Spanish Fork Press | 1908-09-17 | Page 4 | Turks Islands Visited by Furious Huricane

I I hulKs S ISlANOS VISITED I DY fURIOUS HURICANE Many Lives Lost In Town of Grand Turk While the Property Loss Is Heavy Grand Turk Turks Island D W I A hurricane of great fury swept over Turks Islands Thursday night and Friday morning and nt daybreak tho town of Grand Turk was devastated devas-tated A number of lives have been lost hut just how many cannot yet Ie 1 said Grave anxiety Is felt for tho safety of Dr ill T Robertson district commissioner of Calco who was making a tour of the Islands when tho storm broke The hurricane reached hero at 9 oclock at night tho wind blowing from tho northnortheast At 4 oclock Friday morning tho wind had reached a velocity of nearly ono hundred miles nn hour and was blowing from tho northeast Much damage has l < eor done to property hero and tho ft roots of Grand Turk are a mass of wreckage Trees have boon uprooted uproot-ed portions of buildings blown away and many houses have been partially wrecked The Haytlen sloop Tele graph which had taken shelter at Hawks Nest foundered with all hands Tho schooner Danellon belonging to Iho East Cairns Fiber company broke away from her anchorage and has not leen seen nlnco All the salt lighters light-ers which wore moored at the riding grounds and tho Hawks Nest are missing