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i iNTUALLYYou will useG LEAS HR WAS/S'\M)• •GLEANER :A DVERTISEM EN TSWH Y NOT NOWfThe Wise ManrfioosoN the l iH'On that iflvw thr 1lt;*m valui* for Ilia luouej.Rockwood's CocoaIm*m \iilue on rti'count*»l it* ifiifi hioiis ijuulitie**.I If or (I to the If ise is■ »Sufficient.SIXTEEN PAGES.LXXXII. No. ISO.(Established 1834.)■ ■ . Li___inr r. — — #■- m m - 11'o»si» -I,.----- .m— ■ -f- •».»- —....... ..*■». — -«*»KINGSTON, JAMAICA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1916SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE: ONE PENNY.lt; ml« i fromI »:l Ii I . M * I its A StV,“Tl»«* .-milmi Wharf,’1 nH ll.iriuujf -M t * » f, Kinusion.AA* **sLOSS EXTENSIVE\Main Products of the Island Have Been Heavily \ Hit; The Banana Industry in the Principal Belts Will Have, it is Feared, to he Re-started, Ever, the Plants Having Gone Down Before the Terrific'Force of the Raging Winds.DAMAGEONiVATERFRO:rn\yj—7\lrDESTRUCTIONBOWDENSDirect West India Cable Company’s Wirelei Station, Bowden, August 16, 5.00 p.m.—The hurricane approached Bowden at 1.30 p.m. yesterday, and reached its maximum strength at 5.45 p.m., when the wind was blowing at 80 miles an hour. At 2 p.m. it was blowing 50 miles from the N. E.; at 4 p.m. 60; at 5 p.m. 0; 5.30 p.m. 75; 5.50 p.m. 80: at 6.00 p.m. it started to moderate, but it was still blowing 68 at 7 p.m. At 5 o’clock this morning it was blowing miles from the S.S.W. .The Barometer fell from39.60at 7.00 a.m. 15th to 28.98 at 5. which it began to rise steadily.All communication by telegraph rupted, owing to the wires being downThe bananas are all flat in the neighbourhoodIand many buildings are damaged.The Johnson River bridge is impassable that the five-master schooner *I: is Magnus*’ is Weather still unsettled.Shrieking like ten thousand demons in its headlong rush of destruction, the dreaded hurricane, in one hour of its fell fury on Tuesday evening, did some thousands of pounds damages to buildings—-mostly small old structures—and fences, littered the streets in all directions with branches of trees, and in some cases whole trees torn bodily up by the roots; put the telephone, telegraph and tramcar systems out of commission, and then went raging on its way to level to the ground the banana fields of St. Catherine,1 and, it ia feared—although not a line of information has yet come through—to lay waste the central and western portions of the island. Of the East nothing is known, but as the storm fiend roared in from that direction, the worst is feared. Coconuts, bananas, and all the crops, would have gone down like grain l**fore the reaper, in those positively demoniacal rushes of w ind. The island, it ia Mrtain, has been struck a staggering blow.THE DAMAGE IN THE CITY.So far aa the Metropolis and lower Saint Andrew ars concerned, the damage is relatively small, being confined, aa stated before, to some small buildings, mainly in the auburbs; fences, roofs of buildings, and blowing down of signboards. A motor car tour through the various districts, and over and along the debris-littered streets, and extending into St. Andrew as far as Half-way Tree, showed clearly the extent of thein these areas, and that it may correctly be grouped under the heads already mentioned. The grand stand at the Race Course has been completely unroofed, and the roof material battered and shattered to pieces. The shed at the stand at the Polo Ground, Camp, has also been carried away, as well as the stands at the Kensington, Kingston and Clovelly cricket clubs. A big tree fell at Dr. DePass’s residence on the Half-way Tree Road, taking away a portion of the fence. Some scores of small buildings in Kingston have been wrecked, more or less completely, and hundreds of fences gone.ON THE WATERFRONT.Considerable damage has tx-en done all along tnewater - front. One vessel — the motor schooner “CoraMay’’ has been sunk with loss of life, and three others areashore—The “Shamrock”, “Primrose” and “Nadia.” The w harfMessrs. Fred L. Myers Soning torn from the roofs of warehouses. The “Shamrock,” ownedMessrs1 storeshundredrockta.•w - — ---while the “Nadia” can he seen aground near Fort Augus-The two former vessels are badly damaged the extent of theinjury to the “Nadia is not yet known.The schooner “Sabean,” owned by the Henriques Lumber Co., which, under repairs, was lying in the harbour otfthe eastern fraction of the city, was forced from her moorings by the storm, andfoundThe vesselit is said, has not sustained much damage, but the watchman onhoard a lad whose name could not be ascertained yesterdayhas disappeared. His fate up to last evening was unknown, butit !• feared that he has been drowned.THE COURSE OF THE 111 UR.CA.M-.( T: v w 1 n t k*! hv Mr. J. I*. Vi 0*1:1:121.)Mr. J. F. Brennan gives tile folluwiniFinfoflfiat KINGSTON.—The storm centre passed a few mon 16th moving in a direction west-ncrtli-Westjuth of Iv ingstan at t.boufc,6.30greatest velocity of ihe wind was at 6.40 p.m., 72 mile.- 1 er h .u from the southeast, hut the heavy gusts an- estimated 85 miles per In.mi .1 a not TfeMfeinbthe wind velocity was 50 miles per hour.Total miles of wind registered from 2 1.m. 13th to midni tit: ; an I frr,m midnightto noon on 16th: 397; giving 749 miles during the passing of thi hurricano.The lowest barometer was 29.004 inches at 6.30 p.m.. and re; n m lit. ; fall below normal of nine-tenths of an inch, then returned to normal at about 1 * a.m. Imm! F. B.Rainfall for 15th: —1.56 inch.1616.INFORMATIONABOUTSTORM.The hurricane is believed to have struck the East end of this Island at about 5 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. At 6.15 o’clock it began to sweep over Kingston. At 6.40 o’clock the wind was blowing at 72 miles per hour and thenormal. The fringe of thebarometer had fallen nine-tenths of an inch below normal, hurricane centre passed over Kingston, and the stillness which was perceivable just before the hurricane struck the city was due to the passing over us of thecentre of the storm.Between 10 and 11 o’clock, the wind, which had subsided somewhat after7 o’clock, attained a velocity of 50 miles, and at midnight heavy gusts were blowing. Taking into consideration the form of the Island, it is certain that the parishes on the Southern side, especially St. Catherine. Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth, were heavily struck. Westmoreland also felt the effects of the wind, but whereas the centre of the storm passed over the first fourmentioned parishes, it may have passed south of Westmoreland.The Northern parishes, which chiefly produce bananas, coconuts and cocoa, have also been hit. The bananas have been destroyed, but other crops havemostly escaped.ripecanes have already been taken off.THE RAINFALL IN KINGS TON.The rainfall in Kingston on Tuesday night was about an inch and a half and is probably indicative of the rainfall over the island. The rain, though con tituious, was at times very fine and light,the heavier showers coming in jei iod ical gusts and squalls.At the present moment there is no reason to believe that Tuesday night’s hurricane was worse than that of August last year. The velocity of the wind, the swiftness with which the centre moved, and the comparatively moderate rainfall, all give reason to believe that the damage suffered this year will not, on the whole, be worse than that of last year.PROBABLY AT GRAND CAYMAN.At about 10 a.m. yesterday, the hurricane was probably raging over Grand Cayman. It is almost certain it will pass over the eastern end of Cuba.On Tuesday afternoon the Washington Weather Bureau corrected its previous estimate of the hurricane. It was not one of moderate intensity, as was at first believed. It was, as a matter of fact, a typical West Indian cyclone.The West India and Panama Telegraph fines have been broken.ILIVES ARE LOSTHoti.r Schooner in Kingston Harbour is Sunk,/ *in/t/ cC'o Weathers of tintrcIVLost: Young'I annul is Electrocuted at C oss Roads hy hailing II ires Chari- d If it It Electricity; Several OtherFatalities ere Reported From Ci.untrv Parishes■*r4LEGRAPH LINES DAMAGED“CORA MAY” SUNK.On the big motor schooner lt;oraher beam ends about a mile from itu | Wharf, the crew had a feai fid exj * rie •I of the frig! tful storm, the vessel, niter jments, turned turtle, and Captain A. S. eight men. were forced to take to thlt;- ngvthe cook, name! respectively Cvni Hutboth Jamaican*—however, evid, it’• -di.:;vvhkh now lies on . fF the Sugarlt; k In the full fury t against the ele-r and his crew of JT c lmenter and 1 r'ampbell—ie wreck-n am1 ’■ y \ 1 u .. y IJ 3 V i; I t) Jage, and were speedily lost to view it is 1. Cain tin were drown'd. Meanwhile the seven survivors in ihe rigging tried to signalashore for help, hut their distress signs vs ere not seen, and all tiight tlioy held u to their perilous perch. Kariy this morning a boat from the * Zellers”, which was some distance away, went over to the wreck and rescued the men. Efforts will la* made to float the “Cora May’’ (which is owned by Messrs. Fred I,. Myers A Son) on behalf of the underwriters, us we understand that this vessel is insured in London.DAMAGE TO 11. F. CO.’S PROPERTY.The United Fruit Company lost a lighter (No. 8), and a rowboat in K: % r . 'I’rie roof of the garage and the roof of a bond store at the West End Wharf were blown away. A shed at the No. 2 Wharf v as also damaged. The work of repairing the dam-ige was start 1 yude; day morning.THE PUBLIC SERVICES.The televlv r: : v ;s at presen* 01 n and sniashinrv cm, save for a limited area in Kingston, mimission, due to trees everywhere falling I wires and poles. The damage is being madeIrood, hut it may he day or two yet before the service returns toiormr.1 again.The postal telegraphic system is also out of commission. Yes-erday afternoon duvet communication was only obtainable with Gregory Park. On enquiry at the head office, a Gleaner representative w-as informed that it was not known when communication with the various points would he obtained, as owing to fallen trees the wires were down at a large numler of places. Efforts were, however, being made to clear the lines as rapidly as possible.With its Bog Walk station’s power supply cut off—probably by trees falling on tin* transmission wires along the highway md the Gold Street plant also rendered useless by two big trees '’ailing on the main f«ed wires, the car service stopped soon after the hurricane started on its work, and the electric lights everywhere went out. When the rain held up at about 11 p.ih., Mr. David Barr, the It ad Superintendent, and Mr. H. A. Campbell, the electrical engineer, got to work to make the damage—which was the heaviest for many years—good. Fallen trees were cut and removed, and broken wires repaired, and as a result of their splendid work, the t ar - t v ice, on a restricted scale—no ears went further than Half-way Tne up to 9 a.m.—was started at 6.30. o’clock yesterday morning. By yesterday afternoon the lighting and power supplies in practically all the sections had been restored.IN ST. ANDREW PARISH.The parish of St. Andrew has also been badly struck by the hurricane, and from n j or received from some of the districts, extensive damage ha been done to house property as well as cultivations. The “blow .started at about half past two in the afternoon. The falling of the barometer indicated that a storm was up-proaching. and when the news was flashed lo the different telegraph offices stating that this was so. precautionary measures weretaken by some of th« tgger folks 10 burri-a.*e their doors and|w indows.Shortly before four o’ehx’k Lower J-ly out of communicau 0 w ith Kingston.down hum!reds of * lt;.drew was romplete-howling wind blewr * the tram fines and rendering the roads impassable at many p* s.By 6 p.m. St. Andrew was in the ful n of the hurricane. The wind blew wr in paralleled fury, . id huge and massive buildings were swaved like leaves. It vva storm the like ofwhich had never bet n experienced in Jama.s i for many, many years.Throughout the mght the wind, accompanied by torrential showers of rain, blew with intense violence, and the inhabitants passed an anxious night indeed. The damage in the parish, generally, amounts to several thousands ol pounds.WOMAN KILLED AT CROSS ROADS.Evelyn Harris, a young woman of about eighteen summers,was perhaps the first to lose her life in the catastrophe. Stic had done’some shopping at Gross Roads and was standing on the piazza of a Chinese laundry near the old Lion Bar. awaiting a car4(Coatinuwl oa i‘*i« I),
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