Deseret Evening News | 1891-08-20 | Page 8 | The Calamity a Martinique

The -.Klatiillr rt 'lartltil.pir, I'Aniri, August SO Ofttclal adalcta ricelvfd here this ullir noon annoumo that Uie calamity which vltltwl Mar llnhiuo la tho most severe tl.icu the ear 1417. Ho far at tan lo learnt d there Miro marly. If not rtulte, sixty deaths as tho result of tho hurricane's vldt. but It will I some time before the full extent of thu disaster can be known. At Fort do Frame alono there aro twilvo llvta lost, and loth at I oit do Franca and Ht. I'lrrre, tn say nothing of the country ilMrula, tliueuro largo nuruUra of icplo thlurid. At Ht. i'leiru five laitsotit aro knowu to have been killed, but It la feared that tills number does not rctreeout tho tntlre lots cf life 111 Iho caltal. Tho communication with dliTirciit parts of the Island wa. never an easy matter and It Ii excessively dlDlcult to get dt tailed news at 1 retent. Altherenoltlfrom varlout sections reach Ht. l'ii rre, 11 la-comet evident that tho extent of the hurricane's devastation hat not been much cxager-atcl.