The semi-weekly messenger

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Point-a-Pltre, island of Guadaloupe,

says the cyclone did enormous damage

in the interior of that island, a num

ber of coffee and cocoa estates being

devastated. LeMourle, a suburb, was

half destroyed. There were a. number

of fatalities.

St. Jean advices say the cyclone caus

ed great destruction in Porto Rico,

whence it passed to Cape Haytien and

the eastern end of Cuba.

IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

London, August 10. The governor of

the Leeward islands. Sir Francis Flem

ing, confirms the dispatch from St.

Thomas, D. W. I., to the Associated

Press by the "hurricane at the island of

ed by the hurricane at ithe island of

Montserret. He says seventy-four

deaths are already known. He adds

that twenty-one persons were killed at

the island of NeVis.

The hurricane was not so severe at

Antigua. One death is reported there,

but many persons have been rendered

homeless. The other presidencies of

the Leeward islands have riot reported

the damage done.

Fort de France, Martinique, August

10. The authorities of the island of

Guadaloupe are still without news from

the interior, owing to the interruption

of telegraph communication as a result

of the recent hurricane; but, other ad

Vices which have reached La Pointe-a-Pitre

say ithe coffee and cocoa crops

have been nearly totally destroyed. At

la Pointe-a-Pitre seven persons were

injured and. at Moule the damage done

was considerable and several persons

were killed and wounded. At. Petit Ca

nal and Port Louis several persons were

killed and a number Injured. The vil

lages of Grippen and Lementin have

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The semi-weekly messenger. (1899). Wilmington, N.C., 1899-08-15. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn91068367/1899-08-15/ed-1/?sp=7

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The semi-weekly messenger, 1899-08-15.