The Grenada sentinel

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serve notice. Their-harbors—as in fact

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is the ease with all the harbors of the

island—are rapidly filling up with silt

and are dangerous to heavy vessels.

Porto Rico, like every other large

island in the group, except Cuba and

Hayti, has bowed to fhe rule of Brit

tania. St. John's was sacked by Drake

in 1595 and held three years later by

the duke of Cumberland. Once since

the Dutch, and the English twice, sent

unsuccessful expeditions against the

capital.

In the group of the Virgin islands, to

the east, only the two Danish islands,

St. Thomas and St. Croix, are probable

factors in the present situation. Their

importance would be considerably

greater if they had been secured by

the United States, as was at ODe time

suggested by our state department. The

harbor of St. Croix is unfortified and

not more than 16 feet deep, so that it

cannot be of much service as a base.

The island is a hill that rises 1,100 feet

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out of the water. Denmark bought It'

from France for $145,500 in 1733.

St. Thomas ii but 100 miles away

from St. John's. The harbor is nearly

landlocked and baa a depth of 36 feet,

A dry dock is here and a steam slip for

small vessels. There is no more pleas

ing sight In the Indies than the harbor

of Charlotte Amalie, the capital, and

the towering peak 1,500 feet high which

forms the bulk of the Island. Though

the prevailing language of St. Thomas

is English and a colony of Jews have

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The Maryville times · Maryville, Tenn. · May 14, 189814 de mayo de 1898 · See the original pageVer la página original

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Grenada sentinel. (1898). Grenada, Miss., 1898-04-23. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85034375/1898-04-23/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Grenada sentinel, 1898-04-23.