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V * *■ v. ./'• V* •■ ■* * *+■ 4*s *. • s*4^-v*'XV'COCONUTf -y*. n, y.v •«•*lt;» *t*-'V V♦.«.t.W,•»\EAD 110 and aii estimated £16^000,000 inD damage to buildings, cultivations 'and ser-vice^-is the toll of the most staggering c d deyast-ating hurricane that Jamaica has suffered in itsFrom out of thefeat;. ■lt;♦.V**IVteVj*'✓'t'm lt;$•/ .»#✓ V»;■ ... *••!/it /long weather-marked history, south-east Caribbean the season'soutthird•Vrfr . ,.. %...chart-A-/ •»« Vd*N.*+*•■sved hurricane/, hurried; then . slowed/ gathered its venom, qnd on Friday night, with 125-nlile‘per-hour winds, crashed across St. Thomas; Kingstonv ML•t* wL.* V.St. Andrew and Port Royal and several sections, of other southern parishes./•Full extent of the rural damage is not yet- known, but first reports indicate that there was extensive damage in the banarfa industry, ih coconuts, and in other crops.Morant Bay has been destroyed . Port Royal has been laid flat. Damage in Spanish Tojwn, in~MayJPen, and in other parish towns of.the island has been extensive* And Kingston has reeSiv-W—end —of—190^t *‘ » . *v.*/ ■• ' • ibrought it tumbling down in ruins.A PILE OF RUBBLE is ^11 that remains of the main termS^;i^diiig Palisadoes Airpori^All :b«jths. in .thejbuilding-as also offices ofthe various airways wei^^mpletely destmyeA il^ the ba^groimd: nan be s^en tHe building, that house^ the •earibbeairlnterrratronM Ajrways Ltd/ it54 Known Dead In 'Corporate AreaThe city, itself, including the harbour=—where'ships tossed .upon mountainous waues * and smashed themselves against each ‘ other and'against the beaches and piers—1and the outer reaches of the Corporate Area accounted for 54, pers-^ns known to have been killed in the^^^Vud;j^*?»uji,.alid:for ^ully £13.000.005 of . the ^stimat€4,.£16,0Q^^Q(t ^amage. r /The Caribbean/storm; movingforward atapace of 20[miles, hurled its fuiy ‘ afound at ;^p«^ds of 125 miles per, ..hour which ., moved north, souths east and west, dashed itself against,St. Thomas and laid v^te ^he parish tb; such an-extent that repo which reached Kingston late last/night told of dreadfui“damager.including an SSL per cent destruction of Morant Bay.#So far, , 34 persons ar.e knowrr to have -been killedJn- that : parish^ but xeportsl of 30 dead ihJ the Yallahs' Valley area and in . other parts of St.. Thomas “are expected to bring the to tab casualties to somewhere hear 150 persons, if present reports are. substan-A Government-directed- relief- missidn'sailed from Kmgsfoh last night for'Morant Bay.Governori «i ■ •Message’ * Ti •' V*-v:t* •a• *»The hurricane was ftr»t heard of Wednesday whcn-Jt was reported to be boiling tip in the' vicinity of theLeeward Islands,’Travelling slowiyframer It hlt- With full fury west hy north past the Mona passageIt took a littV over 43 hours to reachthe island. But it gathered aize, speed and Intensity lu.it moved along, and by the time it' hurled it# disaster-laden winds over • the south-east coast or the island it was movingforward at the rale of 20 miles perhour , with centre wind*.. . rushing around the compass points at spefeds upto 125 miles per hour. ' * •First, positive information of its near arrival was the genUe westFriday evening. Only a few minutes it blew. Then . it drifted away.. Fifteen minutes ? later the hurricane- •• fromthe very first. It. pounded withsudden force unlcasntrtg . • allpower with, one huge rw whichlevelled Port Koyal and destroyed tho Pa......‘alisadoes Airport installations- as itpushed its way. across the leaping mountainous, sea to crash though Kingston, ripping noois. uprooting giant trees, snapping *leel and telegraph posts like so much match-wood.Ten minutes of- suctt ferocitr was sufficient to paralyse the city.The, following, message usi • beeii received by the Governor from the Secretary of State,, for the Colonies:—H«vrr*iear*tt • with deepest 'regret your new* of the Widespread devastation caused bythe hurricane and sincerely hope that casualties- will con--. Untie to prove, low. Please., convey to population by press . or personal announcement my -deepest sympathy with those * who are .sufferjig and home- • less and to all who' are providing relief.. my appreciation of their tireless work..Shall await further reports.IS EXCELLENCY the«£ovarnor will the Gleaner an appeah, for publics,'iubsCrip:tions to c Hurricane Relief and Rehabilitation FsiHis Excellency~thc Governor .Sir*| Hugh Foot. K.C.M.G., went on ah air tour-ot the-island yesterday afternoon through the courtesy .of British West Indian Airways.Accompanying His Excellency on the trip ^vere his ADC, Squadron Leader ’ Kerpcn. Mr, A. May* nier/ acting. Conimissioner of Com-ve beenager of British' West Indian Airway#,Erskine.-v.Crwp.^ Mana-O’AC in fhe Bahamas: Mr. tain, head of BO AC—med by the hurricane will be assisted with-feod and \nt Trinidad who in ■ cow here on ahelped in replacing their lost belongings and re-!“cvi!it 1Ir’ Howard simmons -housing themsehres. — o»rco:,t^ SGleaner Will BeDropped From AirThe Jamaica Ffying Club Is carrying out a survey ftight over 5t* .Thomas today when copier of theODAILY GLEANER will be dropped J,n various towns.Donations are to be sent to the Gleaner. Ac- rsSSaS'^STwSr'knowledgment of these donations .will be made o« iSKSi. _ m *• « * 'I « t— If* ' „ ' ,* rT.n rLvl rin.and IMontego Bay j ten minute!ffie opening day of tjje Fund when the ’Governor j£p. * smakes his personal appeal for assistance.»An early announcementwill be made by the Gleaner concerning this Fund to which every organisation and indiyidual_shouId make the largest possible contribution.It' wiQ require millions of pounds to restore thecountry, but many thou: sands of noor neonle fiiveiVcrc, May Pen, Spanish .Town. St: Andrew, il* -* » ' ■ •. * ■ t. ■'♦ —* •
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Kingston Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Mon, Aug 20, 1951
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