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the nean ami raging winds practically made tin end of two large shedseral houses irunroofed andCorner of King Harbour StsTHEGELANER, THURSDAY, AUGUEjj “ 17,1916.ffiorfr fGREAT CYCLONE CAUSESDEVASTATION THROUGHOUTTHEISLAND.Destructive Winds Started at Several Points in The Interior from Forenoon of Tuesday,Reaching Hurricane Force During the Night.mCROPS SUFFER AT EVERY PLACE HEARD FROMre wascontent*,Jam agethere, alt hour hthe root ol| serious...•ight FheJ wa« lt;11 )ia n t Ba v t iei ,*i ruaged.(One s t clii) 1 i 1 v* iIhe iljiijlare to property. but a finen s huoncr is asLiore at thatw h I * hk 1) i ♦ * \\. i s 1 o a d ll glogw oon at11’ 'til 1 Mrt and hadho.inl wlien shemi tons of 1 \v a-a st rucklaboureWhile Damage to Buildings is Smaller than inSome Recent Storms,Destruction of Fruit Indus try is Equal to that of 1903 in Completeness.(Continued from Page 1.)at about 3 o’clock, when the wind commenced to blow. Without anv warning a big limb from a nearby tree snapped off. and in falling broke the live electric wires, one of which struck the girl’s arm. She fell with the shock immediately, and the wire rested on her body. People ran to her assistance promptly, and ex-Sergt. Edwards, who was nearby, with commendable coolness took the charged wire off the unfortunate girl. It was too late, however, for she had received enough of the death-dealing current to kill her. When she was taken up it was found that life was extinct.that will produce a Spring conly two per cent of the crop lias been damagedf Comparing the hurricaneday with that of last year List stated that there wail g was flung aim us1 o Orange Street, from whiet Green the wharfingerhelp of a large number o!retrieved it yesterday y loo t()ns of coal wa*■way by the sea; some o', itlow litters the waterfront at the ft.o*if Orange Street. The goods de«roved mostly by the action of tin* ea water consisted principally tf ncoming cargo, but there was also ansiderable quantity of outgoingreight, and the loss it is feared will un into some thousands of poundsmuch damage done along the sea coast oil this occasion as was the case last year ft r the reason that on l ues day the storm seemed to have over the centre of the island.(hiptain List will vLit St. Gathpa. si* ilied onorr ugatThe Cross Roads policecharge of the body and hurriedit off in a vehicle to Four Roads, the home of the unfortunate girl.A post morion was later on performed by Dr. W. A. S. Browne, the Acting D. M. O.The Movies Theatre at Cross Roads was also damaged by theback and sides whilst the building was flooded(Photo by ( leary’s Studio.)I he above picture, which was taken yesterday morning, shows the damage done to the Sugar Wharf of Messrs.Fred. L. Myers Son.Hbii V i HWorkstorm. The screen was torn away and part ofthti Destruction Around Ewarton* (From our Correspondent.)i Ewarton, Tuesday.—With light wind blowing from 6rge and Branday’*.undamaged but theirf has had the store0 pier blown down; a few1 iron sheets on the No. Kail way pier stores have been carried away; a larger number on the No. 2. pier, and only a few* on the No. 3.The damage to the wharf premisesof Messrs. Fred L. Myers and Son had already beevi sated , but it wasKxcellency the -Governor pailt;l| rlt;1 n esterda alter noon that a to the Railway and PublicPar*rn quantity cf sugar in tin Deliartmen* yesterday.The InstinctTo Saveis in every well-balanced man. To start a savings account develops a foresight that will bo to its owner’s benefit in many ways, and to select this old-established bank as the depository for your money is evidencnof sound and conservativejudgment. 17The Bank ofNova ScotiaHIS EXCELLENCY THEGOVERNOR.PAED UP CAPITAL - f •.•00 000RESERVE FUIfD - - 11.000 00#TOTAL RESOURCES over 05.000,OOPbrajt:fe8 ia jam*jcan as the reads are made pas-aof the building torn away, with water. Theyesterday afternoon, everyoneing storm. This continued throughout the night, nagement have, however, taken steps to re-; broju, ^ |ut short,y aftp' 6 a m a north-oast wind started, w ithpair the damage, and it is expected that the Theatre will be in ]ijrht showt.rs of ramlt; which increased gradually.full swing in a day or two. course of the day very heavy showers fell, accompanied withA numlier of fences were knocked down here and there, and 1 sp.rm which isthe thoroughfares were strewn with limbs of fallen trees. | lt;•1 Sir William Manning will inapt -worm damaged for him«elf.Damage at the Wharves.It the alert for the approach-i At the Messrs Hcnrlques’ l.umhorThis morning'to ,ll‘‘ da,naKe haH l)P,’n niainly con-fined to the unroofing of the mills ahed and the blowivi of a few corrugated ire 11 sheetthe lumbAt Half -way Tree and the surrounding districts the samel^jnl tale can be told. There has been no loss of life, but house property and vegetation have suffered materially.OTHER DISTRICTS OF ST. ANDREW.At Constant Spring and Hope the storm was also greatly felt.A few houses were slightly damaged, scores of fences knocked down, whilst a large number of trees toppled over before the fury of the wind. From Gordon Town and Stony Hill came reports of severe damage to cultivation, especially bananas. It is stated that there are barely a few banana trees standing in the districts, large areas of the cultivation having been w iped out.The roads in different parts of Upper St. Andrew are blocked, and both the Central Government and ihe Parochial authoritiesoming dangerous.has been done to banana and othernous damagets of all kinds have been blown off trees.The rivers around arc all down. The telegraph cor 1 between here and St. Ann is suspended.The Roads Are Blocked.Wednesday, 11.30 a.m.—The storm contimblowing down hundreds of cocoa nut tret•or sheds. At Mewsr-in and Cos lumbernage is even less, eonsL► ping oft* cf less than asheets from the roof d sheds. Messrs Hi\s1 warehouses had been damaged, andMotile I n ^ ^ generally was estimated by take refuge with their more fortu-a (Meaner Reporter at between £1MOM and £2(1,000.that the firm tarries hurricane insura nee to cover the damage.The Damage at May Pen.(From our Correspondent.)May pen, Wednesday: -The hurra .me which started here about (i 30o ( lo* k ye dt iT.ay is said to be the * verest I hat has passed over these parts tor a long time past.No serious* er, has been done Innate neighbours. The road leadingWe understand ^rom Balaclava fo Appleton is impassable to all except the most agilefoot-pa-sengers. Breadfruit and coconut trees. 40 to 30 feet tall, nowlie across the road, while pear and other fruit trees went down like broken glass. Granges, grape-fruit# and even pimento, were stripped oftig seems to have bed of turnips has altered as if a roller had passed i. The cassia trees whichi a general devastation of cultivations, all around are blocked. The Lluidas maiiso blocked that thod slight damage.Damage at Royal Mail.timated at betw*een .mum was done toind wharf premii i n •Vi *. i I f • 1 »i i i j # * i. ia r1 * * 1iit ire le’igmmunication0 a.m., but the St. Ann’s road is so I not turned up yet. The telegraphf is suspended from early yesterday, io news from the districts around itthe village have been blown down.f *,11v. */ I(»jf ♦» v ■*11CMire 1will have to foot a big bill in repairing the storm damage to the 11rathe traint evening.roads.Work has already been commonin restoring telephonic*Around Gordon Town.(Fromcommunication between Kingston and St. Andrew ; and the management of the West India Electric Company have got out all their hands in connecting up the electric wires so as to resume domestic lighting in St. Andrew as soon as possible.THE COUNTRY PARISHESGreat fears are entertained that the country parishes havebeen badly hit by the storm.THE NEWS ABOUT THE MAILS.The mails by the Porus train reached theOffice all righton Tuesday evening, but the mails for St. Thomas, which left Kingston during the afternoon, had to Ik* brought back to the citv, ow’ing to the fact that the Dry River .vas impassable. The mails by the first train yesterday morning were, however, despatchedas usual.THE EASTERN PARISHES.Whilst no direct information can be obtained from most of thtGordon 1 uwand heavy showtfrom 3.30 p.m. y Ieen done.The banana plantatdens.” has been totally of bananas in full bearing Mr. H. E. Bolton ha. acres. The traffic from lie try has been partially bloc to remove fallen debris fr already gone out with hisUp to the time of writinstrong gusts are still blowing.our Correspondent.) i, August lfi.—Preceded by strong puffs of windrs of rain, the storm began raging in these parts isterdn\. A considerable amuunt-of damage has■ story (I nib. Mattch longer tructure. ifall probahilitthe* so a, Thwall on the wharf ha h a IHfore Voii.Iin*of the sea wall to the wharf wiP lit—the heavy eoneing overturned amiof .ts petition —while the shed has been unroofed ideraole area, and the up* ushed completely out ol ad the hurricane laste* er this section of the f is safe to say would inhe front of the police sta-reased to 1)6 a joy. Slt;of life has been reported.* wind is a Cain rising.r nut** iw* souLT-east, withThe News from Siloah.F romOur Corrctpondent.)age cioill. A111, i. ,U fi 11 1-Thisinc3r ii-from K;i vv i i• L her** hasbeen noii —porterd o w ia ona rtc*ne of 'l#»4i * io i a *by theich as liasnot 1witne*isedpen Ingold*1 W * 1 1 )— i ill12 a ll«lilt 8. 1, j .,,Thedoomv am!1 threatOiling.n few’ . |L , A.it i i i» *n andwind.of thewhoretnem hered AuguSt1 2.watery * * a rkneww hatwas lt;oHUmg.came ta o o u it 3 pm when tiheWindon thisit I, 111 *4 14 i to at»out :J *» op * J ()?) ihiileawas ao been damaged. The s were partly Unroofed. The femes on Last and Duke Streets I w* r** thrown down, but the energetic wharfinger Mr. Plxley had these'Men during the after-?o I liest* I theuntil byw * w e f €lalls of ram.On the Montego Bay Line. The Great Damage toBananas in St. Catherine.In order Io get an idea of the da rune along the Railway line* ingston to Montego Bay, a re-of this paper was despatched 10.13 train to cover the hap-4 on that section run from Kingston disclosed up root **1 trees on both sides line, with a heavy (low of around the swamps until we0 tin* first banana plantation1 side of the Rio Co ore. It sight of devastation. As faras the eve could see there was not a tree standing at Farm which belongs tn the Cnited Fruit company, and as the train crossed the river the plan-bo lost a small piece of about two to Papine and further into the coun-. It wjU take quite a tidy little sum the roads. Mr. \V. H. Hanson has n, to clear the road, nr the weather isv. aa certain Laatregular hurricane Trees tation right around uhowed signs of crah to the earth, of | complete destruction. Where thecourse, tdie bananas had already gone, and the inmates of houses bc-f re»till ominous, andgan to fear forsafe to say thatwslept at all lastthe wind veered east, and it wa: blast struck us.premises of Mr F. K.• practically undamag-1 the premises of Meaern ment s cessationMercado and Co. At th* earth until i few iron sheets were» roof of a store. Mr.their1 i ves.itISherewere ft1‘ ww h (night.At I0p.m.roundto thenort h •thenthat bhefullWithha rdiyain i -it contin uedf AI ( |lasho'clock this morning, seems to have a ated done has been conoid»et ween 2 and in', when its fury The dam a.jrabie. Awayva s wharf only sua- on tihe hills to the north, the banana r damage, confined helds of Dr. (’alder at Vherde *n look-to tho covering ed ,,ke a n,a,,s of tanK:t‘'1Banana Trees Going down.(From our Correspondent.)Linstead, August 16.—Tremendously high winds have been I ...oss at Leyiand Line,country parishes, it is generally believed that banana cultivations iblowinK here gince wne Oviock yestt ?rday niornillK- 4.15 p.Til. Wind and sea combined togetherin St. Thomas and East Portland have been wiped out. The Yal- |the ?reatefit anxiety existed at the velocity of the wind which was Mlt; *rk havoc at tho wharf premialahs and Johnson Rivers are swollen, and traffic between Kingston hlowin)? from the north-west, and gradually increased. Banana | °f the ';in; T1,e hl* ^.rf, ^Irrowfy o.clpod^rarrrlS’and the Eastern parishes is held up. • ,trc(,s are ^oirjc down hy thr hundreds. Coconut trees are also' ut ‘ ,lama*ed- butFrom meagre reports, it would appear that extensive damage t0pp|jn£ over.has also been done to the banana belt in one or two of the Southern J Torrential rains are also falling, and the rivers are down.I Business is at a standstill. It is also reported here that at Rivers-were not completely down theyare so badly boa ton and bont that they are not likely to h* of any us#.The Hio CoTTre was rifeht up toits banks and later in the day it was overflowing for a good distance around.In and around Gregory Park, coronals miffered oomo damage. (’unilHTlaml Pen had ith full ehare.The banana* were all gone and th«coach house and atahlew were damaged, the roof of the former being blown off aSpeaking to one or two experienced planters of this centre they agreed that the damage done toIIAV VN \s WAS AH BAD AS IN 1HXM.House* did not nuffer verv mu ohThe coachhouse and stable at the Rectory Is flat on the ground. The roof of the outer staircase was lifted off and carried some distance away.Several of the jfoinclana trees in the ; though one or tweo were blown downchurchyard, the pride of Siloah- and others more or less damaged. Jtof which was also stated that th#away the j wind started blowing at aboutschool and teacher’s residence Sev- two o clock In that quarto**, houses in the district .have been ; but up to six o’clock little or noe Inmates forc#d to1 (Continued on page 6).dale the situation is the sarrMessrs. Chance. Constantine andparishes, especially in St. Catherine.First News From Four Paths.(By Telegraph from our Correspondent.)Four Paths, August 16.—Shortly after 3.05 yesterday alter- |)v. No news from the other stations to hand as yet.noon this town was in the throes of a severe hurricane, which didconsiderable damage to cultivation and property. At 6 o’clock inI.indo have suffered greatly; their bananas are going down rapid-the morning the wind suddenly sprung up and gradually grew in most of the banana trees at Riversdale, BuffRIVERSDALE, RICHMOND, AND OTHER PLACES.According to information received in Kingston yesterday,I lav and Richmondintensity, until the climax wits reached between 5 and 6 o’nd ing. OnlyFhe blow was verv seve!LIST.in the evening.Banana plantations are all mowed to the ground, the worst sufferer being Mr. Joseph Hirst of Sheekles Pen. Two houses intho outskirts are blown down, the occupants fortunately escaping, I the coffee crop there h;but with difficulty. Many houses have !een unroofed and sheets j INTERVIEW WITH CAPT. of zinc could be seen Hying about. Furniture in many houses was all smashed up. Four outbuildings caved in from fallen trees.Reports from mountainous districts state considerable dm age to banana and provision cultivations has been done, persons are reported injured from falling trees. No fatalitu (reported. Most roads blocked by fallen trees, blocking communication. Disturbance ai 6.50 p.m. was at its height, and showed no signs of abatement. Velocity of wind about 50 miles per hour. JInhabitants greatly alarmed, some leaving their houses.IMomm oav no nan to tawo ,iBarometer still falling. 7.10 p.m. (on 15th.)have been destroyed. The coconut trees are still a few young plants of bananas tre remaining. The general opinion is that there will be no good crop of bananas until 1918.•at Williamsfield. in Manchester, andto some extent been damaged.Fours vet( upturn s. D. Unt, th Manager of the 1 nited Fi l toy in this irtluu I, arn\lt; lt;htou hint night, lie travelltor c*#r, leaving Port Antoithe afternoon* He wan athrough to Morant Bay wivery aerioua interruption, bhouses. Morant Bay he had to taklt;jeireuitoiih route, going thrlt;[forth and then Kaalugton.(eourae, wan due to the hwlt;and this, in a largo ffert t h«» next crop.lift'd that he had not reporta from St.herme, but in Port-nd St i'horn a* t here a Milt -Winding, and :i it 111*y wouldhe able to get antoi* Ol It\N \N \ NF v r HPHINC».Damage Done At UpPark C amp .The damage done at Up-Park Camp is mainly confined to the!lt;iltion of the riv«r«. which Contingent Camp, which, having been constructed for the Ger- th®D1 impasiiabi®; and in ma, , • • n . ii . e * , i the road a were blorke wlman prisoners of war originally, was naturally of a temporary jan(i they hlt(, to be cut up UI1 nature. The outside fencings are nearly all laid fiat and the1 n co u -uderedIhe Fit It (Hi P rt» few hundred alt;*r their prop#rtle*ulmi had. Therefor**not think that Jamun able to rthip an ban a Referring to the da ('•aplain Lint #iatedt henuipany had a;voting plants on !d other planters;( aptaiu Lint did Imm would ibm he i ias next Spring, nag# generally,hat whllnt thebuildings internally mostly unroofed, some thrown over gated iron sheets have been tw isted like scraps of paper and blown to leeward. This is a good opportunity afforded to remove this Csmp, as it was believed to be the source of measles.away to enableCorru- through.iA representativeproperty at suffered com-had an interview with lt;at Mrtle Bank laid even genial Captain npoke wiamount of optimlHiu. VestThe permanent buildings in Camp are hardly damaged at all. oik he vi«u**«i the proA few slates have been blown off some of thtdow or two blown in. The grand-atand at the is)lo ground has been unroofed.The men of the Contingent passed Tuesday night in the iiar-They were first housed j out tr«e«duwu hut In hl«r iso ii Church and the Garrison Theatre, in the Recreation Room of the Contingent Camp, but this had toin Portland, and he foun hananan had h#en blow thin wh8 alao the cusb fi tonio right around Bay. Quit# a numbi•IhOftain' nto r n -intirntrta 1 ii t hen,and»rtA n -M lt;rantAH 0*2) IO w uw a Ar.mroof* of some of t he tilled* anti other lt;1, building* of the Cnited Fruit Cotn-|. pany at Port Antonio were damaged,)! ntill the damage whh not of a aeriouHj» nature. Other prlvaPort Antonio had a)! paratively little.The 9.8. ilowden had left Montego I Bay before the bantf.S, Saina, which wan vaheana on Tuesday, 1 when it wan known i wan approaching, and Antonio, arriving tlmorning Thehoatrt, otherw i-« At M a nt^,idoued as the driving rsm insde it untefMibiWean**. and the loading at Orm-veighed anchor, hat the atorm sailed for Port tht^re yesterdayiut lost one of her ji** suffered no loss !the rutted Fruit v ore undamaged, jh M r Brow n * rect*whs washed awav,. tht* *0*4 front w in * that C aptain Liat j*r route I27ins. wideUt CUU19V »VUI« ot lt;tl« WOK.' »t»-but t he wharf hu ei there recent!\and the road alottino had!) damaged had to take anothiArriving at Bowden, l actam Lint jORIGINAL BEE HIVE QUALITY.
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