Show IHU JN Many Vessels Wrecked and Buildings Blown Down Great Damage to Banana Crop I Ja Oct 22 The first news of ofa ofa ofa a terrible West Indian hurricane that visited the towns of 0 Utilla Colo Col Colorado Col rado and El Provence Honduras on Oct OCL 12 was brought here last night by the Norwegian steamer Harald with a cargo of fruit A number of vessels were wrecked several destroyed and buildings in each of the towns mentioned were bad ly damaged dam ed The loss to the owners of the fruit plantations will it Is stated reach re ch almost a million dollars The Brit ish schooner Southern Queen was thrown on the beach at and went to pieces in less than an hours time and the Harald suffered somewhat and will have h ve to be docked A tidal wave ac accompanied accompanied accompanied companied the hurricane and swept every thing before It Captain Henrichsen re reports reports reports ports that when he left the beach was strewn with vessels of ot all kinds including includIng includIng ing three large sailing vessels No lives were reported lost at the time of the sailing of the Harald Ten thousand bunches of bananas were reported swept into the sea at The officers of ot the steamer say it will win be a month be before before before fore some of the steamers will be able to get any fruit |