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5WF.Pl' KY II GYCLONK.OETItS OF iHE TERRIBLE SiORM Ail MARTINIQUE,I Terrible Wlnrf Sionu Vl»|t*Iiinud Ubicti rroyed the aioit Pev(i’llcure « SinceWrecH * _ Jind Hull*.. S'' \-m*wT•7 ‘ *•-ALL THE SHIPS IN THJC mSRBOR . - BRSiROYEDj / Irue Entire^DolOBF A|.«o*t* complete Rula—Full Reporti of , tire Destruction Not lei *tUand-Otcft Suffering Will K«t*U«i*ARsociated Presa. . 1- Paius, Aug, 20. Notwithstanding rIbat Martinique in a French colony, and’ that nows Vi»s reached Inhere from the United States showiirTbat a hurricane Ijrh swept over, thttt^land (one of the1 French VVPC . fndja TfilandB^__oariRing,A V - % rm U_rconsiderable ^wage, only the mostmtasro det«*« hftve oeea received intins city * *Another diapatch |haa been receivedhero confirm^-the report that all th^. vesseiB at Martinique were lost during the terrible hurricane there. As? is well bowh, Fort de Franco and St, Pierre - ire important points of the T-eeeer An-* nilet*. They aTe not oonly port* of desti-* nation for a large number of vessels from all parts of the j*orlj|, but .aye ports of call for hundreds-o! others.Martinique lies.m such a position that it is liable to receive the lull force of the -- dreadful galea that prevail .in those latitudes during the hurricane season. Mas-. ters of sailing vessels wh% nfc rMarilsv~que take extraordinary precautions to secure the safety of their vessels while lying at anchor or mooring's at either of ,j these ports, and, as a rale, steamers, during the hurricane season, lie with steam hp, ready to proceed to sea at the fiiBt indications of a hurricane, so that they may have plenty of lea roo*»» in which to. ride out the gale.. am* Liyg.| lost,... Official advices received .here this af-teruuoii announce. that^ the calamity which has visited Martinique is the most ' ■ Efivtre Fmce the year 1817. The disaster | is said tu equal the famous cyclone which swepf over the Island o£ Antigua in 1871, Ho far as can be learned there have been nearly, if cot quite, sixty deaths as a result of the hurncane’s visitation; but it will he some time before •'the full extent of tbe diHHbier is known. • At Fort De Franco alone there Have been twelve . lives lost, and in both--Fort De Franoe £nd St, Piurre, to Sfy nothing of the* . country districts, there have been large Dr.mht.T8 of people .Injured, At 8t, Pierrie five persons are- known to have been killed, but it is feared that this ; number does hot represent the entire~ri9«' of life in the capitalA n . 'bl FFICULT TO GET SEWS. Communication with the different ports of the island was never an easy matter, and it was exceedingly difficult I to Ret detailed news.at present- As the -j reports from the various sections preach St, Pierre it becomes evident that the esteet of the hurricane’s devastations Fas not been vouch exaggerated. Destruction of property and Joss of life is Reported from all parts of the, coast. _Tbe latest report received at St. Pierre from Damentine shows that the hurricane counts ten victims in that place alone, in. addition to a large , number of injured. At Francois there have been sixteen* people killed and large numbers ttjiired, and at Riviere Pilbte therd have beeo two more deaths, and so on from all parts of the island comm the tale of wog.'and desolation.m® OBSmuui’iON oo* Piuci'a,La Trinite sends, in a list of ita dead at and numbers of more or less seriously injured. The damage 401ie to | pipping and property may safely be I classed as stupendous, About two-fiftha Jl ♦*« island was under cultivation, andpe mountain elopes were covered withI forests;’all the cultivation and all the forefets in the path of the hurricane appear to have boon swept away. The numerous. sugar, coffee, cotton, and cocoa plantations which have felt the force of _ uie tornado, seem to have been utterly“ufctroyecl WdUsea and barbs, utore iouReg and stablea, have been crushed 001 of exi»tencdt and a considerable period must elapse before the island ro . Covers from its terrible visitation. I, bvery hour adds to the list of horrors theady long enough to ritarUe anybody. , home of tne poorer classes of peopleKe fcheir all and the same may be Mid of number of the richer planters.
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Daily Gazette and Bulletin
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Aug 21, 1891
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