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following passengers Mr*. Kemp, daughter of hr Ret. Isaac Whitehouse and twoMis es K mp ; Mr. Chas. Kemp ; twoM'sters Astwocd ; Mr. Martin, wife and rhild; Serglt; ant Moore, Mr.Smith lit W. I. Regiment, w fe and two children. The El ctric reporia that she left H M. Steamer Phil mel, and the Spanish Vessel of War tiizan at Nassau. She reports also that the Steamer Salvador had been captured on the Coast of Cuba with fourteen feet of water in her hold. The w ather w;is boisterous in and around the Bahamas a number of Ships having been wrecked, and dismasted vessels arriving daily.A file of the Nassau Guardian has been forwarded to us, and we are indebted to the courtesy of a lady passenger for the latest dates from Nassau, from which we gl an the following: —The Islands of Biminis were visited on the 7th by a heavy gale, and the elements became furious increasing every moment in intensity. This lasted for three days, when it was hoped that the weather mi^ht ubate; but on the night of the third day the tide rose to sueh s height that the whole of the bay bridge, bordering on the harbour, was demolished and the tide broke in upon the land. By the latest account the weather was far from abating. “ South Bimini,” however on hich the inhabitants re'ied for daily subsistance, has been inundated and the people were reduced to a state of starvation. The Nassau Quardim says that unless the Hand of Divine P ovidence interpnop in their behalf the peopi must die ut a a.vdUon. Not one cent’s worth of fo»d of any kind csn be purchased, save it may be a hand of bananas which has been blown down and nt yet come to per ection. The island subsis'S upon corn which cannot be plained till March nor gathered till S'pt-mb^r 21... ‘U .nary has been coudtnpe2 fr'ra a letter from Mr. W. Ollaailun Aoaidfsnl I i na.T illtlf.t* Ik.
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Kingston Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Mon, Nov 07, 1870
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