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GLEANER : : : : ADVERTISEMENTSWHY NOT NOWPSIXTEEN PAGES(Established 1834.)SIXTEEN PAGESLXXX1I. No. 189KINGSTON. JAMAICA. WEDNESDAYAUGUST 16, 1916PRICE: ONE PENNYTerrific Wind* that Blew Continuously for Over An Hour Wrecked Houses, Fences and Signboards in the Metropolis.In fo rm ition Received in the City Late Was to the Effect that Crops in Si.Had Suffered Heavily.I he howling wind driving th ; rain in fitful gusts, carriedeverything before it; and in a few minuter fences were ripped down'crtid hurled high in the air in all di rcctions.Owing to the cessation of all means of transit—the tram cars were speedily stopped on account of (he cutting off of the electriccurrent, and no busman dared to brave the raging elements it wasimpossible up to the time of going to Press to estimate the damage which the hurricane has done. It is framed, however, that severalsmall buildings in the ehy and the suburbs have been destroyed ordamaged.Kingston hat been Cut Off from CommunicationWith the Rest of the Island: Fears EntertainedFor the Colony’s Banana Industry.nlilnland Telegraph Sy»tem has been DI i And Full Details of the D isaster v/ 11 JJ Not be Known Un'il Tc*DaBANANAS DESTROYED.A Gleaner sc 'rter who was travelling out by the last i train frcm tb*' city yesterday afternoon sent in a message from Spaiv, • vo',vn that the hurricane at that hour (about 5 o'clock i v 'aging there and that a considerable percen-ta*e of the hearing banana trees had been blown down. I Some coconut trees had been snapped off, and othersseverely damaged. All crops had suffered. Big trees had I their limbs snapped *ff. The hat bridge was impassable.} A gentleman reaching the city last night from Spanish |Town, said that every banana tree between that point and Kingston was down.PROPOLIS IN DARKNESSCHINESE ATTACK JAP ANESE GARRISON.SALE OF D. W. INDIESTO AMERICA.STEAMSHIP SERVICEDANISH SNTP SUNK(lljr Dlr«‘«f UI^rndou. \ti«u!•tarnmar Mfvar’* marine oft lt;, cording to a h ;«KRUPPS SECURE Bl( COPPER SUPPLY.As far as could be gathered last night some damage has been done along the water front. Shed buildings on the Direct Line wharf were unroofed, and the seaward end of Princess Street was thickly I ittered with corrugated iron sheeting.A four masted vessel was seen in difficulties during the height of the blow, and the other vessels in port including the I .S.S. Ellis,all went up the eastern end of the harbour for safety.\NGLO-ITALIAN AGREEMENT.GERMAN SUBMARINESUNK?a rumour in at *1 »»* r{was sunk by ‘ Swtul»t wm*n .Stockholm amiou Thur»U* U«t.
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Wed, Aug 16, 1916
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