The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-28

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Hurricane Death Toll
Continues to Mount
Sugar Magnate Says He Gould
Well Imagine Thousands
Met Death

Sdn Juan, Puerto RICO, sept. 3d.
(APl-Deaths from the hurricane
which struck Puerto Rico early Tues
day mounted into the hundreds We'd
nesday as reconstruction crews clear
ed away the debris while the storm
roared on toward Santo Domingo
and Haiti.
Governor James r. Beverley placed
the number Of dead at 200 Tuesday
night and the injured at 1000. but
he said this estimate undoubtedly
would be revised upward.
In the meantime. reports from
Santo Domingo, before communica-
tions were closed down Tuesday
night, 4 the storm destroyed a
number of houses at San Pedro De
Macoris, about so miles from there.
It reached Santo Domingo about $3.50
p. M. but no damage was done up
to that hour.
Santo Domingo was struck two
years ago by one of the most disas-
trous hurricanes in the history Of the
Caribbean The city was practically
wiped out and more than 5000 were
killed.
Reports from Havana late Tues
.day night quoted authorities at the
national observatory as saying the
storm passed over or near Santo
Domingo, moving northwestward at a
rate of IL miles an hour.
May Endanger Shipping
It was reported due to reach the
vicinity of Port Au Prince. Haiti, at
7 a. m, Wednesday. and then would
begin endangering shipping off the
coast Of Oriente Province, Cuba. II
its path continued UNMARRIED, observa-
tory officials said. it would pass over
the vicinity of Colon Straits as it
neared the Cuban coast.
Property damage in the wake Of
the storm here. officials estimated.
would run into many millions of dol
lars. The heaviest damage was to
the coffee plantations which had just
begun to bear again this year after
having been flattered by the disas-
trous storm of four years ago. The
citrus fruit crop. worth about $7,O00.-
600. would be a total loss, observers
said.
Governor Beverley instructed the
emergency relief committee to begin
at once to find shelter and food for
the many thousands left destitute
and homeless.
Rafael We've, Jr.. assistant general
manager of the Fajardo Sugar COM
pany, who arrived here late Tuesday
night after spending eight hours
travelling 30 miles, said all the towns
between Fajardo and Carolina. half
way to the capital. were destroyed
and half the plantation houses blown
down.
Imagines Thousands Dead
The death list at Fajardo was 80
when he left there, he said, and he
saw about 100 bodies along the
route from Fajardo to Carolina. He
said he could we'll imagine thou
sands killed In the districts through
which he passed.
All government offices were In
structed by the governor to open for
business as usual Wednesday. I'VE
must have everybody 60 to work. he
said. las though nothing had hap
pened-only more So"
Mayors Of the stricken towns who
called on the governor Tuesday night
were instructed to supply emergency
relief for 48 hours. Requests for
caskets in which to bury the dead
were refused. Governor Beverley ex-
planned burial was up to the num-
cipalities.
Communications were so crippled
that complete information on what
parts Of the island were hit by the
storm still was lacking Wednesday.
Woodfil Buttem, the governors Sec
rotary, said he had reports q were
killed at Areciba. much farther west.