Wheeling register

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j say that the cyclone did enormous dam

age in the interior of that island, a

number of coffee and cocoa estates be

ing devastated. Le Mourie, a suburb,

was half destroyed. There were a num

ber of fatalities.

St. Jean advices say that the cyclone

caused a. great destruction in Porto

Rico, whence it passed northward to

I Dominica and thence to Cape Haitien

and the eastern end of Cuba.

SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Au

gust 10.—A hurricane broke over the

south coast at 1 o'clock Tuesday morn

ing and swept northwest. There was

no abatement for nine hours, the great

est damage being done between tight

and ten o'clock a. m. The wires were

down and communication with the in

terior was for a time impossible. It is

now chiefly carried on by couriers. At

San Juan four natives were drowned in

the harbor; eighty houses were demol

ished and hundreds were unroofed. The

damage to property is estimated at

$500,000. Commissary stores to the

value of $50,000 were destroyed.

A despatch by cable from Ponce sent

at 10 o’clock this morning, says the

town was almost destroyed. Almost all

the frame buildings are down. The

bridge is swept away, and there is no

communication between, the port and

the city proper. Two natives are

known to have been drowned. The re

cords and property of the custom house

are ruined, and all thevesselsareashore.

At Aibonite very little remains stand

ing except the Cathedral and the bar

racks. Four natives perished and three

United States soldiers were badly in

jured. iTs the town is without food,

government relief has been despatched

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Wheeling register. (1899). Wheeling, W. Va., 1899-08-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86092518/1899-08-11/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Wheeling register, 1899-08-11.