Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-14
STORM SWEEPS BERMUDA
Terrible Damage Done by the Hurri-
cane on the Island.

Terrible Damage Done by the Hurri.
cane on the Island.
Island Of Bermuda, Sept. IA hurri-
cane swept over this island Tuesday
night. Many houses were blown down
and others were unroofed. The storm
ragged during all of last night. No lives
We're lost, but heavy damage was done
to public and private property, fruit
and cedar trees. The causeway was
wrecked and the government house was
damaged.
The weather looked threatening early
Tuesday, morning, with a falling bar
ometer. The storm began with heavy
rain at p M, after which there was a
slight lull for q few hours, with the
wind south-southeast and the barome-
ter steadily falling. The wind suddenly
backed to east, blowing with cyclonic
gusts. From s p. m. to midnight it
blew with hurricane force and was at
its worst from ! a. m. to las in the
morning, when, after a lull, the wind
changed to the southwest, when the
principal damage was DONE
Giant cedars We're uprooted, orna-
mental and fruit trees We're DESTROYED
and wharves were washed into the sea-
All communication with st. Georges
was cut off and news from the western
end of the island and the dockyard is
not procurable at present. The tele-
phone and telegraph poles and wires
are down, causing a total interruption
of business.
There has been considerable damage
at the military camp. The city hall,
public gardens and hotels and several
public and private dwellings were also
damaged and numerous small craft in
the harbors We're sunk or driven
ashore. The British steamer Quart
Castle, Capt. Seeley, from Halifax, Sept.
s, for the Windward islands and Dem
arara, was to have left port at 4 p. m.
Tuesday, but the storm delayed her
sailing.
Cedar avenue was practically ruined,
many of its trees being Frustrated and
others are badly injured. The storm
was the worst known here since the
hurricane of 1880. In fact many of the
Inhabitants say it exceeded that of 1880
in violence. The weather now is mod
Grating and the barometer is rising. 1t
is rumored that damage amounting to
100000 has been done at the dockyard
alone.
On Ireland and Boaz islands every
thing is more or less injured. The dam
age is roughly estimated at 100000. AT
Somerset all the boats and small craft
We're destroyed. the trees demolished
and houses unslated and otherwise
damaged At Prospect Camp the dam
age is estimated at G3,000
More than half mile of the cause
way connecting the main land with St
Georges is totally destroyed. 1t will
cost e13,00O to repair it. News from St
Georges received by whaleboat says
serious damage has been done there TIC
trees, houses, etc. All the boats have
been destroyed or badly injured
Reports from outlying parishes are
slowly coming in. They all show there
has been great destruction of trees and
serious injury to houses and other prop
erty. From what can be learned here
there has been no loss of life. 1t is a
curious coincidence that the great gale
of 1899 occurred on Sept. II and Sept. L.
and this one was on Sept. IL and 13. No
correct estimate of the amount of dam
age to private property can at present
be obtained. but it will be fully e1Oo,-
900.