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Peasants Yamfields Laid Low in Green Island District.i orally telegraphic and telephone com 111 e ni,ciu ion \vi! h iho oast end is badly interrupted, j The litirr.-iiiio. so far as St. | Thomas is i-tdtcwnbd is the moat | soriui's oiai'i’ ipn::. Indeed the -des-I traction is said to canal tho latterDAMAGE TO SHIPPING.Vail’.Reports Furnished Our Correspondents About the Blow.Whilst no dffinile juswls has been received irota MaiK-hioneui, it is believed thn the loss, there has been | great and so it is throughout the by Pari-h of i’orii.nd. The greatest t.ic.s of ««*! comes from holh St. ’I'li.mtas ar.il Portland.: Brown’s Hali and the Hurri-i.11:11 JM.i*’ 1.) !(ileam.r ufa train :(Ion,: in ,'(.d rejiortcr of theye-tcrday lh.it the Mow 0:1 Sunday i ^ „r a fairly violent na-muriiins,' was t:ie bouvifcct lie hod (,-n|;ariie(! with heavy show-cane.(i roni a lt;‘oi-iosjioii(i.uit.)HriiivV Mall. St. Catherine, Sept.■a-though t was not as sti.f as that - ^jyv 11jt,i1t ;-.nd continued till nearly jt August last year 7 he -lam..go, as j ,,,, stiiidt’-y. Much damagetar-as at had heard was extensive. j jje',n ,|one t0 cultivations, espe-In the Eastern End. , dally bananas and yams, few of it was impossible to get tele- which arc left standing jgraphic or telephone communication !■ The coffee crop which was. being, with the eastern end of the island' gathered, is also greatly, hit, while* up to a- late hour yesterday after-! the crops of corn and peas have.heen j coon, but the Gleaner saw special; roughly shaken. !reports which w:re despatched biy j Houses with plastered walls have j special courier to Kingston. ! been slightly damaged, liut noneThe storm seemed to h*ave done! has been destroyed, the worst damage in St. Thomas and j While the storm has abated, Portland and the grea‘ost damage,j strong, winds still prevail and much so far as the United-Fruit Company ; rain is still falling, is concerned, is confined to these, two ! - , ■ ■■■parishes ' (Green Island and Hurricane.• lac huincane, according to ou j (From our Correspondent.)informant, has been the worst ex- 1 - - —Green Island, Sunday.—Very high winds commenced here early this, which developed., towardscarrviiie awav ®w-aa' t0 a violent, hurricane. Tho carr. ii g a - a;y c]lurc;ies are a]j ciosed. All bananasdown: thousands of stems at Green River, the United Fruit Company's plantation here, on the ground. Theperienced in St, Thomas since the disturbance in 1 SOU. For close upon ,three hours the wind howled with J ' unparalellcd fury■ shacks, -devastins large, areas of banana, and coconut cultivations and damaging private '-ae well as public■ properties... ,, ,, „ ,___„„ peasants yam fields all laid, down.At Wallahs, -all the banana fields * , - , . ,,,-i, iu TT«iff,1 i*.„» advanced canes, also, and the young-sre in ruin ar.d the United Frujt -soveretv battered NoCompany’s wharf has - been washed- J * . I' 'V .„„v, mi,, voii.t,- TM„n, v„. houses destroyed, but this.storm winthrough. The Ral phs Hiver hm risen accentuate the already ratherto a height that has seldom: oeen.6 , nrnhlom Vamo not uotseen. Huge boulders come rolling' fT'Vr LP entfv?™ divide hutsz.'Z'tss ” ^ESS «•” PB S5Swhich tell the tale of destruction to f ?re ser!OUS ln the southern dts-the peasant, cultivators perched on; lnets*the hills and in the interior. The ' ™—mighty Johnsoii River is also in .** •___ t 'spate and at Morant ‘Buy the HuiTiCSne ;0n L«0ng MoUtltin j j wharves of the United Fruit Com- Road,-pany and Mr. Ehrenetein have heendamaged One can easily perceive •Sn Morant Bay that, they have had another visitation. Indeed, it is a . tale of .woe throughout the entire ■parish. The cultivations. of the U. F, Company at Springfield have been severely damaged. Not only have tho bananas 'been blown down but the Johnson River diverting from its course,. wher3 *it ie spanned by the new bridge has washed through the plantation carrying away all ihefore it.At Bowden, the damage has also been extensive The roof of thc-United Fruit Company’s wharf shed »t this place has been: blown away; the offices have -been damaged as also the hotel, cottages and furniture. (Damage has also been done to the Engineer's house, the roof of the coalinv shed. The merchandize-THE EDITOR— ]Sir.—The. hurricane of the 23rd 1. has been terrible this way., A number of fruit trees and other trees j • have been thrown down, one coach j house, 20 feet by 10 feet, with a Jj double-seated buggy in the house u belonging to Mr. Joseph McDonald,, has been smashed to pieces. The 1 total value of house and buggy is £30.I am, etc.,J. McDON.VLD. j Long Mountain Road,\Vindsor Farm,. Sept. 23rd. 1917.News from Riversdale,(Front our Correspondent.)Riversdale, Sunday—Since thebeginning of -the past week we have been- having daily showers. Yester-store -has also suffered, injury. The {day, however, tho weather had chari bananas' in this locality have been led and a bright day was experienced, wiped out and fully 2.r per cent of. At night fall . f Saturday) the cloudscoconuts have been blown down. The loss is extensive.At Golden Grove, nearly-oil the buildings in the locality, particularly those of the United Fruit Company have beer: wrecked. The GreatHouse at Golden Grove haf heen damaged and the labourers have got to be.housed elsewhere. During the .shops forWow two men who were in the em-' city of theagain: -gathered; sharp flashes of lightning and light, squalls were now on. At about 8.30 p.m.,.a fctv sharp galce of wind claimed attention. This begi n to blow1 heavier end heavier, Before 9 o’clock' every one now seeing the indication . for. a storm, hurried from the st.re-r-tr and afatv. The vcio-wirA grew moreploy of the United Fru't Company 1 intensely, blowing' from the cast and ■were seriously injured and are not j northeast hut at about mid-night likely to recover. In this district j them was a check in th? blowing. It sleo the bananas have ail gone but trov; rained heavily. The greatest there is only a ios3 of 5 per cent of drmage was done between the hourscoconut trees. The entire place 13 under water.A later report from Golden Grove-states that fully eight people have bee?;, Injured as a result of falling buildings.Th® Holland Bay cable station and bouse have been destroyed and gen-of 3 a;m. to S-a.n. Hone'the wind shifted in diffTont directions. Shingles end . sheets of vine off rhops -ar.d harses -were unheavod, Here' and I!.?-n few kitchens were unroofed and iMd fin?.. As far as could be observed at the t'me of writing only a small per centage of fruit trees, euch
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Tue, Sep 25, 1917
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