Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-11
terrible distress exists among the 81
fersrs.
GAUDELOUPE DEVASTATED.

GAUDELOUPE DEVASTATED.
PARIS. August 10.--Advices from Ia
Pointe-a- Pitre. Island OF Guadeloupe, say
the cyclone did enormous damage in me
interior of that island a number OF COZ
fee and cocoa estates being devastated.
lie Moule. "A suburb. was half destroyed.
There were a number OF fatalities. 81.
lean advlcos say the cyclone caused great
destruction I'm Porto Rico, whence II
passed northward TO Santo Domingo and
thence to Cape Haitien and the eastern
end of Cuba.
NEWS OF DISASTER CONFIRMED.
LONDON. August l0.-The Governor Of
the Leeward Islands. Sir Francis tlem-
ing. confirms the dispatch from ~.
Thomas. ID. w. l.. 10 the Associated
Press. announcing the devastation caused
by the hurricane on the Island OF hont-
serrat. and SAYS seventy-four deaths are
already known. He adds that twenty-one
persons were killed at the Island OF Ne
Wis.
The hurricane was not so severe NJ An
tigua. Only one death Is reported there,
but many persons have been rendered
homeless.
The other presidencies Of the Leeward
Islands have not reported the damage
done.
CROPS ALMOST WHOLLY GONE.
FORT biz FRANCE. MARTINIQUE,
August 1O.-Tho authorities OF the Island
Of Guadeloupe are still without news
from the interior owing 10 The inter-
ruption Of telegraphic communication as
a result of the recent hurricane Eut
other advices which have reached Pointe-
a-Pltre say the coffee and cocoa crops
have been nearly totally destroyed. A.
Pointe-a-Pitre seven persons were in
mred. and at Moule the damage done
was considerable, and several persons
were killed or wounded. At Petit Canal
and Port Louis several persons were Kill
ed and a number injured. The villages
, of Grippen and Lamentn have been cE-
tirely destroyed, and the lighthouses OF
Monroux and Poscilloz have been over
turned.
The town of st. Louis. on the Island
of Marie Galante. has suffered consider
ably.
RAILWAY DISABLED.
The railway from Porto Plata to San
Domingo il no longer working.
Eventually. the hurricane swept over
Cane Haitien. with less violence and cor
respondingly light damage.
GREAT DISTRESS MUST FOLLOW.
WASHINGTON, August l0-Ihe Sccre-
tary Of War to-day received the follow
Ing report from General Davis, COM
handing at Porto Rico, on the cyclone
Of last Tuesday:
San Juan, L. r.. August 9-Hurricane
Of extreme violence passed over Porto
Rico yesterday. The principal military
loss at San Juan. one temporary com
pany barracks wholly destroyed. some
quartermaster property damaged. NO
personal injuries yet reported, but All
wires are down. No injury 10 shlpplh6
here, save two small local schooners sunk
two sailors drowned. San Juan lights
temporarily disabled. Gable reports from
Ponce say all shipping is ashore. 'As-
tom-house sheds and goods stored therein
badly damaged Messengers from TWO
interior points tell of barracks unrooleL
and personal and public property dam
aged. The losses by the inhabitants are
very great, and extreme suffering must
result. The last hurricane as severe as
this was in 1876, when, owing To 'he
loss of houses. fruit, and provisions. there
was famine | would suggest pubic
notice in the United States 10 the enec,
that contributions Of food, clothing, ana
moneS for the destitute would b. received
with the greatest gratitude, and would
be applied strictly to relief of destitute.
Have appointed "A board TO supervise as
tribution. There are many thousands
of families who are entirely homeless
and very great distress must follow.
(SgneO DAVIS Noh'ii''h"'ns'