously
damaged.
The village of Carolina was literally
razed. AT CaGuas four persons were
killed.
A message by courier from Humacao.
Porto Rico, a town Of 5000 inhabitants,
reports the complete destruction of
that place by the storm Sixty-:our
persons lost their lives and the injured
mum Der over 200. The loss to properly
is estimated at 81. OOO 600 Yabucao,
another Porto Rican town, shared a
like fate. Twenty persons were killed.
Three persons were killed at Las
Piedras and FIVE at JUNO.
Couriers from the other districts are
anNiously expected at the palace. The
steamer S.ocum, Capt. Thomas. en-
route from Mayaguez to San Juan.
was caught in the storm, but her pas
sengers and crew were saved through
the heroism OF Mr.. Single. the first
officer. TIL c coffee crop is ruined and
the loss will reach millions Very
great injury has been done also
TO the orange crop. No definite re-
turns have yet been received
from the southern section of the island
apart from Ponce. II is certain, how
ever. that the food supplies in the
stricken districts have been DESTROYED.
and in these quarters the quantity OF
government stores is small Relief
wagons will be sent out Friday in var
ious directions
WAsHNGroN, Aug. 1.-the West
Indian hurricane appears to be rradu-
ally decreasing in strength and the
chances are that it will spend itself
before making much further progress.
This was the welcome nous ,,i ,,er ont
by the officials of the weather bureau
Sunday night. il is based on the fact
that there has not been any decided
fall in the barometer in the localities
that should feel its effects. and by the
presence of an area of nigh pressure
in the northern part of the United
States. which tends TO keep the storm
from continuing its onward march.
1t is now south of Jacksonville. in
dicating slow nOrthward movement
since Saturday night The bureau has
no wire reports south of Ttusville,
Fla, some distance below Jackson
vile, since Saturday night. and moth
ing from Nassau. Bahama islands,
since Friday afternoon. The follow
ing message has been sent TO the Phil
adelphia and New York maritime ex-
changes and to other shipping points:
''Storm still central in Florida but
with decreased strength. Conditions
safe for vessels sailing north at all
points from Wilmington, n. G., north
ward.v
Monte Christi Bessie .ed.